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    Jimmy Harris

    Renovating 1902 Bailey #6 scrub plane

    I would just knock off the loose paint and rust with a wire brush, clean off what's left with soap and water, and paint it.

    Personally,

    Jimmy Harris Today, 6:54 PM Go to last post
    Roger Feeley

    Home Depot cheerful refunds

    I got a 10’ piece of 1” black iron pipe and had hm cut it into 2 pieces. The bar code was too badly damaged to read so I snapped the shelf tag. The employee

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    Warren Lake

    Card "scraper" or something else?

    any examples of an excellent finish from a card scraper. Ive seen past hand work from people with planes and its not consistent. Then on purpose

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    Jimmy Harris

    Card "scraper" or something else?

    Most scrapers make use of a burr, but not all.

    Either way, scraping, planing, burr, no burr... you're performing the same action. It's

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    Warren Lake

    Sumpy 2

    Found one new file and five old ones question answered the new file cuts great compared. At 70 to 100 strokes per tooth it goes down hill. Didnt find

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