Comments on: Now let’s prepare a hand scraper, Part 2 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2026/06/27/now-lets-prepare-a-hand-scraper-part-2/ inside the woodshop Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2026/06/27/now-lets-prepare-a-hand-scraper-part-2/#comment-555823 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:04:11 +0000 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=8765#comment-555823 Thanks, Alfred. Sounds like we are on the same page for scraper work.

By the way, in putting these posts together, I finally found online a .025″ thickness scraper for about $3.50 in the size I always wanted in that thickness (or .024″, essentially the same): 6″ long and 2 1/2″ wide (Union Mfg.) from Taylor Toolworks. I bought two.

Rob

]]> By: Alfred https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2026/06/27/now-lets-prepare-a-hand-scraper-part-2/#comment-555738 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:59:55 +0000 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=8765#comment-555738 Rob,
I think you covered the key steps in a way that probably reflects what most regular scraper users do. Keeping the scraper at 90 deg while honing the edge is is important since the burr angle is so small.
My early mistake was to angle the burr too much so that I had to angle the scraper forward so much that it was uncomfortable to hold and less effective.
Over time I have found many uses for scraping. I use i them for stripping difficult to remove varnish, cleaning and widening sliding dovetail, etc.
Scrapers are cheap and effective tools.

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