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13th October 2011, 09:09 PM #61Philomath in training
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Where's the wait list?
It sounds like an educational weekend. I've only just arrived here on this forum but would like to be considered for a future class.
Michael
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13th October 2011, 09:35 PM #62Dave J Guest
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13th October 2011, 09:37 PM #63Dave J Guest
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13th October 2011, 09:40 PM #64New Member
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- Jun 2007
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- Brisbane
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Scrapers satisfy that itch
Hello All,
My first post: As a member of the first scraper's course I would like to thank Phil for offering his beautiful workshop and precious granite slab for rank beginners like myself to learn some great techniques. Thanks to Greg and Richard (great little vices RC) and Joe for getting it all together. Thanks to all the wonderful people who participated in good nature and comraderie.
Thanks Marco: I did not take offence at having my (lousy) technique corrected: I was just stuffed from a horrid weeks work.
Sorry for not coming out and socialising on the Saturday night: might just have to communicate and learn more slowly over the net.
Yeah!!!! Great time. Thanks,
Rossi
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13th October 2011, 10:12 PM #65Dave J Guest
Hi Rossi and welcome,
Stuart told me he didn't go Saturday night either, so you where not the only one.
As I said above you will find a great bunch of guys here willing to help wherever they can.
It sounds like you guys had a great time and learn't a lot.
Dave
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13th October 2011, 10:22 PM #66Distracted Member
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Rossi with the DSG? Welcome aboard. You realise I am going to pester you till you post some pics of your lathe? There's a thread somewhere <rummage>. Add it on here: https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/sh...-lathe-121627/, or start a new thread if you like. We're not fussy.
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13th October 2011, 10:54 PM #67
Hi All,
What a great show! Wish there was something like this in Brisbane!
Anyhow, as part of this
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f12/de...t-sale-142196/
I have come across these items and a mold for one of them.
Am willing to donate mold so long it is kept for the club. Postage at your expense.
Interested?
Cheers
Borys
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13th October 2011, 11:15 PM #68
Hi Rossi,
Welcome to the forum, very pleased you've joined us.
You realize of course, that now, that you are a forum member I have to dig back through the scraping course pictures to find a picture of you, so as to complete therogue's gallerycollection of pictures of fine gentlemen.
Regards
Ray
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13th October 2011, 11:52 PM #69SENIOR MEMBER
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Probably half the guys there were from interstate, that’s why we picked the date months in advance and away from Grand Final & Melbourne Cup, so there were cheap fares on offer.
Am willing to donate mold so long it is kept for the club. Postage at your expense. Interested?
That’s a great offer, but I have any amount of that sort of equipment. In the best interests of the estate, you’re probably best to advertise them here, or EBay, so the Queensland guys can bid them up. The lap, cast plate and granite would all be good for someone up North. The lap probably the pick of them, there’s lots of work in getting those reliefs in.
When you say mold, I assume you mean pattern. Regrettably that’s worth less than the day it was made. It means finding a foundry they still cast’s low volume, someone to machine the casting, heat treater for stress relief, and someone to grind or scrape it. The Chinese have killed that market. Some of the guys last weekend had granite biscuits nearly that large in a reasonable grade for about the $60 mark.
That will affect your granite also, that was probably many hundreds of dollars when it was bought. You can replace it with new today for a fraction of that.
Regards Phil.
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14th October 2011, 06:47 AM #70New Member
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- Brisbane
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Hi Bryan, Happy to get some photos of the DSG and post: might take till the weekend.
Mystery scraper: there are pictures of me in the first bunch of photos: gumbie boots, head down, red shirt.
Thanks for the welcome guys: the sense of community is palpable.
Will be pestering Borys this weekend....
Phil, I might have left my carbide tip in the scraper: will check and get back to you.
Cheers,
Rossi
Scrape on
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14th October 2011, 09:49 AM #71Pink 10EE owner
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Have been sort of practising my flaking technique... I think the sandvik scraper handle is not very good for it, It is too narrow and too hard to grip.. That Anderson scraper Phil had was very easy to hold for flaking...
The method on how to do it finally clicked for me on the Monday morning when we were cleaning up.. I discovered where to hit the blade and also the grip is important as your hand has to be like a spring... You hit the blade, and it springs in your hand in a twisting motion, when the force of the hit finishes, the blade has to spring back to the starting position to produce the crescent shape.. So the hit produces half the crescent shape and the spring produces the other half..Light red, the colour of choice for the discerning man.
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14th October 2011, 11:11 AM #72GOLD MEMBER
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Hi RC,
Looks great. Now are you going to try and cross it?
I found with the sandvik scraper that if I held the handle it worked pretty well(well at least I thought so, see the picture on page 1). I found it would then twist as it should and twist back no matter how hard or (within reason) softly I held it. Others tried it and it didn't work for them. I guess its one of those things you just have to keep playing a until suddenly it starts working.
I wonder how the first guy to do this came up with the idea.
Stuart
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14th October 2011, 11:30 AM #73SENIOR MEMBER
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http://www.andersonscraper.com/Anderson-Hand-Scrapers.php
I bought that down, just a few months ago, so it was here to show you guys, because its in the Morgan book. It was $91 plus $31 postage for $124 delivered.
I think it’s the spring in the blade that lends itself to bump mottling, so well.
Nice people to do business with, I had been speaking to Allen Hoople of A & W precision. And I told him about the class, he sent down 2 HSS blades free of charge, for the guys to try. We never really got to use them much, as we run out of time on the Turcite.
If any of you guys want one, get your heads together on a group buy, and maybe put it through someone’s Shipito account to save on postage.
Regards Phil.
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14th October 2011, 05:21 PM #74Distracted Member
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14th October 2011, 08:41 PM #75Senior Member
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- Perth
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Machtool (Phil),
Thanks for looking after my doorstop piece. After keeping the mosquitoes company in central Kalimantan (Borneo) for the past week I think I will have to attend the next course, no excuses, providing the malaria doesn't get in first. Sounds like all that attended had a good time and added to the knowledge base. Thanks to those for posting photos and videos of the event, much appreciated, remote learning. Phil, if you could hang onto the block for me it would be appreciated. Thanks, Alan.
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