Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Spotted Dog on May 15, 2015, 01:04:25 pm
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here do you all get your scrapers ? Other than using banding. I have set 2 of my good ones
down and can't find them. Brain dead for 2 days now.
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Cheap scissors with the rivet removed makes 2 good scrapers.
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I like the scissor idea. Got to try that...
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Highland Woodworking has a very good selection of scrapers. That's where I get mine. A good cabinet scraper, properly sharpened, is a pleasure to use and highly controllable.
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My best scraper is made from a circular saw blade. I followed this how to post and put a good edge on it.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,1237.0.html
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My personal preference is for the traditional cabinet scrapers with a proper burr edge, as opposed to the 45 degree knife edge scrapers. I used card style scrapers for a while, but Keenan Howard turned me on to the longer, narrow scrapers (shaped like a big Popsicle stick). I just made one for myself out of an old combination square. These are pretty common at garage sales and flea markets. It took some time on a rough stone to grind through the stamped numbers, but it was worth it. I is a thicker steel than traditional card scrapers but still flexes nicely.
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lots of good ideas. I just hate to loose things. Too much stress in my life. Need to make another bow. :laugh:
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Buy a new one. Place it at random on your workbench. Your old one will be right under it ??? ??? ??? Works for me.
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I make mine out of old band saw blades.The same blades I make my trade points out of. Grind down the serrated side and it leaves a 1 1/4'' blank.File the edges flat ,then roll up a good burr on both sides. I got the old blades(free), from a company that builds tanks( oilfield tank batteries).They regularly change out the dull blades for new ones.Find a similar outfit and ask for trashed blades. God Bless
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I may be the one the few on here that doesn't use a scraper, I have always used my hunting knife.....works for me.
Mark
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Your not the only one. I use a buck folding hunter with a broken point. It's pretty much its dedicated purpose now. The curved portion comes in real handy getting into the valleys when chasing a ring.
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You should try a properly sharpened cabinet scraper, around 50 rockwell......Lie Nielsen make some nice ones. A joy to use.
The key with scrapers is learning how to sharpen them correctly. It's a bit of an art form! Personally nothing comes close and i've used custom knives made from 52100 steel....they are better as knives!!
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....they are better as knives!!
Granted. The right tool for the right job and what not. I just used what I had and it worked for me so I never got around to getting a real scraper. I will one of these days. I'm sure they are loads better, but you can't miss what you've never had.
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I use an old wood saw or hand saw. Just cut then with an old chisel and sand them squad with the disc sander and put an edge on it. Work better than my crown scrapers !
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I use my Swedish push knife as a scraper.
It's the tool on the bottom.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/Jawge/Tools/shavehooks-1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Jawge/media/Tools/shavehooks-1.jpg.html)
Jawge
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Cheap scissors with the rivet removed makes 2 good scrapers.
Yep exclusively...
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I use those floor scraper blades you get at a home depo store , they are used to scrape old tile up , they are a hardened steel , I've used them for trade points also .
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I used to use an old meat cleaver. Jawge
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Old sawzall blades...sharpen the back edge and go to town. Will
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I've made scrapers out of various things but by far my favorites are still the straight and gooseneck cabinet scrapers I Ibought 20 years ago. I've found nothing better, they were cheap, and they've made many, many bows.
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I also prefer the cabinet scrapers, both straight and gooseneck. Just the right thickness and hardness and can be sharpened with a file. I sharpen mine quite a bit so after a few years they tend to wear down quite a bit. I then start using them on braced bows so I can get under the string without cutting it.
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I sharpened up an old sawzall blade on the back. Squared it off. Wow what a scraper.
What was taking an hour took half that. THANKS ! :laugh:
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I just sharpen a large hunting knife and then put a bur on it using a screwdriver. It's a softer metal than scrapers so it takes a bur with ease. It really hogs off nice curls. I usually get 2 bows done or so before re-sharpening and re-burring.
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I don't like to use my knives that way. An old butcher might work good.