Scraper Sharpener???

[GoldMember]

One of the guys in our communal ski shop brought in one of these. With the novelty of having one of these available, we all were getting new scrapers after about three weeks. These definitely take a bite out of the scraper life.

https://www.skiscrapersharpener.com/

[Self Jupiter]

I use a cheap belt sander, might be this exact model, paid around $50

https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-1...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Peruvian]

And then a couple weeks later you have 6-8 dull scrapers and we're back to the original premise of this thread

A couple of weeks?

[utagonian]

One of the guys in our communal ski shop brought in one of these. With the novelty of having one of these available, we all were getting new scrapers after about three weeks. These definitely take a bite out of the scraper life.

https://www.skiscrapersharpener.com/

I was given one of those and it didn't hold up. Burnt the motor in one season.

I ended up getting an Edgr. I know, dentist move (it was $249 when I bought mine), but so nice to always have a really sharp scraper.

https://shopcoldriver.com/products/e...aper-sharpener

I bought a bunch of 3x5" plastic from TAP Plastics and usually just sharpen a stack of them in one session to minimize the shavings floating around.

[anotherVTskibum]

I had the red Swix sharpener on my bench and after several years the file would not keep a sharp edge on the scraper.

A new scraper is $6-8. You can by 6-8 scrapers for the price if that non-electric Toko. Your choice.

Did you try replacing the panzer file? Or sharpening it?

For single-purpose tools, something like https://the-raceplace.com/products/m...aper-sharpener



I use the larger Swix panzer file-and-guide setup; with a discount, I can easily deal with the price. Given that it usually takes 2-3 pairs of skis to dull a scraper (fewer with CH4), having something on the bench is critical. I miss the power sharpener a previous employer had, but there's no way I can justify one to my wife (and I don't particularly like the Swix/Toko ones—they're too narrow and the 5mm scrapers don't fit through cleanly).

[turnfarmer]

I used drywall screen and the when I got a panzer in a vice moved on. Panzar more better.
Once you get used to a sharp scraper there is no going back.

[XXX-er]

You just going to toss the scraper when edge gets ragged? Happens pretty quick.
Use a file card on your file. Can't see plastic wearing out a file.
Also, lexan can be bought by the sheet and cut your own.
Always good to have a small scraper whilst touring...

when my kid raced biathalon the coach told me he would get a sheet cut up at the local plastics shop at beginning of season, it didnt work very well tho cuz they had all disappeared by end of season );

[ill-advised strategy]

In my shop days, I had a bench grinder with the safety shrouds removed and a homemade guide at 90 degrees to the broad side of the wheel. Perfect straight sharp steel scrapers in seconds. It was amazing.

Like this, but with the wheel exposed and a scraper guide to use the side of the wheel. I’m gonna make myself one of these again I think.

[El Chupacabra]

I use a handheld 4" angle grinder and eyeball it. Works well enough.

[DougW]

I was thinking that maybe I was under thinking this problem. Though I couldn't see spending $60 on a sharpener I started sketching out simple solutions in mind. But when I was out by work bench this came out as a solution with about 10 seconds effort. Works fine. File is an old rasp on the less aggressive side a hand me down from wife's horse stuff.

[Gunder]

I was given one of those and it didn't hold up. Burnt the motor in one season.

I ended up getting an Edgr. I know, dentist move (it was $249 when I bought mine), but so nice to always have a really sharp scraper.

https://shopcoldriver.com/products/e...aper-sharpener

I bought a bunch of 3x5" plastic from TAP Plastics and usually just sharpen a stack of them in one session to minimize the shavings floating around.

I have the same one. You have to keep blowing out the chips otherwise it will overheat. It works well but is a pain on the ass to keep clean. It is way faster than using my Bridgeport tho.

[stuckathuntermtn]

I still have a multi edger and a panzar file for it. Set edger to 0 and off you go.

[Conundrum]

A panzer every once in awhile and one of these more often.

[spudbumkin]

A panzer every once in awhile and one of these more often.

What am I looking at?

[Conundrum]

https://www.amazon.com/Corona-Sharpe.../dp/B000BPASBK

Gives a nice sharp plastic edge on the scraper with a pass every few waxings. It eventually rounds the scraper so a couple passes on a panzer squares the scraper back up.

[utagonian]

I have the same one. You have to keep blowing out the chips otherwise it will overheat. It works well but is a pain on the ass to keep clean. It is way faster than using my Bridgeport tho.

I've never had mine overheat but when I do a batch of scrapers, I usually keep the shopvac pointed at the opening so the shavings don't go all over the place.

[spudbumkin]

https://www.amazon.com/Corona-Sharpe.../dp/B000BPASBK

Gives a nice sharp plastic edge on the scraper with a pass every few waxings. It eventually rounds the scraper so a couple passes on a panzer squares the scraper back up.

Oh, cool!

[Djongo Unchained]

This gets all the caked on wax off with the brush and cuts a fresh edge in 2 passes.
Will remove fingernails too. And send shit flying across the room.
It's a handful.
if you put a prop on it, it might have lift-off.

[buttahflake]

I just use the edge of the ski, up near the tip or down by the tail.
What the fuck is going on here?

[spudbumkin]

We may be channeling our inner "barking bear", you know, epic like.

[old goat]

In my shop days, I had a bench grinder with the safety shrouds removed and a homemade guide at 90 degrees to the broad side of the wheel. Perfect straight sharp steel scrapers in seconds. It was amazing.

Like this, but with the wheel exposed and a scraper guide to use the side of the wheel. I’m gonna make myself one of these again I think.

Obviously you've gotten away with it and hopefully will in the future but I wouldn't advise people to grind on the side of the wheel. They occasionally come apart. (There are grinders designed to sharpen on the side of the wheel but these are very low speed.)

[GoldMember]

This gets all the caked on wax off with the brush and cuts a fresh edge in 2 passes.
Will remove fingernails too. And send shit flying across the room.
It's a handful.
if you put a prop on it, it might have lift-off.

Yeah? But what if you put it on a treadmill?

[Djongo Unchained]

^^^^^^
I think you'd travel a light year in a nanosecond.

[oftpiste]

I use drywall sand paper on the workbenches and just eyeball it close to vertical. Works pretty well.

this with a simple guide at 90 degrees

[stuckathuntermtn]

Phrasing