Comments on: 14 – Barely Scraping By

By: TommyBoy

TommyBoy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:07:14 +0000

I love using scrapers when theyre new and have that ‘factory hook’. But I could never get down the sharpening technique until I viewed this video. It’s like a light went off inside my head. So I sharpened every scraper I could find and now I’m in Scraper Paradise.
TYVM

By: John Hoffman

John Hoffman — Wed, 09 May 2007 01:18:17 +0000

I like your podcasts and the music. Great idea. Chris’s last name is Schwarz not Schwartz.
Great to the point instructions.
Thanks and best regards
JH

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:40:26 +0000

Phenomenal Mark – Putting a good hook on a scraper has until now been a bit of a hit or miss affair but your video showed me something I wasn’t doing (using the burnishing rod on the scraper edge whilst it lays flat on the bench before trying to roll over the edge itself with the scraper held vertically in a vice). I tried it and it worked great.

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:39:49 +0000

Hey Greg. The curved goose-neck scrapers are burnished exactly the same way. It just takes a little bit longer because you need to keeping moving the blade around so that every area gets a good hook on it.

Good luck.

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:19:54 +0000

Great timing! I recently purchased my first card scraper and burnisher. Thanks for the help!

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:16:52 +0000

Hey Mike. Sorry my reply is late.
When honing the sides, I actually hone both sides. In fact, I do all 4 edges at the same time. I only did one side in the video for simplicity. So you will then burnish each honed side. If you only honed one edge (like I did in the video), you would burnish the honed face. And same thing goes for creating the hook. You will put your burnisher on an angle toward the honed side. But when you do all 4 edges, you of course burnish all four sides. So now you will have 4 fresh edges to work with. And technically speaking, you can do the short sides of the scraper as well, giving you a total of 8 fresh edges.

Hope that clears things up.

By: randy powell

randy powell — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:33:06 +0000

Marc,nice job on your sight. Their is one thing that should be address to us woodworking want to bees.You must notice that as a professional to woodworking, we as a group are making mistakes that you pick up instantly.That might be a topic one time,it would be interesting to hear your thoughts. Thanks Randy

By: Vic

Vic — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:21:44 +0000

Since this thread has taken a turn toward your
illustrious career, I really think it’d be great if you discussed your approach(in more depth than you have) of the business side of woodworking. You’ve obtained some good sponsors. I, myself, want to keep my love of woodwork a hobby that sometimes pays for itself. I think for a 30 year old kid your doin’ great!

By: MikeB

MikeB — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:43:38 +0000

good podcast, and ditto on the curved scraper appeal.

wrt the tv talk, is DJM David Marks? Yeah, I think I know where Scott is going with his thought. I attended one of David’s seminars at one of the Woodwrking Shows a couple of years ago and I got the sense that the tv folks expected quite a bit to be crammed into the 1/2 hour show (and on their terms). I also wonder whether your creativity and spontaneous nature would be stifled.

We love what you’re doing, plz keep it up.

MikeB

By: Jeff Jackson

Jeff Jackson — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:42:55 +0000

I would definately stay away from DIY. From what a little birdie on my shoulder told me, David has got nothing but the shaft from DIY. I find it very insulting that you can buy episodes of WoodWorks on Amazon and David does not receive a dime of that money. Nice morals DIY. Needless to say, I have cancelled my DIY and follow Marcs work instead.