ORIGINAL: bigcountry
ORIGINAL: burniegoeasily
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
Rasping my heart out for 1 hour. Didn't put a dent in it.
Oh well, better than watching the boobtube I guess. One day I might get a bow.
Keep your head up. I broke about 8 to 10 bows getting the tillering thing down. Its not as easy as it looks. Youwill get it. This is why not everyone does it.
Kent, when you get a burr, do you just use a grinder? I was trying last night to make a burr with file. Do you file at 45degrees or even steeper like perpendiculuar to the edge of the metal?
No. You use a file to flatten the edge. You want it to be a perfectly square (45 degrees), or close. Then you lay the scraper flat and use a burnisher to start to smash a burr towards the edge you just flatened. Then you turn the scraper edge up. I like to hold mine in my vice. Then smooth the burr you just started in the wrong direction, back towards the big surface of the card and in the right direction. When you get a good one, it will cut nicely. Let me see if i can find a site to help explain the burr process. Its easier to see than to explain.