[Woodcarver] Re: Carpenter Saw blades for Scratch stock

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        Have made a number of scratch stocks from a carpenter saw blade. I 
generally use a grinding wheel and files to get it to shape. Bevel the edge at a 
45 degree angle or thereabouts with a file. It will scrape better with an 
angled edge. Bought an old handsaw at flee market for about $2. and still have 
about 80% of it left.
            Have used scratch stocks to shape dining table edges, shoe 
moulding, window seat edges, etc. First get the shape of the edge as  close as you 
can with a plane, carving chisels, gouges, carpenter's chisel, rasp or any tool 
that will work. After getting the edge as close to what you want as possible, 
use the scratch stock to complete it by rubbing it back and forth on the edge 
to be shaped.
       I begin by making a pattern from posterboard and attach that to the 
saw blade with double sided tape and then grind and file the metal to shape. 
Haven't ever tried to temper, etc. just use it as it is.
       Good luck,
       Tom
       Thomas W. Horton
       Glen Mills, PA                   
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