Rediscovering the Stanley #80

[Jimmy Harris]

I got rid of mine. Not that it didn't work. It worked flawlessly. But I found that I either used my card scraper for small spots or my No. 12 (actually the Sargent equivalent) for larger spots. So the 80 just sat, unused, unless I made it a point to use it. It's a great tool, and a lot easier to setup than the No. 12 (which is a bear). But it doesn't do large areas as efficiently as the No. 12 and the bare card scraper is just so much more convenient, so long as you're not doing a lot with it.

Posts like this make me miss it and want to buy another. But then I remember that for my workflow, it's hard to justify the space (albeit small) that it takes up. It's rare that I do a "medium amount" of scraping. It's always either a spot or two, or the whole board.

[steven c newman]

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have 2...one set coarse...one set fine..

[Tom Bussey]

I never though of having two. When I get two someone seems to talk me out of one. It is a good idea to have two, thanks.

[Rob Luter]

Kind of a crappy photo but it's nice grain.

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[Rob Luter]

I got rid of mine. Not that it didn't work. It worked flawlessly. But I found that I either used my card scraper for small spots or my No. 12 (actually the Sargent equivalent) for larger spots. So the 80 just sat, unused, unless I made it a point to use it. It's a great tool, and a lot easier to setup than the No. 12 (which is a bear). But it doesn't do large areas as efficiently as the No. 12 and the bare card scraper is just so much more convenient, so long as you're not doing a lot with it.

Posts like this make me miss it and want to buy another. But then I remember that for my workflow, it's hard to justify the space (albeit small) that it takes up. It's rare that I do a "medium amount" of scraping. It's always either a spot or two, or the whole board.

I used to have a Keen Kutter version of the Stanley #12. I found it in "as new" condition at a church bazaar. It worked really well, but I never used it. A KK collector was happy to get it. At the time I had four #80 plus the #12 and a #81. Downsizing was a good thing.