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Offline gfugal

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Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« on: March 13, 2018, 12:04:23 pm »
Anybody build their own cabinet scraper holder? I've been using my scraper for a little bit and my thumbs are getting real sore. I'm double-jointed in my thumbs so maybe that's a cause of my pain or maybe I'm just week and I need to get used to it. But I thought I might as well see if somebody's built their own and maybe I could do it as well. If you have please share a picture and how you made it
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2018, 12:11:14 pm »
Greg,
I will get a picture of the one I bought at Woodcraft.  It doesn't hold the scraper firmly, but I think the idea is good.  I use my Buck hunting hunting knife, which seems to work well.
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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2018, 01:30:47 pm »
I more or less copied Dean Torges. It doesn't hold a cabinet scraper but it works great and I can use it no mater how much my hands hurt.

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2018, 02:42:04 pm »
AaronH made this great lil scraper holder. Contact him if interested.
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Offline stuckinthemud

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2018, 03:19:55 pm »
There are several lovely designs on line if you do an image search. The design above works great if you put a pair of grub screws through the front to hold the scraper blade

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2018, 03:25:39 pm »
AaronH made this great lil scraper holder. Contact him if interested.

Nice thing about this one is it won't damage the string up by the tips so quickly removing material while it's braced if it's a wider type scraper that is.I've got a scraper like this one too.
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Offline Springbuck

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2018, 03:45:53 pm »
  This is not exactly what you asked, but I have used a couple dozen things as scrapers over the years, and one of the least fatiguing was a utility knife blade with a small handle.   We used them with the scouts, for instance.

I take a little 2"+ length of 1/2" dia. dowel or something, saw a slot lengthwise and epoxy in the blade. Then just rub the blade to one side forming a hook, like you would to turn a hook on a cabinet scraper, but only on one side.

You can only drag it one direction, but the bulge of the little handle is easier to hold without a death grip.

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2018, 12:05:42 pm »
Here's the commercial one from Woocraft.  I think I like the others better, this one doesn't secure the scraper very well
.https://i.imgur.com/iyvymcF_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
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Offline PatM

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2018, 12:18:22 pm »
Veritas makes a really high quality metal one but it will cost you about $50  at Lee Valley.

Offline Weylin

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2018, 10:35:00 pm »
I just got the Veritas holder a few weeks ago. I really like it. It comes with a scraper so that helped take some of the sting away from the price tag. It was worth it for me. I get sore joints from too much scraping.

Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2018, 10:53:47 pm »
I have one of Aaron's scrapers too and really like the way it works.  Like Ed, I work on bows while they are strung, and you have to be careful what you use.
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2018, 07:45:41 am »
Made this one some 20 years ago out of Elm, the blades are for a jointer.  I've worn almost 1/4" from the wood over the years



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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2018, 09:10:43 am »
Mark,

I have been meaning to file a more of a bevel on my scraper. Do you roll your hook towards the bevel side or the backside?

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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2018, 09:21:42 am »
No rolling for me, I sharpen mine just like you would a jointer blade.  With heavy pressure I can take off material at a good rate or very little with light pressure.
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Re: Homemade cabinet scraper holder?
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2018, 10:40:21 am »
I've tried retempered files and old saw blades in mine but yesterday I cut up an old pair of those cheap plastic handled scissors and used that for a blade. I worked great just with the dull factory edge. I touched it up and even on knots it just glides right through. I don't know what kind of steel it is but it's very hard, a file won't touch it, but it doesn't seem brittle.