xy mosian
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Well here we are then, an image of my scratch stock, as you can see it's nowt but a bit of stick really. The blade is piece of the bandsaw blade that condeesteso kindly sent and seems to work well. I tried it this afternoon and came to some conclusions.
Working cross-grain in mahogany a sealer of some sort is almost essential. My choice would be shellac based, mainly for the quick drying but it might also have something to do with the smell I found it necessary to renew the sealer just as soon as the scratch had gone through the sealed layer.
Strangely the shellac sealer had a pronouced effect even if I carried on scratching before it was quite dry.
Leaning the blade forwards of square to the surface reduced tear out, to such an extent that I would consider forming the blade to give correct the profile when working at an angle.
Cross grain there were no little curls of wood, just dust really. A small pointed object was handy to clean this away from the blade. A Stanley craft knife worked well.
A light touch was essential.
It is probably a good idea to make sure no neighbours are around when you cheer with joy as you find success.
Thanks condeesteso for sending the blades to urge me on. I hope these findings are a help.
xy
Working cross-grain in mahogany a sealer of some sort is almost essential. My choice would be shellac based, mainly for the quick drying but it might also have something to do with the smell I found it necessary to renew the sealer just as soon as the scratch had gone through the sealed layer.
Strangely the shellac sealer had a pronouced effect even if I carried on scratching before it was quite dry.
Leaning the blade forwards of square to the surface reduced tear out, to such an extent that I would consider forming the blade to give correct the profile when working at an angle.
Cross grain there were no little curls of wood, just dust really. A small pointed object was handy to clean this away from the blade. A Stanley craft knife worked well.
A light touch was essential.
It is probably a good idea to make sure no neighbours are around when you cheer with joy as you find success.
Thanks condeesteso for sending the blades to urge me on. I hope these findings are a help.
xy