Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: gfugal on March 13, 2018, 12:04:23 pm
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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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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.
Hawksancer
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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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AaronH made this great lil scraper holder. Contact him if interested.
(https://i.imgur.com/8uXSAw9.jpg)
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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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AaronH made this great lil scraper holder. Contact him if interested.
(https://i.imgur.com/8uXSAw9.jpg)
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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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.
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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
Hawkdancer
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Veritas makes a really high quality metal one but it will cost you about $50 at Lee Valley.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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So have you guys just been threading that screw/bolt into the wood, and it's held up without loosening up?
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If you tap the hole and then soak it in CA and then tap it again(when it's dry) it's almost like threads in metal.
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Not hard to epoxy a couple of threaded inserts in. You can just use Chicago bolts.
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No need to do anything but tap the threads in hardwood. It holds up quite well. I used Elm because of the interlocking grain but I'm sure HHB or Hickory would also work well