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I gave my gouges their first real workout, on bubinga, and I needed to scrape it smooth. The features are fairly small, so I needed something with let's call it a 1/8" radius. I used tin snips to cut a thin strip from a full-sized (but thin) scraper, and cut the end into something that looked more like a dagger than a semicircle. A little file work got me a slightly less crude shape. At that point, I declared good enough, smoothed the edge and drew a burr.
Is there a better way?
Thanks!
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Aram, always learning
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Bench grinder
Dremel
Files (flat and chainsaw)
Regards from Perth
Derek
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Some "dumb guy I know very intimately, seen often in the mirror" recently bought a nice carbide drill bit and broke it within minutes of use. But then I got one of the cheapo glass-drilling bits and found I could drill 3/16" holes in saw-steel pretty well. Just passing along in case that helps you. In my case I was shortening a plate, so I chain-drilled and then bent to break it to length.
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Derek Cohen said:
Bench grinder
Dremel
Files (flat and chainsaw)
Regards from Perth
Derek
+1 and a good machinist vice and pair of leather gloves for the really rough work (snapping parts scored with the Dremel for example).
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things. -- G. Carlin
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Thanks everyone.
Best,
Aram, always learning
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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