On Feb 22, 12:57=A0pm, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
> What do you use around the house/shop that works
> really well to create the burr?
I've used
the shaft of a screwdriver (without nickel plating)
a hardened dowel pin
a ~3mm carbide rod
a ~15mm carbide cylinder
The smaller diameter burnishers work well with less pressure,
but the large diameters give a very uniform edge
"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Bonehenge (B A R R Y)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:57:42 -0600, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>What do you use around the house/shop that works
>>>really well to create the burr?
>>
>> The burnisher I bought from Lee Valley. <G>
>>
>
> The dial-a-burr burnisher is great,
Got a link for that?
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:57:42 -0600, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
>What do you use around the house/shop that works
>really well to create the burr?
The burnisher I bought from Lee Valley. <G>
Seriously though... If you have a good quality hard chromed socket
extension or old engine valve, you can save the money. I don't have
either handy near my wood bench, so I bought a burnisher.
Of course, once I bought the burnisher, I ended up knowing at least
five people who could have given me a used valve.
> What do you use around the house/shop that works
> really well to create the burr?
Drill a hole in the end of a round dowel (or any handle shaped piece of wood)
with a good 1/2" drill bit... shove the drill bit into the hole (butt end
sticking out) and you have a hard steel burnishing tool with a handle.
Cheap and effective!
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says...
> On Feb 22, 3:57 pm, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What do you use around the house/shop that works
> > really well to create the burr?
> >
>
> The smooth part of a round or rattail file just above the teeth works.
> If you have an old dull one, you can use a belt-sander to take
> the teeth off entirely.
>
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> FF
That's a great idea. I'll try that.
Thanks,
S.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> What do you use around the house/shop that works
> really well to create the burr?
>
> Thanks,
>
> S.
>
I've a philips screwdriver with a highly polished round chrome vanadium
shaft that works well, close to the handle. It's not much of a
screwdriver, but a great burnisher.
-P.
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> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:57:42 -0600, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>What do you use around the house/shop that works
>>really well to create the burr?
>
> The burnisher I bought from Lee Valley. <G>
>
The dial-a-burr burnisher is great, because you can put different angles on
different scrapers for specific purposes. I have four scrapers with four
angles for rough to finest scrape. Love it.
Use a marker to label the scrapers.
On Feb 22, 3:57 pm, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
> What do you use around the house/shop that works
> really well to create the burr?
>
> Thanks,
>
> S.
Crank spindle from an old 10 speed. Super-hard
steel, and the tapered flats are set at just the
right angle for drawing the burr if you hold the
spindle level.
On Feb 22, 3:57 pm, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
> What do you use around the house/shop that works
> really well to create the burr?
>
The smooth part of a round or rattail file just above the teeth works.
If you have an old dull one, you can use a belt-sander to take
the teeth off entirely.
--
FF
On Feb 22, 1:57 pm, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
> What do you use around the house/shop that works
> really well to create the burr?
>
> Thanks,
>
> S.
high speed steel drill rod. cheap and easy to come by. when you go to
buy it at the machinist' supply, ask for it in hard state. jobber
length is fine, 3/8" to 1/2" diameter seems to be about right.
Sat, Feb 23, 2008, 9:29am [email protected] (Dave=A0W) doth
advieth:
Push rod from an overhead valve engine <snip>
I was wondering if anyone was gonna come up with that. Works as
well as anything, and better than most.
JOAT
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I do not have a problem with a woman president - except for Hillary.
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:55:23 -0700, J T wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
> Sat, Feb 23, 2008, 9:29am [email protected] (Dave W) doth
> advieth:
> Push rod from an overhead valve engine <snip>
>
> I was wondering if anyone was gonna come up with that. Works as
> well as anything, and better than most.
Some (most) only have hardened tips. HP rods have a hardened body as well.
I've tried both and notice that the non-hard rods develop a groove rather
quickly. If you get no groove, then it's good-nuff I say.
Of course most anything with a chromed shaft will also work well (think
screwdrivers)
-Bruce
>
>
>
> JOAT
> 10 Out Of 10 Terrorists Prefer Hillary For President - Bumper Sticker
>
> I do not have a problem with a woman president - except for Hillary.
>
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:57:42 -0600, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
>What do you use around the house/shop that works
>really well to create the burr?
Credit card.
Then you go to Lee Valley and buy a burnisher. It's no better as a
burnisher than any of the myriad bits of hard, smooth steel rod I have
around the house. However it does come with a ready-attached handle,
which has two advantages:
If you slip with the top of a file, you take a gouge out of your
scraper, requiring you to smooth the whole thing out again.
If you slip with a petrol engine valve, you run your fingers along the
edge of the freshly sharpened scraper.
So if you insist on making your own, at least take the time out to put a
decent handle on the thing!
Garage_Woodworks wrote:
> "George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>"Bonehenge (B A R R Y)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:57:42 -0600, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>What do you use around the house/shop that works
>>>>really well to create the burr?
>>>
>>>The burnisher I bought from Lee Valley. <G>
>>>
>>The dial-a-burr burnisher is great,
>
>
> Got a link for that?
>
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32633&cat=1,310,41070
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:57:42 -0600, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
>What do you use around the house/shop that works
>really well to create the burr?
I use an old, smooth, butchers steel. I'm not sure I qualify it as
working "really well" but it does OK.
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"samson" wrote...
> What do you use around the house/shop that works
> really well to create the burr?
Back of an old Millers Falls 3/4" chisel with the pointy edge ground =
off. The transparent red handle gives a good grip, is easy to find on =
the sharpening bench, and is pleasing to the eye. The steel is very =
satiny smooth and carries oil really well. Works best of any ho-made =
burnisher materials I've tried.
--=20
Timothy Juvenal
www.tjwoodworking.com
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> "George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Bonehenge (B A R R Y)" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> message news:[email protected]...
>>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:57:42 -0600, samson <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>What do you use around the house/shop that works
>>>>really well to create the burr?
>>>
>>> The burnisher I bought from Lee Valley. <G>
>>>
>>
>> The dial-a-burr burnisher is great,
>
> Got a link for that?
>
Nice job of snipping. I was going to reply with a sarcastic link to
Sharpie's website, but gone is the reference to the marker. :-)
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