How To Burnish A Scraper. If a scraper bevel is 90° and contact is the process for using the burnishing tool is to pull the device across the top edge with force once or twice. It's a bit long but you'll dang sure know how to sharpen a scraper by the time it's over. So, you don't need a custom made burnisher to consolidate the edge to a scraper and turn it to form the hook you need for scraping awkward grain.
A good friend of mine is an inventor/ tool maker and not long ago gave a seminar on this subject for the gwinnett woodworkers association who recorded it.
A tool for minimalists, the scraper is perfect for those who admire simplicity of form and function beyond all else. The key to unlocking their potential? The tools needed to sharpen the curved edges of a hollow cabinet scraper are a vice, a round file, a mill file, a burnishing tool, a diamond stone, a piece of dowel, oil, a clean cloth, silicon carbide sandpaper and a wood block. A good friend of mine is an inventor/ tool maker and not long ago gave a seminar on this subject for the gwinnett woodworkers association who recorded it. The material removed is not only determined by the thickness of the tool but also by. This makes them likely to dish the surface and more suited for heavier scraping. Burnishing is easiest when the clay is wet slightly with a lubricant. The burnishing process will turn a fine burr off the edge of the scraper by rubbing it with a harder piece of metal.
