@@DoMetalStuff My new shaper is an Australian made Douglas 10.5" shaper. I am currently making a new die block, sleeve and bolt to stop rattling. Then I will start the measurements, which will take me to scraping. I am a new'ish machinist, so my progress is slow as.
@@CodeMunky-f5g That's nice, another shaper that will last for years to come. Hand scraping is also new to me and I do this slowly. You have to learn to walk before you can run. (was often said to me) when I started with a CNC lathe. Tip: If you are going to measure, make sure you have several DTIs so that you can see whether the values are correct. If you see a difference, one of the DTIs is no longer good😉
I think you are almost there. If I had some experience I might be able to give you some constructive comments. But alas, I have a lot les experience than you. The only observation I have to make is maybe the strokes you are using are too long (see therealspixycat) and try not to scrape the low areas. TTFN I think in the end the effort and time spent will be worth it. KOKO!
was still practicing here, I think I was at it for 8 hours. the material I am scraping now is much tougher (videos are still to come. too much to do, too little time.) thanks for all the messages, gives me energy again👍🏻👍🏻
Are you sure that you use the right geometry of the cutting blade? Normally you scrape cast iron and you're scraping steel i guess. My impression is that you scrape very narrow area. Not sure but that is my impression
I have ordered a scraping tool, so these classes are very worthwhile and relevant.
@@CodeMunky-f5g nice to read👍🏻. hope you can learn something from it😉. and have fun with your scraping project
@@DoMetalStuff My new shaper is an Australian made Douglas 10.5" shaper. I am currently making a new die block, sleeve and bolt to stop rattling. Then I will start the measurements, which will take me to scraping. I am a new'ish machinist, so my progress is slow as.
@@CodeMunky-f5g That's nice, another shaper that will last for years to come. Hand scraping is also new to me and I do this slowly. You have to learn to walk before you can run. (was often said to me) when I started with a CNC lathe.
Tip: If you are going to measure, make sure you have several DTIs so that you can see whether the values are correct. If you see a difference, one of the DTIs is no longer good😉
And you can rough it in with an angle grinder and later on go over to hand scraping
You can, but this surface is planed on the shaper
@@DoMetalStuff use cast iron: will make your life much much easier. Later when you've master it you can try steel
@@therealspixycat this stuf is cast
I think you are almost there. If I had some experience I might be able to give you some constructive comments. But alas, I have a lot les experience than you. The only observation I have to make is maybe the strokes you are using are too long (see therealspixycat) and try not to scrape the low areas. TTFN I think in the end the effort and time spent will be worth it. KOKO!
was still practicing here, I think I was at it for 8 hours. the material I am scraping now is much tougher (videos are still to come. too much to do, too little time.) thanks for all the messages, gives me energy again👍🏻👍🏻
Are you sure that you use the right geometry of the cutting blade? Normally you scrape cast iron and you're scraping steel i guess. My impression is that you scrape very narrow area. Not sure but that is my impression
That's right, I now have one with a larger radius about R 100/120