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Sharpen floor scraper blade.
A scraper in its basic form is simply a piece of hardened steel with a small hook that is created by pressing on the tool s edge with an even harder rod of steel.
How to sharpen a scraper 60 seconds to micro planing just as really sharp knives chisels and plane blades are finely honed and highly polished on both sides of their cutting edges a really sharp scraper will have a mirror finish burnished along both sides of a well formed burr.
But how to sharpen a scraper is a mysterious or confusing process for many woodworkers.
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The complete process generally takes three steps 1.
I recommend pushing metal file down the front face toward the sharp edge at a 45 degree angle.
Using hdx or similar blade with four sides.
When sharpening the 80 scraper the angle should be as close to 45 as you can get.