Stanley 80 Cabinet Scraper Bottom
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4 April 2017 at 1:14 pm #310864
Hi everyone, I picked up a used Stanley 80 on eBay and it’s my first cabinet scraper. I need it for my current project. The tool was a bit rusty, and while cleaning it up I noticed the bottom is not flat. See attached image. Just checking with the group here – is this by design? Many thanks for comments.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.4 April 2017 at 7:06 pm #310872I don’t own a Stanley but I do have the Record and Veritas models both of which are flat. I would guess this is either extremely worn or it has been dropped and bent although I would expect it to crack if that were the case.
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Craig
4 April 2017 at 9:45 pm #310882I’m not sure but i have seen Scrapers with rounded bottoms used in Boatbuilding, doesnt seem unreasonable to assume that the Tool may have been modified for specialised use.
Perhaps Boatbulding, Cooper or something like that where a Flat bottom just doesnt work, granted no way of actually telling but its an idea.
4 April 2017 at 9:57 pm #310883I hadn’t even thought of that Philipp but yes perfectly feasible. Sometimes, in fact most times, the obvious passes me by!! 🙂
5 April 2017 at 8:57 pm #310901Thanks for the input guys. I solicited opinion down at the local Lee Valley counter, and the outcome was similar. The tool was probably altered by a previous owner to use on a curved surface like rocking chair runner or ship etc… Now I have to decide whether to use it as is, or flatten it.
I wonder if you could afix a thin wooden plate as a new sole rather than flattening by grinding? As a quick test, you could cut a thin plate, fashion a mouth, and attach with double sided tape to the flatter section. This is only a quick test, so fill the gap between the metal sole and the wooden plate with something like auto body filler (Bondo!). When dry, give the new sole a rub on some sandpaper on a flat surface to flatten the wooden sole. If this works, you could fashion something more permanent, although I think a filler of some kind will always be involved. You might not even need the bondo for the first quick test…maybe some wedges. It doesn’t have to be pretty. You just want to see if you can take good shavings with the extra thickness. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work other than the blade flexing against the wooden plate and thus causing the plate to fall off. Tapping holes in the metal sole will fix that, but you don’t want to do that as a test, plus it thickens the sole to accommodate the flathead screws.
6 April 2017 at 8:57 am #310910Personally i would keep it as is, you’d have to hog off alot of Material to get it flat, and who knows it might come in handy in future projects.
Just keep a lookout for a second one thats actually flat, saves some trouble when you actually need a rounded one. -
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