Spokeshave to card scraper?

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  • crokett
    The Full Monte
    • Jan 2003
    • 10627
    • Mebane, NC, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000
    #1

    Spokeshave to card scraper?

    I have a spokeshave that needs work. Since I never plan to shave any spokes could it be reground to use as a scraper?
    David

    The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.
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    • Uncle Cracker
      The Full Monte
      • May 2007
      • 7091
      • Sunshine State
      • BT3000
      #2
      Probably, unless it was edge tempered, in which case you would probably be grinding into the untempered area on the ends to mount a straight edge. Usually, an edge-tempered blade will have a darker discoloration following just back of the edge by an eighth of an inch or so. Not a common practice, but it does happen.

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        • Ken Massingale
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2002
          • 3862
          • Liberty, SC, USA.
          • Ridgid TS3650
          #3
          I'm going out on a loooong limb here, but that's not unusual.

          IMO I think the blade is too thick to use as a scraper. In addition to filing the edge flat and burnishing a burr on the thick edge, flexing the blade as in scraper use would be impossible unless you are secretly a superhero!

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