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Re: Carruth scraper
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:43 pm
by peter havriluk
What's a 'carruth scraper'?
Re: Carruth scraper
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:50 pm
by ken cierp
Re: Carruth scraper
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:39 pm
by 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.
Re: Carruth scraper
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:22 pm
by Kevin in California
Sweet, looks like it works well for that application
Re: Carruth scraper
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:29 pm
by John Link
Tim, what are you converting the Gibson to? Might be worth starting a thread of its own.
Re: Carruth scraper
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:33 am
by 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.
Re: Carruth scraper
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:57 am
by Tim Benware
John Link wrote: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.