Most Useful Woodworking Tool

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Woodworking tool review of one of our favorite woodworking hand tools.

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Howto & Style

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• woodworking
• hand
• tool
• fine
• scraper

[frog2eyes]

A quality cabinet scraper is far superior in all aspects. Wider area of contact, does not dig in at the corners and has a better edge if you sharpen it correctly.

[crh62carpenter]

A cabinet scraper is a great tool for doing the finer work, such as finishing veneer or wild grain. Why this scraper is so useful for us as professional woodworkers are as follows:

speed of sharpening

easier to control

less strain on your hands

great for scraping harder glues like the ureas or epoxies

you can buy them down to 1/2" wide for scraping inside of mouldings

you can shape them to specific profiles with a die grinder

cost effective

[EvilBerzerker2]

cant make doors without a dovetail machine?

In the joiners firm i work in the guys never use dovetails just mortice and tenons for the rails and styles, not a dovetail on it and theyre brick solid doors.

[crh62carpenter]

Sorry, damn this Texas accent. I said drawers not doors.

[cyclewvu]

Who's narrating this? Al Gore?

[ciro1957toro]

El Raspador: muy buena herramienta, soy impresor, pero me gusta mucho la carpintería, noble oficio (bendito sea San José). Esta herramienta la usaban mucho de antaños, su sencillez es sorprendente, usaban una lámina de vidrio previamente preparada, en una ocasión tuve la dicha de ver una echa de piedra sí como usted puede leer aquí de Piedra por supuesto de unos cuatro centimetros y montada en su portaherramienta. Viva el Raspador !

[madwilliamflint]

Just happened to watch this before heading out to the big box store to get some casters. I'll definitely pick up one or two of these things. Thanks o/

[bradmacaboy]

great vid..

I try to keep scrapers out of my drawers ;-)

[breezebro]

@funkgerat Mr. Nitty Picky, Look at the shop he's in, do you think he would make dovetails without his machine? Relax and take his statement in context.

[ridenhi79]

I love cabinet scrapers too.

[qwertqwe]

This guy is a tool, but not one we can work with. Haha! funny.

[funkgerat]

@crh62carpenter You can't make a simple dovetail in Texas without using a machine?

[oddsource]

you sound like beetle juice. ITS SHOW TIME!

[RoofFiddler]

LOVE LOVE this idea!

I'm a scraper addict and use regular cab scrapers and even spoke shaves for different finishing/refinishing tasks, but they're pricey, high maintenance and the T type handles can be awkward... This idea is just great! I'll be modding a couple 2.5" for an upcoming project, but I can already see in advance that I'll probably be regretting all the money I've laid in for 'proper' higher end scrapers.

This is just such a great idea. A+++ for posting it.