Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: cdpbrewer on September 10, 2013, 06:22:45 pm
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Tried many different things for use as bow scrapers. The thing below is the best so far. It’s handy for tillering since I don’t have to try to find where I misplaced the scraper after using the file. :P
It was made from a tapered half-round file I liked every much until I dropped and broke it. The steel is very hard but too brittle. Roughed out the scraper edge on a 4”x36” belt sander with silicon carbide belts and dunks in water to avoid loss of edge hardness then honed micro bevels with a fine diamond coated stone. Should never need resharpening. Downside is that the file cuts on the pull stroke but I'm getting less variance in thickness across a bow's belly when tillering with it. Had make it a pull cut to get the longest possible straight edge (the file's taper is under the handle wrap). When, not if..., I drop and break it, I’ll make one from a new file which fixes than.
c.d.
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Kuul idea!
OneBow
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NIce idea! Jawge
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nice!
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Cool. I'm sick of my scrapers, for one reason or another. The bow I'm working on now I've been using mostly course file and sandpaper.
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I like that idea. I would think a handle at each end on a longer file might even improve that combo.
Steve...sick of scrapers! Really? I love my scraper.
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Umm scrapers are the best tools for some jobs but the worst for others!
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Umm scrapers are the best tools for some jobs but the worst for others!
+1
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Umm scrapers are the best tools for some jobs but the worst for others!
Yeah, I once tried painting a ceiling with a scraper... ;) :o ::)
Del
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I am constantly shocked by how dull my scraper was prior to sharpening. I need more scrapers.
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Tried one with two handles Carson. Hacked from a sorry 12" flat file. Seemed too long for me plus it's more subject to breaking if you try to hog off lots of wood. A half round file would be stronger and definitely easier to grind a scraper edge into than a flat file.
c.d.