Burnishers the Fast Fixers of Dull-Edges

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Blue Spruce Burnishers The fast fixers of dull-edges

By Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk Veritas Carbide Burnisher

or all the stories praising on screwdriver shafts and even Fthe simple card scraper, scant scratch the backs of chisels. surface to help turn a smooth, attention is given to the other Store-bought burnishers are $25.99), provide a wide bearing half of the hook. In order for tougher and designed with well on straight-edged scrapers, a scraper to shave, you need a buteven isn’t hook. suited The forflat burnishing face works burr, and for that, you need a more quickly and consistently. curved edges. For that you’ll need burnisher. Burnishers didn’t Here’sprofiles a tosampling help you of turn what’s an edge a backup round or oval burnisher. need much attention when available and a few factors to scrapers were made from consider when selecting a tool old handsaw blades; the soft or tools that are right for you. 2. Round steel could be worked with a Traditionally reserved for screwdriver shaft or chisel. curved-edged scrapers, Today’s scrapers are made 1. Flat edged/ round rods are sometimes from harder stock. While this blamed for creating rippled metallurgical advancement triangular enables scrapers to hold their Similar in feel to the narrow Once you understand that hook longer, they can cut chisel, triangular burnishers, the(or “washboard”)smaller bearing burrs. surface through the chrome platings such as the Pfeil (#05B53, requires less pressure,

Slick and simple self-setters Woodworkers who rely on honing guides will edge, and then run the edge in the slot to turn the immediately appreciate the advantages of burnishing hook. Veritas’s variable burnisher (#141636, $38.99) jigs. A jig can provide a consistent hook with the allows you to dial in any hook angle from 0-15°. This least amount of training time and help jig works well on rectangular scrapers but does not you turn a burr without clamping the on concave edges or profile scrapers. scraper in a vise. Timberline’s SB-1 ($24.95, scraperburnisher.com) is simple but effective. Use the free end to draw the

68 woodcraftmagazine.com Aug/Sept 2010 Featured products available from Woodcraft Supply unless otherwise noted. can turn a burr with less 1 can also turn a serviceable pressure, and can be used one- hookyou'll on find straight that this edges. profile handed like paring a knife. The Round scrapers come in two smaller diameter rod is really handy for burnishing convex and carbide. HSS burnishers, flavors: high-speed steel (HSS) cost less, but require polishing and concave profile scrapers. withlike the a hard Pfeil felt (#05S02, wheel charged$32.99), 3. Oval 2

Carbide costs more, but will not becomewith buffing nicked compound. or grooved. Pfeil’s oval burnisher (#05B52, Another factor worth Use$25.99) a larger offers radius the benefits portion ofto considering is rod diameter. drawthe flat edges and roundand hook profiles. straight edges. The smaller radius can bluesprucetoolworks.com be used on curved scrapers 1 3 largerBlue Spruce’s radiused burnisher ( 4 ($50, or to direct more pressure on ) offers a rod that’s suitable⁄ for two-handed the edge of thinner scrapers 1 use. Lee Valley’s 8" dia.)-dia. carbide without causing the steel to bend n ⁄ leevalley.com away from the burnisher. burnisher ($7.20, )

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