I’ve picked up this lovely old white cedar chest recently. The finish on it is I assume a shellac based on the scraper shavings. It’s quite blonde or yellow in it’s present form and apart of its retrofit to become my toolchest I’m scraping it off
I have begun scraping it off as it’s quite effective so far with my standard lie Neilson rectangle scraper, I’ve put an edge on it with a burnisher but I’ve noticed it can generate a fair bit of heat. Not with every stroke but there has been once or twice it was a little too hot to handle quite literally
Is this standard for scraping ? Or specific to the fact I’m scraping shellac and I should try dissolve it with metho or something? I’ll admit I’ve had these scrapers for years and is the first time I’ve properly used them on a project.
I do also have an extensive hnt Gordon selection of planes and understand they can be used as a scrapers but it was clogging a little and a hand scraper was just more effective in this case
Is this the reason the veritas cars scraper holder exists or is that due to pressure on thumbs and making it more ergonomic for big jobs using scrapers?
Cheers
Nathan