The hardwood finisher : with rules and directions for finishing in natural colors and in antique, mahogany, cherry, birch, walnut, oak, ash, redwood, sycamore, pine and all other domestic woods, also miscellaneous rules for filling, staining, varnishing, polishing, dyeing, gilding and bronzing : together with hints on the preparation of woodwork for the finisher (1908)
New York : Industrial Publication Co. · leaf 24
er has been subjected; and until that degree of intelligence is assured uniform success in sharpening is hardly to be expected. If? on the other hand, the scraper fails to cut satisfactorily, it is invariably laid down on the bench and put through the two processes again. To sharpen the scraper… … rubbed backwards and forwards until all traces of the grinding have disappeared. Then it should be laid down flat on its side, still on the oil stone, as in Fig. 8, and rubbed until the sides are bright and polished all along the edges. If any false burr or feather-edge has been created in this…
Wood finishing
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