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   Walnutz | Feb 06, 2007 01:42am | #1

   What you want to do is prepare the blade the same way as a card scraper.  What's different about a #80 is that it has a bevel of 45°.  File it with a mill file, and polish accordingly.  Roll your burr with a burnisher, and you're ready.  You can do both ends at once, just use tape to protect the knuckles on the top (exposed) edge.

   Walnutz 

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   byhammerandhand | Feb 06, 2007 02:21am | #2

   I learned from Kelley Mehler just before his article on the subject, "Souped Up Scraper" came out in FWW.

   He suggested holding in a vice in a vertical mode. He would also make a visual guide, being a board backdrop with a 45 degree angle and a 75 degree angle pencilled in. You use this like a gunsight or winding sticks, to gauge the angle of inclination of your burnisher.

   File to the 45 degree angle, as said above. Hone on your stone. Then put the blade back in the vice and slowly draw the burr over to the 75 degree line.

   I don't like to freehand it, because you can't adjust the tilt angle (pitch) like you can with a card scraper.

   It's easy to find seldom-used #80s from people who never figured out how to sharpen and burnish the blade.

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   Jfrostjr | Feb 06, 2007 04:30pm | #3

   Thanks for the feedback. I like the part about "protecting your hand" with tape.I have been "setting" the blade by placing a single sheet of paper under 1/2 of the sole, then dropping the blade in place. It seems to work OK but I thought I would go to the experts.Frosty

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   PADDYDAHAT | Feb 07, 2007 04:13am | #4

   JF. just go to the Lee Valley site and look at the Tech references on the price lines for the card scraper tools. They are the instructions for redoing them. Also look at their handle for the scrapers and their very improved scraper plane over the old Stanley. Paddy

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   Jfrostjr | Feb 07, 2007 06:00pm | #7

   I checked it out. Their 'substitute' #80 looks really nice.Frosty

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   gb93433 | Feb 07, 2007 08:51am | #5

   Sharpen the scraper blade as you would any other card scraper. Forget the bevel. It is worthless. By sharpening it as you would any other card scraper you will have four edges to use before sharpening again.

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   Jfrostjr | Feb 07, 2007 05:52pm | #6

   Great idea! I never thought of that. I'll try it.Frosty