[bigredc]

I saw on a show once, a guy made cabinet scrapers from old hand saw's. I have a few old saw's that I want to try it on. I'm having a hard time ruining the old saw's. Has anyone ever tried it?

 

[mdlbldrmatt135]

http://www.wkfinetools.com/tMaking/art/makingScraper/index.asphttp://http://www.wkfinetools.com/tMaking/art/makingScraper/index.asp

 

[bigredc]

I ask, and I recieve. Thanks.

 

[mdlbldrmatt135]

No prob.........

 

[bigredc]

I did end up making these from an old very pitted hand saw.
Chris

 

[LarrySch]

Bigredc - those look great.
I made a scraper from one of those paint edgers. Works great as it already has a plastic handle to hold on to.

 

[Capt Crutch]

Does anyone know of any uses for old worn out 7-1/4" circular saw blades? I have a bunch I've been saving, because I figured the steel would be good for something, but I haven't found a use yet. Has anyone else?

 

[aclose]

hmm, somewhere in here (another thread) i believe Daren mentioned using them for scrapers or plane blades. they also make great shop decor when you hang them on the wall :thumbsup:

 

[cabinetman]

Planer and jointer knives make excellent scrapers. These work well and can do large areas. They can be fitted to a saw kerf in a strip of wood on edge as a handle.

 

[bigredc]

I didn't think of using old table saw for anything. They do seem to be the right thickness for a plane knife. I just threw out 2 or 3 that came with a saw I bought. I've been wanting to make a wooden plane like Daren does but I didn't want to have to buy the iron for it. Darn. I was proud of myself for actually throwing something out.

 

[Capt Crutch]

Darn. I was proud of myself for actually throwing something out.

That'll teach you!

 

[Capt Crutch]

For those who use scrapers regularly, what do you need to put the edge / hook on it?

The catalogs seem to want to make it more complicated than what I suspect it is...to sell expensive tools.

I see these triangular burnishers that they say are the thing to use...but then again Lee Valley or Veritas or Lie-Nielsen or whoever want to charge $$$$$ for what amounts to a piece of HSS...please help. I hate paying big bucks for a tool I could find in the landfill...

 

[bigredc]

I don't know what makes those things so
special that lee nelson sells. You can use the shaft of a big screw driver. You could make something like this out of wood and use a drill bit
Chris

 

[morgid]

Planer and jointer knives make excellent scrapers. These work well and can do large areas. They can be fitted to a saw kerf in a strip of wood on edge as a handle.

:blink:

 

[Wiz1940]

You could always take those old sawblades, get some clockworks at a hobby shop, and make some shop clocks out of them.

Wiz, the newbie to this forum