John Brown Woodworker Hand Scraper Woodworking

Phil davy writes about the late john brown.

Crippen woodworks free simple woodworking projects for beginners. This 48 page book was translated by brian anderson an american born writer and woodworker who lives and works in france. The last column i. Ill let john brown explain it as he did in welsh stick chairs god forbid that i should ever have a fire in the workshop but if i did and had to get out in a hurry id make sure my dumbscrape was in my pocket.

Several years ago when i started studying the burnishing of wood and other organic materials i started wondering if a carbide burnisher was able to smooth and polish steel to the degree that fine sharpening stones do. It is ostensibly a book for children though the stories lessons and drawing style will appeal to anyone who has an appreciation for the natural and. It is the only scraper ive ever had any success with.

As a woodworker with rheumatoid arthritis let me say i love my crucible card scraper. Use our magazine locator links to find your nearest. I was compelled to pick it up.

I never asked jb why he called his curved card scraper a dumbscrape. While chris was teaching a class in building his welsh stick chair i spied his cabinet scraper on the bench. It was thick like mine i prefer thicker cabinet scrapers so they can actually level a surface.

In may i got to spend two weeks working with chris williams a welsh chairmaker who worked with john brown for many years. The following is excerpted from grandpas workshop by maurice pommier. Indeed it used to be hell on ones hands to do the work while keeping the scraper bowed.

His run of columns there ended 32 issues later with a condemnation of power machinery in june 1996. Mike riley writes about the late john brown. Want the latest issue of the woodworker incorporating good woodworking.

The crucible scraper has worked beautifully for me and given all the knowledge that came with it the scraper is a smoking deal at 20. It was called the john brown column and discussed mostly chairmaking but with all hand tools. This video shows a slightly easier way to deal with the faces of the card scraper.

Every time i read john browns book welsh stick chairs i latch onto something different. Scrapers cut at a very high angle in fact the angle is so high that they actually cut the wood in a different manner and the resulting surface of the wood looks a bit different. And yes we have all see curved scrapers for curved work but nowhere had i ever seen a curved scraper for flat work.

John brown part 2. Hand tool devotee richard maguire has more than a few tricks of the trade to share. When i read the book for the first time in the mid 1990s i became obsessed with the welsh stick chairs form and i remain so to this day.