Well as promised I will try to get something done here:
Here are the things we will need:
First some sandpaper, I like to use this 3M self adhesive or PSA paper that comes in a roll. This stuff is readily available at any auto body paint store and yes it is 150 grit you can use 180 if you please. You can use any sandpaper you want but you may have to use some type of contact adhesive to stick it to the glass if it's not self stick or PSA.
Next the scraper and a piece of glass also a sharpening guide. Note a strip of sandpaper stuck to the glass.
To start paint the bevel of your scraper blade with a sharpie marker so that you can set the blade in the sharpening guide.
Now you can set it in the sharpening guide and when you make just one pass the red ink should be gone, if not paint it again and try adjusting until you get it just right. Note how sharp the angle on the guide is, once you have this set you can fine tune the blade by how much it sticks out of the guide.
Now you are ready to sharpen your blade. Always go in the direction of the arrows only in one direction. Push, pick it up, move back, set it back down on the paper, and push again.
After 4 or 5 passes you should be able to feel a burr that has formed on the blade, it may take quite a bit more at first but once you get the angle it will go much faster the next time. DO NOT REMOVE THIS BURR this is what cuts.
Now you can set it to the proper depth to get a perfect cutting action. We will do this by placing a piece of paper on the now cleaned glass, you also have to clean the sole of the scraper. No dust! If you look at the picture the edge of the paper is in line with the dash (-) on the Lie-Neilson. Now put the blade in the scraper and push it down until it touches the glass and tighten the retaining screw. NOTE: The adjusting nuts that adjust the tilt angle are set so that you can just see the screw coming out of the back nut toward the handle.
That's it now you can scrape some .0005 in shavings until your heart's content! Or you reach the desired dimentions. I plane until I am just about .003 - .005 over with my grooved plane, then scrape until the scraper is just sliding on the forms.
I hope this makes sense to everybody or at least helps some.
Thanks a bunch to Denver Dave for showing me this technique, I know you all don't have the benifit of first hand tutoring by a Master like Dave, but maybe this is the next best thing.
Email me if I can further explain.
Joe E. Arguello
Here are the things we will need:
First some sandpaper, I like to use this 3M self adhesive or PSA paper that comes in a roll. This stuff is readily available at any auto body paint store and yes it is 150 grit you can use 180 if you please. You can use any sandpaper you want but you may have to use some type of contact adhesive to stick it to the glass if it's not self stick or PSA.
Next the scraper and a piece of glass also a sharpening guide. Note a strip of sandpaper stuck to the glass.
To start paint the bevel of your scraper blade with a sharpie marker so that you can set the blade in the sharpening guide.
Now you can set it in the sharpening guide and when you make just one pass the red ink should be gone, if not paint it again and try adjusting until you get it just right. Note how sharp the angle on the guide is, once you have this set you can fine tune the blade by how much it sticks out of the guide.
Now you are ready to sharpen your blade. Always go in the direction of the arrows only in one direction. Push, pick it up, move back, set it back down on the paper, and push again.
After 4 or 5 passes you should be able to feel a burr that has formed on the blade, it may take quite a bit more at first but once you get the angle it will go much faster the next time. DO NOT REMOVE THIS BURR this is what cuts.
Now you can set it to the proper depth to get a perfect cutting action. We will do this by placing a piece of paper on the now cleaned glass, you also have to clean the sole of the scraper. No dust! If you look at the picture the edge of the paper is in line with the dash (-) on the Lie-Neilson. Now put the blade in the scraper and push it down until it touches the glass and tighten the retaining screw. NOTE: The adjusting nuts that adjust the tilt angle are set so that you can just see the screw coming out of the back nut toward the handle.
That's it now you can scrape some .0005 in shavings until your heart's content! Or you reach the desired dimentions. I plane until I am just about .003 - .005 over with my grooved plane, then scrape until the scraper is just sliding on the forms.
I hope this makes sense to everybody or at least helps some.
Thanks a bunch to Denver Dave for showing me this technique, I know you all don't have the benifit of first hand tutoring by a Master like Dave, but maybe this is the next best thing.
Email me if I can further explain.
Joe E. Arguello
