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7th March 2012, 08:22 AM #1
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Scartsen,skartzen chairmakers tool
Hi all,
I was recently talking to an old woodworker mate about how to solve a problem of mine (whilst making bows) and he suggested I try a scartsen SP? I tried googling various spellings but came up with nout.
He described it as a small handle with a small sqwiggly S or Z shapped blade on the end and was used, one handed to pull shavings off, like a scraper.
Anyone got any idea what he was on about?
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7th March 2012, 08:40 AM #2
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7th March 2012, 09:14 AM #3
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ahh thankyou, the old bloke was not looney after all.
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4th June 2016, 09:56 PM #4
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The scraper is called a Skarsten Scraper... Maybe the best furniture scraper ever made and unfortunately ended production about 10 years ago.
I own the 80mm and the 62mm and have 4 unopened packets of hook blades now for sale... contact me!
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6th June 2016, 09:11 PM #5
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Anyone have pic of what you are talking about?
I am learning, slowley.
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7th June 2016, 09:51 AM #6
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I have two that I found when sorting out my late father-in-law's tools. He was a carpenter and would have brought them over from England when the family immigrated here in the 1950's.
Originally Posted by Pagie
I will photograph them later and post hereTom
"It's good enough" is low aim
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7th June 2016, 10:01 AM #7
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PM sent re blades Originally Posted by tcc7
Tom
"It's good enough" is low aim
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7th June 2016, 12:13 PM #8
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Scraper photo
As promised, a photo of the scrapers. The small one is 35mm and large one 62mm across. These were nearly thrown out when I was having a clean up about two weeks ago.Scrapers.jpgScrapers.jpg
Tom
"It's good enough" is low aim
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7th June 2016, 03:34 PM #9
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I used to have a couple many years back and was rather at a loss when blades were no longer available. I cant think of anything better that has come along as a replacement.
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John
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7th June 2016, 05:42 PM #10
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Still have my 2, but alas, the inability to source blades is a pain the the proverbial...I loved them.
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12th June 2016, 08:21 PM #11
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Source for the 35mm ones Originally Posted by david.elliott
http://www.thewoodworks.com.au/shop/...scrapers-paint
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