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Any tips to sharpen a plexi scraper?
Sandpaper doesn't seem to work and even when I use the sidewall planer tool on it, it doesn't seem to get as sharp as it originally used to be. Even the sides of the plexi (never used) take off more wax than the long edge.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You can use grit paper & a square block but you need to do it every time otherwise the edge will be too rounded & it'll take ages to remove enough material to get a sharp edge. You can plane it or get a pucka scraper sharpener.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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sharp metal blade across plexi blade at 90degrees
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I just lay a file on the bench with the tang against the vice and run the scraper along it longitudinally.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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a sharp ski edge works...
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Idle curiosity......what's a plexi scraper and why would it need sharpening?
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Megamum, its a plexiglass scraper used to scrape off the excess wax when you are hand waxing skis/boards. It needs a sharp edge so that it does actually scrape off the wax rather than just ride up over the wax.
BTW - I'm with spyderjon on this. I use something like 120 grit paper and a length of something like 2 by 2 as a guide. Works fine as long as you sharpen up every time befor a waxing session, and only takes a couple of minutes to do both long sides of the scraper.
Edit: link to picture here.
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Draw file and use a square to check... reminds me of my old time in Aerospace.
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