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Stanley #80 cabinet scraper
I just bought a Stanley #80 on eBay. It’s an older tool, but looks like it has never been used and certainly never been sharpened. You can still see the tool marks on the edges from the factory grinding which is 45 degrees on each long edge. However, one edge is straight, but the other is slightly convex with the center being nearly 1/16″ higher. Was this done on purpose and if so, why? Or was it an error in grinding?I can’t begin to tell you Paul how you have influenced and inspired my woodworking. You are a fantastic teacher and so generous with your material. Keep it up.
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One side straight, the other slightly curved? I doubt that it was made that way.
It was probably curved deliberately by a previous owner in order to give a deep scrape, like a scrub-plane, though I’m struggling to see why when a scrub plane would do the same job qucker and better.
You have two alternatives: put hooks on the edges of both and leave as is…… or file it flat, put a hook on it and use it as a second side when the other blunts.
14 December 2016 at 1:29 am #143336I have a couple and use them quite often and my guess is that whoever owned it didn’t know how to sharpen or use it and the straight edge probably was digging in on the corners which they will do if they are not sharpened and used correctly. Sharpen it like a card scraper and and set it shallow to begin with and it will be fine. Good luck. I think Paul has a video on scraper planes.
14 December 2016 at 2:54 am #143341It’s possible that the previous owner had a special purpose in mind when he/she curved one end of the blade. In use the screw on the back of the scraper body pushes the center of the blade out a bit causing a slight curve. There is no need to curve the cutter unless you want to scrape a molding that happens to have that exact slightly curved profile.
If you just want to scrape flat surfaces, then re-file that side straight and with the 45° bevel.
23 March 2017 at 2:58 am #310414One thing to keep in mind is that some years Stanley produced cutters with only one sharpenable edge and the other edge rounded so there was less chance you would hurt yourself.
I guess the lawyers made that decision.
I recently bought the Kunz #80 and while I know my response is not really related to OP’s question, I just wanted to say that I have grown to love it in a short time. At first I was just getting squeaky chatter but that puppy is really becoming an effective tool for me.
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