At 05:37 PM 2/7/05 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi
>I want to make a scraper for flattening plane bottoms.

>Joe,

         I found a handmade scraper at the flea market.  It was a polished, 
short end of a file.  It is about 3" long, not including the tang.  The 
teeth had been carefully ground off and the tip and the rest of it brought 
to a fine and polished point.  It is amazingly sharp, and as it is/was a 
file, it is harder than most plane bodies.  If you decide to make one, just 
be careful not to overheat it while working, otherwise you will have to 
re-harden and temper.

                 Anatol

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