Derek et al,

There is a video put out by Taunton Press that stars Garrett making several
different scratch stocks. I don't have the details here, I borrowed it from
the local library this summer.

The official title is "Beading with Scratch Stock, Moulding plane and
Router with Garrett Hack" for anyone doing a search for it.

It was very informative, covering how he makes his scratch stocks by hand
from old saw blades with chainsaw files and whatever else he needs for a
particular shape. If you want, you can skip the tailed demon parts.....

Gary Maze

Thinking I need to make a trip to the library today....

                                                                           
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James asked, "Does anybody have a good picture of one of these little
creatures, perhaps with dimensions?"

The scratch stock used by Hack is one of my favourites, mainly because it
is
sooooo easy to make and use.

Essentially, it is a cutter that is made out of a piece of bandsaw blade
(chainsaw files work well - make sure that all edges are smoothed with
slips), and hammered into a kerf sawn into a block of wood. The block acts
as its own fence.

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