I agree about the thick spotting agent. I believe it is canode and as such can be thinned a bit with windex. The closer you are to done, the thinner you want your canode. No harm in cleaning everything and trying another spotting cycle.
 
Hi Joe,Thanks for reading,
i had just reapplied the ink to the surface plate before the last picture, it is a bit thick.
it does show the broadening contact only, it was meant to illustrate that only.
my camera doesn't pick up the small inked spots very well, to compensate my ink is a little thicker than i would normally use. Thank you for the information.
the ink thins as it is transferred off of the surface plate to the work every time you rub.
in the next series of pictures i'll be scraping for points , this part of the op is for flatness.
 
I was very fortunate to have made some new friends yesterday and got to scrape with another member again, Bob Korves.
I was invited to scrapefest2015 at Oxtools in Benicia,Ca. Tom was the host!
heres a couple of enhanced pictures from my scraping at #Scrapefest2015 (sorry for the poor quality images)

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i changed up for the point scraping, i went to the Biax for a while.
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- uDidn't I see a mention of some red dye a while ago which is said to be even
more pessimistic than the blue ? Do this one up perfect; have a surface you KNOW
is perfect. Designate a softwood panel reserved to set the straight edge on Always.
 
Yes the red showed on camera better as well, it was a thinner ink and was an interesting contrast to looking at blue.
i'm shooting for perfection, i hope not to disappoint!
thanks for the advise , i'll construct a special box upon completion.
i'm no woodworker, but i'll make exception for a worthy cause.
thank you as always,
 
In fact I've gotten spoiled to using the Biax to scrape with that I only hand scrape for areas that the power scraper can't get into

I made a similar statement in another thread five minutes ago.
 
Yes the red showed on camera better as well, it was a thinner ink and was an interesting contrast to looking at blue.
i'm shooting for perfection, i hope not to disappoint!
thanks for the advise , i'll construct a special box upon completion.
i'm no woodworker, but i'll make exception for a worthy cause.
thank you as always,

Not only are you a Zen master but a California movie star too! I watched Tom's video last night. Send me the dimensions of the box you need and I will make it for you I have some nice Cocbolo and Brazillian Walnot that would make a beautiful box for your show piece. :cool 2:
 
Not only are you a Zen master but a California movie star too! I watched Tom's video last night. Send me the dimensions of the box you need and I will make it for you I have some nice Cocbolo and Brazillian Walnot that would make a beautiful box for your show piece. :cool 2:

You are waaay too kind....:chunky:, i had a lot of fun with the fellows at scrapefest 2015!

Wow, Brooks!!!
What a generous offer, i'll measure the piece and send the dimensions
thank you very much!!!
 
i have done a little work over the weekend on the straightedge.
i deviated from the original plan, there was going to be a lot of hours in just roughing.
i thought it best to save some time. I cheated a little and had to use the newly constructed long blade for the biax scraper.
i'll be finish scraping by hand, to try to keep a small semblance of the original plan.
here's the progress on the rear side...:D
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