Easiest/cheapest approach is probably to make your own
scratch stock.  Many books on hand tools talk about this,
and I think Lee's Sharpening book might as well.

-Tom Ellis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Black [SMTP:blacks@r...]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 12:26 PM
> To:   oldtools@l...
> Subject:      What's the best tool for kerf-mounted weatherstripping?
>
> I want to fix up some of the 100+ year old windows in my home.  I plan to
> find some weatherstripping that goes into a kerf one makes along the edge
> of
> the window, where it can't be seen.  I could make the kerf with a slot
> cutter on my r**t*r t*bl*, but I'd rather do it with a hand tool.  One
> option would be to use my 7/8" groove plane, but I think the kerf would be
> too wide, and too close to the edge of the window frame.
>
> What would be the best tool for me to acquire to use for this job?
> Anything
> that would be less $$$ than a plow plane?
>