Cheap Sanding Tricks

In general, a scraper is a much better tool all around than sandpaper. For some tasks however, sand paper is still quite useful. Here are two tricks to shaping on a budget.

sandpaper rolls are very useful. By using a length and grabbing each end, applying pressure and pulling the sand paper back and […]

A Pretty Minirature Waterlily

Here is a lovely miniature waterlily. I have always had a fondness for the smaller waterlilies.

I rather like this one.

Not quite two inches across, with a variegated leaf.

I think the snake likes it too!

Bob

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Zephyranthes, Rain Lilies

These lovely flowers bloom sometimes right after it rains.

Nice flowers.

Bob

Scrapers, How to tune them.

Our goal is to make a scraper do this,

make nice long fluffy shavings. Nice fluffy shavings means a well polished wood surface.

There are a lot of ways to tune a scraper. The following is my preferred method, and it works quite well.

The goal is to shape a hook edge on the […]

Scrapers, a must have in the tool box.

If you are starting out woodworking, or using hand tools, here is the simplest of tools, and one of the best. This cut off section of a ruler is a great scraper.

This scraper does magic on wood surfaces.

This is what a scraper does,

Scrapers can remove the finest shavings, and […]