Sharpening your scraper - HowTo PLEEEEASE?

[BigWapiti]

I just hold the flat edge on a belt sander ,for just a few seconds then flip it around and do the
same,Be sure and hold the edge flat and that is all there is to it.It may not last as long and burnishing it but it only take a short time so you can do it often.I have tried a lot of way but
they take to long for me and don't last much longer. Quick and easy ,Ya that's me.
   Pappy

Thanks Pappy - so does that method put a burr on it too?  or is it making it more like a knife blade?  curious.

[lowell]

For what it may be worth I put and edge on kind of like Pappy.  I sharpen my scraper with a grinder then finish of with a "flapper wheel".  ( it's a wheel that is made of a bunch of pieces of sand paper thet flap as it is spun with an air tool, can be found at most hardware stores)

  My neighbor went to a wood carving show and a guy there showed him how to sharpen with the flapper wheel.  It does not have a burr for the edge but seems to curl nice pieces of wood off for me!!

[Hillbilly]

Pappy, do you hold the flat side of the scraper on the belt like you were sharpening a knife (A.); or hold the thin edge on it (B.) like you were trying to square the edge up?

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[stiknstring]

I hope I aint doing it wrong but I hold it like on B...edge to the belt (120 grit) to flatten it nicely.  I do burnish the edge with an old round backed chisel from my lathe and it seems to work nicely.

[alfadee]

i found this tutorial on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUi8Nm6_Jg

david

[DanaM]

Like B Steve, I always did like multiple choice tests

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

I just take the edge over a flat stone by keeping the scraper diagonally like when you use a plainer, that's pretty much the same method as Pappy basically but without power tools

Quick, easy, and it last plenty enought


....Hoo yeah like picture

[The Burnt Hill Archer]

i tried using a steak knife sharpener, you know like the round metal thing with groves running length wise. i used that instead of the file because i kept getting a rough edge on my scraper. i just clamp the scraper in the vice, run the sharpener on it just like you would the file, and then burnish. it took like 1 minute and it was sharper than when i first got them. i do like the idea of using the belt sander, but right now ive got 40 grit on there for grinding laminations

Phil