Not exactly, but wondering if I made one today or if usable. 3/4 scraper, putting finishing touches on the bottom of a box, then BOOM, it happened. It hit so fast I just stood there wondering what the heck just happened??? Was scraping, I thought even with the center but in retrospect, I believe I was above center. I had a catch, not a small one, but a huge one that jarred the heck out of both arms. The tool did not bounce out of the box, but, I took it out to see what I just did to the box. A smallish nick in the wood, then I looked at the tool. Took a few minutes to stop cursing, but I was holding a bent scraper. It bent where it enters the handle. It's not real bad... but enough to call unusable the way it is. It looks like a limp rag... I laugh now but I do realize just how close I came to being in real trouble.
Can I straighten this out, or will it make it brittle. I can heat it but I don't want to go that route and mess with HSS properties. It would be fairly easy (?) to remove from handle and straighten it out on an anvil with a 2lb hammer?
I have watched so many videos on using a scraper and the rest of the gouges I'm blurry eyed. Yea, I need to take a class somehow..... darn virus keeping us home. Wife won't even talk about going camping right now.... grrrrr
Can I straighten this out, or will it make it brittle. I can heat it but I don't want to go that route and mess with HSS properties. It would be fairly easy (?) to remove from handle and straighten it out on an anvil with a 2lb hammer?
I have watched so many videos on using a scraper and the rest of the gouges I'm blurry eyed. Yea, I need to take a class somehow..... darn virus keeping us home. Wife won't even talk about going camping right now.... grrrrr