Stanley 80 cabinet scraper making rough passes
starideda
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Hello
I got myself an old Stanley Nr. 80 cabinet scraper and put a new Veritas iron which came with two 45 degrees angles.
After sharpening the edges with 600/1000/1200 diamond stones, I “flipped over” the edge using a burnisher. The hook is there, I can feel it with bare fingers.
The problem is, when going over walnut, the cut is rather rough and thick. So I have to be very careful how to distort the flatness achieved using the plane, but also the surface is just not find enough. I use cabinet scraper mostly as a last step when plane is not not capable to take out the teared out spots in the wood.
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
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Have you tried the blade honed at 45 degrees but without a hook?
Regards from Perth
Derek
Like all planes learning to set it up is hit and miss. Lots of reading available here on FW. Too deep a cut, how much bow, too much or not enough hook, speed and angle of attack relative to grain all come in.
Start with the blade loose in the body and flat on the bench. Snug it up and try cutting just by introducing some bow.
FWW issue #304 shows how to sharpen and use the No. 80 cabinet scraper.
its very easy to set it for too deep a cut. As mentioned above, try nearly flat to the surface with a hint of bow. Sometimes, I set the front edge of the scraper on a piece of paper, then lower the blade to touch the surface, so you're effectively taking shavings less than that sheet of paper.
Thank. I again experimented a little and I managed to get some decent results:
Polishing the flat and angle on the iron.
Going very few pases with the back of my gauge (I have a burnished for kitchen knife, but it seems too aggressive to me) at about 15 degrees drop.
Just a small hook, enough to barely feel it on fingers. And it works.
Here are the results (still a lot of dust but also decent shavings I am getting now). The surface is nice, I am using cabinet scraper just to clean the tear out after the smoothing plane (only on visible sides of the elements).
Sorry, upload image does not work so here it is:
https://imgur.com/a/MqGcobf
That's good
I highly recommend this video by Phil Lowe. It took me from screeching to scraping. The key is only turning the thumb screw a clock hour at a time and beginning with the screw only just touching the blade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7DflhyGFDU