Where to purchase quality hand scrapers

[LEEQ]

I'm in the process of gearing up for some hand scraping. I have a stationary disk sander to set up with diamond wheels. I also found the granite I'm going to purchase. I have books on the way to shed light on scraping for alignment as I'm new. What I am lacking is the knowledge to confidently select scrapers and sources to purchase them. My searching so far has turned up a $10 three tool set from grizzly. I'm a little leary of that. I will continue to look, but would appreciate advice from people with experience. Thank you

 

[Richard King]

Go to my Machine Scraping Forum and look at it. We show how to make a very good scraper for under $35.00. You buy a piece of 3/16" x 1" x 24" piece of bar stock at Home Depot cut a tang like a file has on a 18" length. But a piece of 1/8" x 1/4" x 1" piece of carbide off Enco, silver solder it to the end and Wa Lah you have one. You can also make the handle and buy a couple of $85.00 blades from DAPRA that attach with a clamp or 2 Allen bolts as shown in the pictures in the forum and thread by Turbo Tadd. I wll be going to MO next weekend, but the wife is coming so I can't stop this trip. Rich

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php/9765-Tadd-s-Southbend-9-quot-Scraping-Project

It also talks about scraping his lathe compound. Scroll down to # 8 I think I added some pic's of scrapers, one home made the other from DAPRA.

 

[LEEQ]

I can do something like that. Thanks. The nice looking scrapers I saw for sale were around $100. Ouch. I like to make things anyway. About travel plans, I have a daughter birthday and a sister wedding this weekend, so it's just as well. Another time I hope.