E.G. Atkins Scraper

[Paul O'Halloran]

I was given an Atkins Scraper and I would like to get info on sharpening it
paul

[Angelo Schembari]

Paul, thats a nice looking scraper you've got there! If you follow the lik below, you will find 2 articles on scrapers. The one by Ralph Brendler covers plain scrapers as well as a scraper plane like yours. The article by Bob Smalser just covers handheld scrapers. There is a ton of good info on this page, especially all of Bob's articles.

Took me longer to read the article then it did to sharpen them the first time!Good luck!

http://www.cianperez.com/Wood/WoodDo...DEX_How_To.htm

[Mark Singer]

I had a previous post on a Stanley #80....it would be the same proceedure.

[Paul O'Halloran]

Angelo, Thanks I will go to work on it.
Mark, I also picked up an old Stanley 80 and i put a Veritas double edged blade in it. This is a link to the blade
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...category=1,310

paul

[Angelo Schembari]

Paul, I got my #80 without a blade, thats why it was so cheap. I made one from an old handsaw, an Atkins actually, and it works great. Just something to consider next time you need a scraper.