Paolo_MD
Stainless
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2013
- Location
- Damascus, MD
Homemade scraper - cheaper and better than most of commercial ones
Finally, today I managed to go to Tuckahoe and take a few pictures of my scrapers.
Here is the one I made (my favorite)
At one end there is a piece of 1/4-20 brazed-in to attach the flapper disk
Whereas at the business end I have milled a pocket with a 1" end-mill, providing two points of contact to the blade (even for the finest possible scraping job, the curvature radius of the blade is at least 3-4 times larger)
Another view of the tip (sorry, not very sharp), where you can see how thin is the steel bar
Compared to a 30mm Sandvik scraper, with the bar thinned (but not enough, still way too stiff)
In order to adapt "any" scraper to be pushed with the body, I have made these "adapters" in various sizes. It doesn't need to be a tight fit with the handle.
Both as bluing and as highlighting ink I am very happy with Charbonnel Aqua Wash etching inks
Paolo
Finally, today I managed to go to Tuckahoe and take a few pictures of my scrapers.
Here is the one I made (my favorite)
At one end there is a piece of 1/4-20 brazed-in to attach the flapper disk
Whereas at the business end I have milled a pocket with a 1" end-mill, providing two points of contact to the blade (even for the finest possible scraping job, the curvature radius of the blade is at least 3-4 times larger)
Another view of the tip (sorry, not very sharp), where you can see how thin is the steel bar
Compared to a 30mm Sandvik scraper, with the bar thinned (but not enough, still way too stiff)
In order to adapt "any" scraper to be pushed with the body, I have made these "adapters" in various sizes. It doesn't need to be a tight fit with the handle.
Both as bluing and as highlighting ink I am very happy with Charbonnel Aqua Wash etching inks
Paolo