Make a Handy Razor Blade Scraper from a Scrap of Wood

This is a good use for a broken hammer handle or other scrap of hard wood if you find yourself in need of a scraper using a standard box cutting razor blade.

Step 1 Find a Scrap of Hardwood

I save everything it's an OCD thing so I have a few buckets of scups pieces from doing my oak floors that I was thinking of someday turning into a miniature set of building blocks like the ones my dad made me when I was a kid,

Broken tool handles get saved to if they're Hickory or something because if worse comes to worse I can whittle a new end and reuse it in a pinch so I tend to have lots of scraps laying around the shop in buckets and boxes or piled on the floor depending on how tunnel visioned I became on the last project but I can see where it is likely people might not have a scrap of hardwood and if they want to try it with a piece of pine please do so and post the results here if you want. My only reason for using a hardwood was that if you're scraping something and hit a nail or something bringing you to an abrupt halt the softer wood might split by the razor being pushed deeper like a wedge.

Comments

[GorillazMiko]

Awesome, I have to try this, smart idea.

[Senseless]

I got the idea from watching something on the Woodright's Shop or something like that where they made a box that held water using the hammer the wood first method. I can't remember the details but I actually needed a scraper a while back and made one in a few minutes after remembering the box trick.