212 Scraper Setup

I purchased a Lie Nielsen 212 scraper plane when I was tooling up to make rods.  It was mentioned in the rod making books and on the rodmakers list occassionally so I figured I had to have one.  I was more than frustrated when I figured out that I really didn't need a high dollar scraper to make a good rod.  So it sits on the shelf looking very impressive.  There has been a 212 discussion on the rodmakers list today that encouraged me to take another look at it.  I can see how it would be a great tool to make .0005 inch shavings.  I'm not sure why I would need to do that.  But since I own one, I'm going to give it another try.

Two articles were mentioned on the List that they say will help set the plane up to work properly.  Here are links to the articles.  A beginning rod maker doesn't need one of these things, but if you have one you might as well learn to use it.  I'm going to give it another try.

http://thebamboorodroom.yuku.com/topic/429/t/Scraper-Blade-Tutorial.html
http://woodgears.ca/scraper/index.html

David