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Tips and Techniques for Using a Card Scraper

Bob Van Dyke shares smart techniques for using this versatile smoothing tool in combination with fine sandpaper.

By Bob Van Dyke #194–Nov/Dec 2007 Issue

Matthew Berger and Michael Dobsevage

The director of the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking shows how to use a card scraper in combination with fine sandpaper, giving the wood with a beautiful surface quickly and efficiently. You may never reach for a random-orbit sander again.

Learn his scraper sharpening techniques in a step-by-step companion video.

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