Carruth scraper

[peter havriluk]

What's a 'carruth scraper'?

[ken cierp]

http://www.alcarruthluthier.com/toolOfT ... craper.htm

These are sold by Stew Mac

[Tim Benware]

It took me 30 minutes today with my Carruth scrapper to remove the old nitro finish on this Gibson J-40 I'm converting.

[Kevin in California]

Sweet, looks like it works well for that application

[John Link]

Tim, what are you converting the Gibson to? Might be worth starting a thread of its own.

[ken cierp]

"What tool is comparable in purpose, quality and performance and at a significantly lower price point?"

If you can sharpen this scraper (means you have a grinding wheel and the YouTube link) you can make your own for a couple of $ using an old or new 1/8" thick shaper blade blank and a few minutes work -- http://www.alcarruthluthier.com/toolOfT ... craper.htm SM is not known for offering tools at bargain basement prices, I think we all know that by now.

Of course "pricey" is based on our individual income versus the economy of effort we use to acquire goods/things. But on the other hand, crafts-persons seem to enjoy the challenge of making their own tools. This is pointed out in the recent finger plane and many other posts.

[Tim Benware]

Tim, what are you converting the Gibson to? Might be worth starting a thread of its own.

John, I thought I posted to this awhile ago but I must have logged off instead of posting (I've been known to do that). I braced the top to a conventional X-brace pattern. The original bracing was very heavily overdone double x pattern that Gibson used in the 70's, the old top could hardly move.