Hand Scraper Part 5: Making a Handle

[@jjbode1]

I had the good fortune to buy one of those heavy Sandvik hand scrapers with a clean Sandvik insert and its cap at the local ReStore for chump change. Only needed a handle which I made of wood, with shellac for a finish. May modify the tang with threads to take a cap as you're doing. Good idea.

[@bostondan77]

I love the idea of 3D printing this handle, great job. I hate working with wood in my garage, gets wood dust on my machines. Also, aesthetically, the scraper came out beautiful. I wonder if adding a ninjaflex flex sleeve would stick to it and add some comfort. I have not idea. Anyways, beautiful work, carry on.

[@Clough42]

I've been thinking about that. I'd love to get a printer set up to print reliably with both flexible and rigid filaments at the same time so I could print multi-material handles. I had it working a couple of years ago as a proof of concept, but NinjaFlex is extremely difficult to control in terms of oozing, so while it worked, the results weren't awesome. Supposedly the NinjaFlex can elongate 300%, so it should be possible to make a very tight-fitting sleeve.

[@turningpoint6643]

Going by a few of the scraping videos I've watched it's likely having one handle isn't going to fit for all situations. I'm sure you already knew that. People who have done a fair amount of scraping generally mention at some point that having an enlarged area at the rear of the handle helps when using parts of your upper body to help push the scraper. Something like an enlarged version of the handles on the smaller but high end wood carving chisels or even a bird cage awl might have but a bit more flattened out? Then of course there's having the carbide tips with less or more radii, shorter, narrower tool shanks etc. Tool making never seems to end. But great job on that one. Having that printer makes it a lot easier to come up with the internal cavity that fits the shanks taper. I guess I'm more of a traditionalist so would have chosen to use wood. In use there's probably zero difference between the two materials and yours could have all the never ending cast iron dust and traces of high spot blue removed a lot easier.

[@Clough42]

I knew i was going to want something on the back (body pusher pad, knob, etc) so I designed the handle with a threaded socket on the back end for attachments. But you're right--it might be just as easy to 3D-print alternate handles that pop right onto the taper.

[@NickBontrager]

Congratulations on using "ninja" for the first time in the channel!

[@Clough42]

Thanks!

[@aguycalledlucas]

Do you have the file handle CAD or STL file available to the public?

[@Blue.4t2]

⭐🙂👍!

[@fatihdurmaz9826]

dude.. change that thumbnail for god's sake