Making a straight edge blank Part 1/2 

Don’t encourage him.

Robert Szasz I feel your pain man. there's so many extremely talented machining guys on youtube sometimes I feel smart just for finding the play button to the video. learn something everyday.

Thank you!

Thank you Keith! Ps: Wish you a speedy recover :)

andrew stoddard Thank you for the support :)

Pest789 Thank you! I am also learing in the process of doing that, today I tried a bit of a different aproach in scraping and got much better results, will show that in Part 2 - Thanks for commenting! :)

You make me angry. Don’t encourage him.

Peter Owens Thank you for dropping by and leaving a comment :)

Eli Griggs … the funny thing is that granite slab is likely flatter than anything that tool would have ever seen in its (originally) intended industry. Perhaps they should cross-market to machinists too.

Ray Gardiner Part 2 might happen in the next few days - I got it shot already, but the editing compartment (me) is a bit lazy...

Cosimo Marotta Aww, come on, a cheap chinese tombstone (surface plate..), a handscraper and some spotting blue is all thats needed to start. And patience :D More machines and tools just make it a bit less tedious :)

Juan Rivero Thank you! Scraping a flat surface is not that complicated, one can get the hang of it in a few hours, but making it look god and giving it a good ammount of bearing surface is another story ;) There are a few homebrewn powerscrapers out there, made of SawAlls - Important is that there is a way to change the length of the stroke, or it would only work for very rough work. :)

Jeffrey Pfeifer At least here in germany they show up from time to time on ebay for a reasonable price :)

Stefan Gotteswinter dare I ask, what is a reasonable price for a power scraper?

Ron Hubbard Thanks for that comment - I am somethimes not sure if that what I talk makes sense, especially as english is not my native language :)

Stefan Gotteswinter Your English is fine. Just appreciate you taking your time to publish in English.

That is exactly why. Shaper surface finishes can be amazing, and they're so consistent. It's a really solid base for a scraping procedure.

Allen McFarlen Every household needs a lathe and a shaper ;)

Emma Ritson Thank you very much! Only drawback for me is that I realy cant keep up with all the videos out there, Your steam engine videos are still in my watchlist, waiting to be watched.

this is a subject that interests me a lot. would love to have these skills as part of my skillset. not sure i will live long enough though

aserta Yes, a lot of spots to keep clean and lubricate, but its also a quite satisfying process :) Are you talking of the squeeking noise when I cut the bevel on the part? I think that was because of the large overhang on the toolbit, that caused it to vibrate on a high pitch - I put hearing protection on after a while... Good to know what the roller is used for if somebody asks me that question. I love that powerscraper - It should not be mistaken with one of those scraping tools Bosch or Black&Decker makes, those are just for removing glue and old carpet but useless for precision scraping. The Biax and Renz shapers are specialised tools for machine rebuilders that normaly, if you cant get a used one are just horrible expensive. But all that could of course be done with a hand scraper - I did my whole lathe that way and also a few workholding devices. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Stefan Gotteswinter Yup, that noise, but you're right, it's probably the overhang. No, it wasn't a Bosch, nothing modern, it was old and beat up, very blocky (so probably something pre 90's and the guy who was using it was shaping square grooves with it in 3 cm thick plate. I've no idea what the machine's brand was, aluminium housing and like i said, very beat up. The tool at the end was a piece of very hard steel (i believe) shaped like a square cutting drill but without the actual drill inside, just the outer shell. If i manage to go that shop again i'll try and see if there's any markings on it. As for watching and commenting, always a pleasure! Thank you for taking time to make these really awesome videos. :)

Thank you!

James Kilroy Yeah, love that stuff too - I always stock a few pieces. If only the mess wouldnt be there when machining it... :)

Stefan Gotteswinter No doubt, the shop vac is your friend. I envy your power scraper, I'd love to have one but they tend to go for big bucks over here ($800+). I am stuck with the old manual method. Not too bad for finish work but a real pain when you are roughing.

F22xSTEALTHx I absolutely agree :)

cerberus Thank you :) Yes, scraping is not the fastest process..but the results speak for themself - With a pretty simple toolset (speaking of a handscraper, the powerscraper is a bit more involved...) you can achive very accurate surfaces.