Tools

Card Scraper

also known as: cabinet scraper

Definition

A flat rectangle of spring steel with a burnished burr along the edge. Pulled or pushed at an angle to take fine shavings — especially useful on figured or tearout-prone wood.

In use

Card scraper for the figured maple — it tears out under a plane.

Related Terms

Tearout

Wood fibers ripped out below the surface by a blade or plane cutting against the grain direction. Often impossible to sand out — must be scraped or planed in the correct direction.