doc wrote:
I have need of an old tool called a 3 cornered scaper. It is at first
sight, similar to a triangular file, with no teeth. Does anybody know
of a place in the UK where one can be purchased? Or failing that, I was
informed that such an implement can be manufactured from an
afformentioned triangular file, with the teeth ground off it by a
grinding wheel, and three fine edges left on it. Does anyone have any
experience of this.



I don't know where to get them in the UK, but I know several places in
Germany where you can get them.

Karl Fischer GmbH in Pforzheim (terrible web site design, and only in
German too(http://www.fischer-pforzheim.de/intro.htm

The entire catalogue is online at
http://www.fischer-pforzheim.de/PDF-...atalog2005.pdf

The scraper (called Hohlschaber or Dreikantschaber in German) can be
found on page 75 of the PDF file (page 91 of 346 of the print catalogue)

You can order a print catalogue he
http://www.fischer-pforzheim.de/forms/kontakt.php

Another company that will have this tool is Schmalz, also in Pforzheim.
http://www.j-schmalz.de/ Another extremely poorly implemented web
site. These German companies just don't get the Net. No matter what
language you choose on this site, when you click on catalogue, the
catalogue page appears for a fraction of a second, and then defaults to
a rather pathetic online order catalogue of just a handful of tools.

I guess you'd have to email them, if you want a catalogue from them

This kind of scraper is a commonly used tool by goldsmiths. I have
several, and use them daily to remove burs etc.

I have made several from triangular hand files also. Do not use a
grinding wheel to take off the teeth of the file, but rather a
stationary belt sander. Fast and precise.

Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com