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278309 | scottg <scottg@s...> | 2024‑03‑12 | Ramshorn / Gullwing |
I love scrapers! Scrapers are just magic on skates. I scrape something somewhere every single day. Rams horn, sometimes called gullwing scrapers (by a few of us weirdos), are just about totally overlooked in our collecting and using communities alike. But once this was the THE industrial scraper responsible for factory furniture of all kinds. The classic Atkins scraper was wildly popular (why they are common now).   This is a fantastically effective tool, but it helps if you are 6' 6". 25 years old and 245 pounds of muscle. I am not 25 anymore, to say the least, lol. So a 3 1/2" wide blade is a monster for me to push much less do it all day. I wanted something more my speed. A few weeks ago on CIHI (facebook tool auction page) a gullwing scraper came up. It looked promising being made from some kind of exotic wood. I couldn't tell how big it was in the pictures. The auction was about to close and nobody had bid (like I said overlooked) so I didn't have time to ask the size. I bought it anyway. To my utter delight when I opened the package it was small! A 2 1/2" blade, whoo hooo!! It was carved from a tropical hardwood as I suspected. It has kind of a mahogany color but its much much harder. It was beautifully carved but not usable by a long shot. I needed to true up the blade bed and flatten the sole and heavily scrape/sand it all over. I gave it a good polish and a little varnish. One of the difficulties with rams horns are the screws that hold the nose piece on. This one came with skinny screws that allowed the nose to flop around. It of course needs to be lined up with the sole precisely in use. So I did drill larger holes for larger screws. Piston in a cylinder fit. I chose carriage bolts so I had a nice round head and could register them in the nose section holes. I do not own anything but these pitiful mass factory wingnuts. uck I did polish and blue them, but still I am looking for finer quality 1/4-20 wingnuts if you see any. Anyway as you might guess overall I love it 🙂 http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/Scrapers/gullwing.1.JPG http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/Scrapers/gullwing2b.JPG http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/Scrapers/gullwing3.JPG http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/Scrapers/gullwing7.JPG The second one in recent months too. When jt rains lol  This one has a more traditional spokeshave style body but it also has a 2 1/2" blade http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/Scrapers/gullwing6.JPG Super gorgeous nose on this one http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/Scrapers/gullwing5.JPG  yours scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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278310 | Michael Blair <branson2@s...> | 2024‑03‑13 | Re: Ramshorn / Gullwing |
Gorgeous, Scott. As usual. Some people bad mouth scraping' i don't understand those people. Mike in Woodland |
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278311 | Mark van Roojen <mvr1@e...> | 2024‑03‑13 | Re: Ramshorn / Gullwing |
Those are both nice. From the image I can't tell the wood. It looks almost like it has been dyed over the original color, but that might be the image. FWIW, for those who like scraping, I have enjoyed using Stewart McDonald's very thick scrapers in various sizes. Stew-Mac sells lutherie wood and tools and parts and these are great for hand-held scraping. I've been making boxes of various sorts, including some nice fly tying boxes https://www.mvr1.com/boxes.html)my favorites are with curly maple from Pete Taran's brother at CurlMaple.com and these scrapers work wonders both on wild wood and on epoxy fillers on wild walnut. Not an old tool but you can find them at: https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/types-of- tools/scrapers/stewmac-ultimate-scraper/ FWIW, Mark |
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278312 | Kirk Eppler | 2024‑03‑13 | Re: Ramshorn / Gullwing |
Mark got a little overzealous on his first link. If you backspace off the )my It works fine. KE Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors. Kirk On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 6:36 AM Mark van Roojen |
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278313 | Kirk Eppler | 2024‑03‑13 | Re: Ramshorn / Gullwing |
Looks great Scott, as airways. The Ramshorns look so much nicer than gunstock scrapers, but soooo much harder to find. Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors. Kirk On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM scottg |
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278314 | Phil E. <pedgerton66@g...> | 2024‑03‑13 | Re: Ramshorn / Gullwing |
Cool scrapers and great rehab! Phil E. |
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278317 | Phil E. <pedgerton66@g...> | 2024‑03‑14 | Re: Ramshorn / Gullwing |
Beautiful boxes! Love the figured woods. |
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