Homemade scraper?

[okiecountryboy]

Hey Folks
What would be a good way to make a low cost scraper. I have a surform, but no draw knife. Tryin to get the right tools together.
Thanks
Ron

[stringstretcher]

Find you a couple pair of old scissors, break them apart,,,,,and you have a great scraper to start with.

[gpw]

Ron , you can make a scraper out any good piece of steel  (old saw blades are great)  , and I even used  a lawn edger blade for a scraper ... worked fine ...  Knife blades, broken glass,even tin can lids in a pinch... whatever you can scare up with an edge ...   Gotta' remember , our ancestors used rocks !!!

 And scissors , oh yeah !!! Good call stretch !! everybody's got scissors....

[Hrothgar]

Ron, after much experimenting, the sharpest and most durable substitute I've found is to take the blade out of a hand planer--works great, just make sure you hold it tight and draw slow.

[tombo]

All the above. Actually, flint is a great scraping material. Used for 1000's of years. Old saw blades are good since they are hard, tempered steel just put a straight edge on it and grind/sharpen at 90` angle. Use a burr to lay over the edges..
Tom

[okiecountryboy]

Thanks Ya'll
All good ideas. I'll play around with em.

Ron

[Bullitt]

Scrap piece of banding steel, from the lumber yard. Pocket kinfe, something every working man should have!

[AncientArcher76]

Hey man I went on amazon and bought a real nice drawknife CHEAP!  I think it was around $20  it works great and there were tons to chose from.  Also I saw in a Ace hardware store a big metal scraper in the paint dept.  I want to try it out for myself too.  It was a package of 2 or 3 small to large about 4 or 5 inches long.  I will take a picture of it maybe it is no good.

Russ

[The Gopher]

just like gpw said, handsaw blades are the the best as far as i see it. you can cut them up into any size and shape you want, square teh edges and burnish a hook, you'll be suprised how well they work. one saw blade should be big enough to make a couple scrapers.

[cracker]

I use an old beat up draw knife lots of matal to grind on pluss you got dood handles so you don't tire you're fingers trying to grip a smaller piece of something.Ron

[jato]

Ron, i bougt trowel for 80 c, cut out the handle, squared the edge with whetstone and burnished with old screwdriver. It took me 20 min.
works great.
jato.

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[dmassphoto]

How would you go about cutting a saw blade down to size? 

[gpw]

Probably would have to grind it down (grinding /cutting wheel ).... tough stuff !!!

[Pat B]

You can score it with a cold chisel and break it.

[cracker]

What Pat said will work make sure you wear eye protection it can send a tiny shard that always seems to have eyeball written all over it. Personally when working with stuff like that I use a cut off wheel on a dye grinder.Ron