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I am curious if anyone has made their own scratch stock.. I am working on a couple picture frames and would like to make a more detailed molding to them. My thoughts are to make an ovolo shaped scratch stock using an old saw blade and making a holder out of scrap wood. To make the shape of the ovolo molding, I would use a rabbet plane and hollow and rounds, but to ensure the same consistency and to remove any undulations over the length of the molding, I will use the scratch stock.
I’m curious if anyone has any thoughts or experiences in this process?
Thank you,
Dan28 December 2015 at 3:10 pm #133458I’ve been thinking of making one of these. Veritas is selling a wooden and metal version. I was thinking of making a wooden one and buying the cutters from them.
3 January 2016 at 12:10 am #133582@dborn I use a basic Garrett Hack style one, which is ideal for adding a small relief to the edges of doors, mullions etc just to break up the expanse of timber showing. You will see that it’s imperative to lap and polish all surfaces of the blade which includes the edges. The finer they are, the finer and easier the cut.
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6 January 2016 at 6:51 pm #133723Here’s the one I made Dan and I did consider making it nice and shiny and maybe I will one day. The wood = scrap – the cutter = cut from a Bahco scraper – the wingscrew = £10 with p&p. Ouch but worth it.
That is a mighty fine looking scratch stock!
I treated myself to this http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?cat=1,230,41182&p=73766 and some spare blades. I am still going to to work on making my own scratch stock profiles for moldings, I just wanted a little help with getting started.
cheers!
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11 January 2016 at 11:06 am #133798Thanks Dan but it really is so simple to make. Mine was from a scrap of walnut and is so light and comfortable in the hand but as I said it is only a basic one.
I did in fact look at that Veritas one Dan but roughly what you pay in the states we would pay the same in GBP so £60 for the tool plus the 8-blade set was a bit out of my range. Unless I risked serious injury from the FPO for over spending. She carries a pretty mean right hand and does a good impression of Sugar Ray Leonard when she’s annoyed!
I would appreciate you letting me know how you get on with it, a kind of informal review if you like, as I’m still harbouring desires about it. The thought occurred to me Dan, have you got a slipstone set for keeping the blade edges nice and true as that is so important?
I have a soft Arkansas slip stone. It will work fine with larger radius beads and reeds, but I think I will need to get a narrower slip stone eventually or adapt a cheaper stone, like what Garret Hack has done. I haven’t had much time to play with the scratch stock yet, but what I have done, I’ve noticed shavings to clog in-between the body and blade. Easy fix is keep a knife close by to clear the shavings.
11 January 2016 at 1:49 pm #133806Can I recommend the Henry Taylor Slipstone Set to you. They are teardrop shaped and the radii are 1/16″ – 3/16″ and 3/16″ – 1/2″ and can be bought in the US here
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