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   Steinmetz | Jul 14, 2003 09:37pm | #1

   Mike, I believe you must 'Drawfile' curved edges.

    Using a single cut mill file, hold file level and square to he work with two hands, draw the file towards you maintaining the file both square AND level.

    A half round file, held the same way, but with a rolling motion (To utilize all the files surface) should do it.

    Important:  To prevent vibration and noise, grasp the work close to the vise's jaws. Stein

   
   

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   Edited 7/14/2003 7:08:46 PM ET by steinmetz

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   parrothead | Jul 14, 2003 09:45pm | #3

   Stein, thanks for the response. By using this method how do you prevent getting "flat" spots in the scraper? We are the people our parents warned us about. J. Buffett

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   Steinmetz | Jul 15, 2003 02:06am | #4

   Mike, Using a wide half round mill file, draw it toward you and at the same time you are pulling, rotate the convex face of the file in short pulling or 'scooping' motions.

    (Thereby using the whole width of the curved face of the file, and not using only one or two striations of the file)

    Each 'Scoop' should overlap the previous stroke so as to not leave a discernable 'high spot'  This technique is called .'Blending'

   Stein.

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   mike4244 | Jul 14, 2003 09:44pm | #2

   Mike, I use a drill press and sanding drum for the concave shapes, I don't bother honing these shapes. After the sanding I lay flat and burnish both sides, then burnish about 5 or 10 degrees. On the convex scrapers I file similar to the straight scrapers except I use a finer file.I don't hone this either, just burnish. Straight scrapers I file, hone ,burnish.

   You probably will get good results just with files, don,t worry too much about the hook on the odd shape scrapers. Another way would be to use a Veritas scraper honing tool. I have seen this done with straight scrapers and think it would work with concave and convex shapes.I do not own one, but seems like it would work fine.