During the latest visit back to the Wild and Wonderful West Virginia I was fortunate to have the pleasure to hang out with family and old friends. One of those friends was not in West Virginia though. Rob Cosman hails from New Brunswick, Canada and I paid him a visit through his new DVD Scraping Wood. This 9o minute DVD shot in High Def was Rob's latest addition to the instructional line of DVD's that have helped me hone my woodworking skills. To be honest I was a little skeptical of this DVD only because I had previously purchased and watched Christopher Schwarz's excellent Handscraper: Understanding, Preparing and Using the Ultimate Finishing Tool. Chris's DVD really set the bar high with excellent information and easy to use techniques. Scraping Wood was very much a review of how to prepare a card scraper although Rob's techniques differ from those of Chris's. Scraping Wood goes on to review the #80 cabinet scraper and three scraping planes, the #85, 212, & 112. Rob really emphasizes the importance of the burnisher and its level of polish. He also advocates the use of a flat burnisher over a round burnisher to spread out the pressure. I am eager to try this in the future to see if I can tell a difference. Overall, Scraping wood is some of the best video quality that I have ever seen in any woodworking video. It is very well organized and full of excellent advice. I am glad I own the DVD and can’t wait to watch it again.
P.S. And congratulations to Cody, Wyoming for hiring one of the best Paramedics in the lower 48...As a faithful Cor Woodworks Blog Reader you can borrow Scraping Wood any time!
