Cabinet scraper / Card scraper
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My Stanley No 80 came today along with some card scrapers, burnisher and some other bits and pieces. The No 80 is more than up to the job sole is flat, but could do with a quick smoothing. I liked the look of the Veritas, but for what it is and the number of times it will be used, I could not justify another £50 pound.
I watched a number of youtube videos and most of them said, without any doubt, you cannot scrap soft woods. Ok they might work better with hardwood, but I have to differ with the experts. If you have a nice light touch, you can and will get great results in softwood. I have the shavings, or had the shavings to prove it.
So yeah it is play time, I mean practice time. 😉
Yes I agree Ken, after watching the sharpening tutorial the other night I went out to the garage, sharpened properly and managed to get beautiful shavings on softwood.
Norwich, Norfolk, UK
Good job Martin….. On second thoughts, I can see these scrapers getting used a lot more than I thought. 🙂
Hi Ken
Was your No 80 a new one or a vintage one I looked on e-bay and it looks like you can get a new Stanley for less than an old one what is the difference in the manufacture. I am expecting to get a new one for fathers day
Paul should be on commission i wonder how many other members have bought one after his video on the oak table top?Wigan, Lancs. England :
Hi David,
Yes, I went for a new one from Axminster. The vintage one’s are said to be more beefy, but I think it’s just to keep the prices high. I’m happy with mine, I have swapped the blade for a veritas, and as Paul has said, you could use a veritas 1 mm scraper blade cut in half, and make two. I will keep the Stanley blade for removing glue and rough work.
just got my no:80 new from Axminster had to spend a bit of time flattening sole not used yet. Have to look into that Veritas blade though.
Dagenham, Essex, England
Mark,
The sole on mine was flat, but quiet a rough finnish with some deep scratches.
I have just finished all nice and smooth. I will sort the blade out tomorrow, coffee time me thinks. 😉
Hi David,
Yes, I went for a new one from Axminster. The vintage one’s are said to be more beefy, but I think it’s just to keep the prices high. I’m happy with mine, I have swapped the blade for a veritas, and as Paul has said, you could use a veritas 1 mm scraper blade cut in half, and make two. I will keep the Stanley blade for removing glue and rough work.Hi Ken
As I thought I now have a Stanley No 80 scraper plane ( Fathers Day) I have not tried it yet but what is the advantage of changing the blade?Wigan, Lancs. England :
Hi David,
The Veritas blade has both cutting edges ground at 45° to permit preparation of two edges at once. It is longer thicker, and it is square. The original in my Stanley No 80 is about 3mm out of square. The Veritas or Hock blade is vastly superior.
Cheers
Ken 😉
Hi Ken
The plane would not cut at all out of the box, but after a few hours of polishing the sole and sharpening the blade, (The back of the blade took a lot to get it flat) it cut great, better than I thought possible.
A longer blade would not have fitted in my Veritas honing jig and a blade with a cutting edge on both edges could be a problem as I push on the top of the blade to set it flush with bottom of the sole.Wigan, Lancs. England :
The Veritas blade dose fit in the honing jig. The bevel is on opposite sides of the blade, I set the blade the same way, no problems at all
I finely Got to try the No 80 out today, well I was not that impressed looking at the pic from @daveg I was getting nothing even close to that.
Now nine out of ten times, its me and not the tool. Oops I had the blade the wrong way round, HaHa it really dose work so much better with the blade in the right position, so now it works very nicely, and I’m happy again. 🙂
Cheers 😉
Lol dose help if blade right way round. No. 80 great tool
Dagenham, Essex, England
I have used mine a few times now and I think it is great. It is a tool worth having at £24 delivered from amazon it is a bargain. I kept the original Stanley blade,it did take a bit of work to remove the rounded over edge caused I would think when they have blanked out the blades
Wigan, Lancs. England :
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