Woodturning: Sharpen and Burnish a Negative Rake Scraper

In This Video I attempt the impossible and try to sharpen my negative rake scraper with a steel rod!. Ok, that's not entirely true, although it's not too far from the truth. First let's start with the cover photo. It's total click bait. No one in their right mind would ever put a scraper in a chuck on a lathe. Well, except for me when I took this picture. After the photo I promptly removed the scraper and put it back where it belongs. So, what's the deal anyway? Why a steel Rod? It's actually called a burnishing rod. I had it left over from my days of yesteryear when I did flat wood working (Thats woodworking with boards in case you didn't already know). The burnishing rod is used to improve the cutting burr on the scraper. How? Well, I'm not going to tell you. You're going to have to watch the video. After all, that's why I made the video anyway, right? What other tidbits will you find? Just a few, I did get some pretty cool macro photos of the sharpened round nosed scraper. I was actually impressed. I also create a shaving that's about a mile long. I'm not sure but I think it set a new world record. I guess that's a bit of an exaggeration. But it was pretty darned long for what I was doing. Once again, I was impressed. Other than that, you'll have to watch the video. Actually you should watch it twice just in case you missed something. Or maybe put it on repeat when you're going to bed so the information gets drilled into your subconscious mind...
Ok, YouTube is all done making sure my content doesn't break any rules or something so I'm gonna finish up here. Watch the entire video, press the like button, subscribe, share, leave a comment... do it now!!


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