Scrapers

[auscab]

I now make my scrapers from the cheap hardened teeth disposable type saws.

I used to chop up old Distons or Spear and Jackson's . Then each apprentice I had, needed a few scrapers .

somewhere, about halfway between my first apprentice and my eighth I gave up chopping old saws.

The disposable type blade with the blued teeth cut off is good spring steel , there is no difference in quality that I can detect.

I like to have about 4 rectangle scrapers ,and two with curves.

And a tool I also make from the sawblades is a nail chopper , I have two , they are a good restoration tool , its a square section of sawblade sharpened on the grinder at one end just on one side , a bevel like a chisel, and mushroomed over at the other end from hitting with a hammer.
These tools come in handy for getting backs off cabinets or drawer bottoms out of old drawers when they need to be saved , and when the nails cant be pulled out or punched through because of rust . used the right way the blade slides between the two bits of wood and with a good hit with a hammer chops through the nails. then holding the blade between the two pieces where the nail is and hitting the top with a hammer you can flatten the jagged chopped nail so the drawer bottom slides out whithout the remains of the nail leaving a bad scratch in the drawer bottom .

They are good at chopping and levering off things as well, when there is no better way

Rob

[Enfield Guy]

Can you post a photo of this, sounds interesting, and useful.

Cheers
Bevan

[auscab]

Sure . Ill see if I can find them under the pile of tools on my workbench today . If I'm lucky I may have put them in the box where they belong.

[auscab]

Here is my main one .

To chop nails in drawer bottoms you attack from the side . otherwise the drawer back can break out where the nail is .

Rob

[Toymaker Len]

Scrapers are a great alternative to sandpaper. I have one I inherited. It's made from an old sawblade set into a wooden handle. They are brilliant for removing varnish and scratches. Just hold it square to a diamond stone to sharpen and then finish with a hone on a piece of hardened polished steel.

[Toymaker Len]

http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools...e_Scraper.html
and here is the link to the stewmac video. This guy has taken the scraper much further than anything I have seen before. Think I'll order one. No hang on, piece of tool steel. 90 degrees. I might already have something like this.

[Bob38S]

Anyone have an idea of how thick his scrapers are?

[Kuffy]

1/8"

[Bob38S]

Thanks for that.

I'd like to give it a go as I think that this will give me a greater control over the bent scrapers.

[Fuzzie]

So how do people go about cutting the shapes out of saw blades for straight and curved scrapers?

I'm sure in the old days they didn't have angle grinders.