On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:43:09 -0800 (PST)
patrick wrote:

a scraper to get a decent surface. So anyone use a scraper and is the
only reason they are so expensive that there's only a couple of
makers of them? Regards, Pat

doubt that is the only reason

some folks just like to pay more for tools to make themselves happy
and as long as there are these buyers there will be sellers

i do use furniture scrapers which you can diy