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A Google search will yield many references to carbide burnishing tools used to form the hook on a scraper<\/strong>. I first came across the use of carbide in a commercially made burnisher in the old wooden-body version of Veritas\u2019 Variable Burnisher <\/a>which houses a short carbide rod. (The body of the current version is a molded man-made material.) I later purchased their Burnisher<\/a> which has a 1\/8″ carbide rod projecting 3\/4″ from a simple handle. Despite its small size, I found myself using this tool in preference to all of the many (too many) steel burnishers I\u2019ve bought or made over the years. I just needed more length.<\/p>\n Pictured above is my homemade Burnisher for Life<\/strong>. Three and one-half years ago I asked the folks at Innovative Carbide to make a 3\/16″ diameter 12″ highly polished carbide rod. I explained the intended use and they recommended an appropriate grade of carbide (10S) with excellent wear resistance. It cost about $50. I drilled a hole in a $4 handle <\/a>to house 5 \u00bd” of the rod with a press fit, which thus is effectively stored for future use, though I doubt it will be needed any time soon.<\/p>\n This is by far, no contest, the best burnisher I\u2019ve ever used<\/strong>. The very hard and smooth carbide gives effortless, controlled burnishing. The length, though more than necessary, allows a combination of forward and sideways motions<\/strong> creating smooth action against the steel.<\/p>\n There are a few other homemade carbide burnishers to be found on the internet, but currently there is no need to make your own. Lie-Nielsen<\/a>\u00a0and Blue Spruce<\/a> make carbide burnishers that look excellent, as expected from these makers, though I have not used them. The Blue Spruce is listed as 1\/4″ in diameter and the Lie-Nielsen appears to be similar. I like the pressure produced by the 3\/16″ diameter but I\u2019m sure 1\/4″ would work well and, I suppose, be sturdier.<\/p>\n A full size carbide burnisher, store bought or homemade, is relatively expensive<\/strong> but I\u2019ll bet once you try one, it will be the only kind you\u2019ll want to use<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0 A Google search will yield many references to carbide burnishing tools used to form the hook on a scraper. I first came across the use of carbide in a commercially made burnisher in the old wooden-body version of Veritas\u2019 Variable Burnisher which houses a short carbide rod. (The body of the current version is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools-and-shop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4796,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions\/4796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}