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Where do you get the small screwdriver-like scrapers for cleaning up around relief carving? I’m hoping I can buy them, not make them. Thanks!
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Rangefogger
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How much trouble is it to heat and bend a blade on a straight bladed screwdriver? Along with a little filing its done. Any size or shape needed.
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Thats's just crazy talk.
Ain't no one got no time to bend no blades and make no scrapers when building a gun.
Ain't no one got no time to bend no blades and make no scrapers when building a gun.
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Yeah… already know I can make them Einstein. asked if anyone knew where to buy them ready made. I could also grow, spin, loom, cut, and sew up my own clothing too, but I usually buy them from store. you know, kinda like you probably do?
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Very True, just looking to see if anyone could point me to some ready made scrapers. Thank you.
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Hi,
Here are 2 very useful tools for cleaning up around relief carving.
https://www.woodcraft.com/products/pfeil-swiss-made-chip-carving-knife-6https://www.woodcraft.com/products/pfeil-swiss-made-skew-chisel-8-mm-palm-handled
On the first, all three sides are razor sharp so you have to be careful using the knife. However, it is very effective at getting into tight corners. A word of warning about scraping around carving; on hard wood, scrapers tend to bounce over soft and hard spots. So the process of cleaning up background is a mix of actually smoothly cutting away wood with a chisel and then scraping for minor clean up. Both tools above do double duty because they can slice off or scrape wood. Also, check out Ron Scott's website:
https://ronaldscottflintlock.com/RonScott/Welcome.html
You have to contact him because he does not list tools he makes. However, he often has a triangular detail scraper that he designed for sale. It is a very useful tool.
dave
Here are 2 very useful tools for cleaning up around relief carving.
https://www.woodcraft.com/products/pfeil-swiss-made-chip-carving-knife-6https://www.woodcraft.com/products/pfeil-swiss-made-skew-chisel-8-mm-palm-handled
On the first, all three sides are razor sharp so you have to be careful using the knife. However, it is very effective at getting into tight corners. A word of warning about scraping around carving; on hard wood, scrapers tend to bounce over soft and hard spots. So the process of cleaning up background is a mix of actually smoothly cutting away wood with a chisel and then scraping for minor clean up. Both tools above do double duty because they can slice off or scrape wood. Also, check out Ron Scott's website:
https://ronaldscottflintlock.com/RonScott/Welcome.html
You have to contact him because he does not list tools he makes. However, he often has a triangular detail scraper that he designed for sale. It is a very useful tool.
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You can use flat Exacto blades. #17 is a little smaller than the #18 I believe. They are razor sharp and have that scraping edge you need. All you need is an Exacto knife handle.
Ohio Rusty ><>
Ohio Rusty ><>
For cleaning up around carving riffler files as well as scrapers would proof very useful. I have been searching for some decent rifflers but haven't found any yet. I bought some cheap ones of ebay and, well, you get what you pay for. They aren't great.
@Dave Person - What do you use for rifflers?
@Dave Person - What do you use for rifflers?
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My mentor couldn't sharpen a blade at all, but could grind a lathe or an end mill bit.
He used Exacto knives for carving. We had a coffee can of used blades when we finished my early Lancaster. He had a set of very small, very sharp chisels he got at Friendship years ago, his son in law kept them sharp...I lusted after them!!
I do chasing and repousse with sterling silver and pewter. You can purchase chasing tools but they are never the shape you need. I’ve made all of my chasing tools (not complicated tools, one of my instructors referred to them as “cross sections of finger and thumb shapes”. Some are a bit more complicated than that…) Anyway I can make a tool in 20 minutes. I use O-1 tool steel. Shape, harden, draw a temper and you are done. For scrapers you would want to fit a handle.
I think it is fun and rewarding and you can make the exact shape and size that you need. I would guess that there are many YouTube videos on simple tool making.
I must admit though, I taught a 6 week chasing class (3 hours, one day a week). I had the students make 4 tools (one was a bit Tricky but the other three were very simple) I thought they would have them done on the first session… the second at the latest. Most of them took 4 of the 6 class sessions to finish the tools. Needless to say…not much chasing got done!
