A Box Scraper Is Not What You Think It Is

If you really need to find additional uses for this tool, you could try using it to plane the base of a cylindrical box. This would just be scraping the bottom of the barrel though.

This plane is somewhat used and modified by luthiers for making archtop guitars. Violin making planes which are the most obvious and less expensive/more common choice are usually on the small size for guitar size top/back.

I use mine for scraping dried glue joints. The blade seems to be harder than James's

I'll scrap my way out of those box's

Facinating stuff. I love old crates, boxeschests and stuff so i shivered a bit when you scraped the number off. Throug it was a good way to show how the skraper/plane works. Thanks as allways for the informative videos!

I have a different version somewhere. I had to look up on the internet a few years ago to find out what it was.

I use these to smooth the inside of dugout canoes where the handles of spokeshaves get in the way.

My first thought was ... that's an overly complex cheese slicer. I love that it almost works on sticky labels.

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My parents bought one new, back in the late 70s. Probably not a Stanley. It just has a faded sticker and a 70 C cast into the yolk. They used it to texture rough sawn beams to look sort of hand hewn. It did that one job pretty well.

Finally, a mystery is solved. Last year I went to the Nooitgedagt museum and there it was, no note telling what this tool was for. I assumed it was for boat building

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Stanley #70 "cheese scrapper"?

There's an ever so slight curve to my soul...I guess that's why I scrape along.

I don't know if its apocryphal but I read somewhere that Model T Fords' floors where made from the packaging. I wonder if they scraped them clean or just painted them black?

You know wahts funny. Ece maks a new one. For what i dot know.

I can allready see how that be usefull for carving seats of stools

I've heard some luthiers repurpose them for arch top shaping.

The most unsatisfying tool ever?

Thanks, James, The occasional history video is cool to have. Nothing for woodworking today but a fun bit of information!

Old tools that still work doing what they were intended for are great......even if you don't use them any more. Besides that they look cool!

Thanks James

This is not a working tool. It’s just something to scrape wood. Hmmm

How does that work on cardboard?

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Ahhhhhh you did it to an authentic old box 😮😮😢

I planned on leaving a snide remark, but i couldn't "scrape" one together... 😅

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There's always something new to learn.

i have a Pull Shave i bought a couple of years ago at Lee Vally. I feel like pulling gives me more control avoiding tear out in places where my plan is having trouble. its great to have both

I have to wait for the Dad Joke, most times it aint worth it, but I am an optimist.

I know I don’t need one, but that not the same as don’t need to get one 🤔🤫🤦‍♂️

Can you find 1 with a concave sole? You can maintain that Simonize shine on your dome.

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I’ve had mine years and all I’ve ever used it for is scraping excess dried glue from panels before I clean them up properly and it saves my good sharp planes from getting stuck up with dried glue
For that job it’s quite handy

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Great video James. What about a video on a no11 belt maker's plane or a cabinet maker's sector?

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To plane or not to plane...

As a wooden boat builder I have one in my tool box, I did reshape a spokeshave iron since the original iron was made to scrape pine not hardwoods but most wooden boat builders have one, it’s easier to use than a backing out plane

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It became a very useful tool in making our Totem poles in Alaska

Very very interesting! Thank You Sir!

Interesting!!

So this is one of those things you can end up with if you have 2 buckitous?

Found this AND all the comments fascinating, however, , , , what drew me in today was the thumbnail, , , , Why would you put this tool through your own nose? 🤭

Thanks for the video. I acquired 2 of them several years ago as part of a bulk purchase at a yard sale. Until this video I had no idea what they were.

It’s a tattoo remover.