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1. 
   dirtstirrer | Sep 23, 2005 04:45pm | #1

   Hi Ryan,

   You've got quite a bit of leeway with what will fit into the 80.  The replacement won't have to be an exact match.  You can make your own out of an old handsaw, and I think the Two Cherry's scrapers may fit the 80 too.  I'll compare mine and try to remember to post the results.

    

   Steve
2. 
   Len | Sep 23, 2005 04:47pm | #2

   Ryan,

   How bad is the blade? I find with all my old tools the steel is better than the new ones. You can sharpen a scraper blade with file. The #80 blade has a 45 degree bevel on it. Then use a burnisher to put a hook on the blade.

   But if you want to buy one. WoodCraft carries them and Hock makes a blade for it. The Hock blade will cost more than twice what you paid for the scraper.

   Enjoy your new tool

3. 
   JohnWW | Sep 23, 2005 04:52pm | #3

   The blade widths of the Stanley scraper and the Veritas are the same, 2 3/4 inch.

   John W.

4. 
   douglas2cats | Sep 23, 2005 05:29pm | #4

   I got my #80 from a garage sale too. After cleaning up the rust on the sole and thumbscrews it's been a darn nice tool for $5 (sorry), but the blade was pretty well pitted. I picked up a replacement from Highland Hardware.

   http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=818

   Waddaya mean it wont fit through the door?

5. 
   jigsawjohn | Sep 23, 2005 06:10pm | #5

   Call Lee valley they will be glade to help you there great pepole.

   JigSawJohn
6. 
   ron4 | Sep 24, 2005 01:18am | #6

   Woodcraft carries a replacement blade and Hock has one also.

    

   The woodcraft is 6.99 16K61 and works fine

   the hock is somewhat more expensive.

   
   

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   Edited 9/23/2005 6:24 pm ET by ron4

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   5418 | Sep 24, 2005 04:24am | #7

   I have the Veritas version of the #80 and have always wondered why the Hock version of the replacement blade ($20+) costs so much more than the Veritas replacement ($3.50 I think). I'm pretty sure the Veritas one fits the original Stanley. If not, you can always grind the excess blade off.

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   ron4 | Sep 24, 2005 05:33am | #8

   The Hock is 3 X 2 3/4 X 1/16

   The Stanley is 1 5/8 X 2 3/4 X 3/64

   I bought the Hock because the # 80 I found didn't come with a blade. After I bought the Hock I found the Stanley replacment at Woodcraft.

    

   Because the #80 is such a low tech weapon the blade and tuning up doesn't matter as much as with a plane but the hock does seem to perform a little better and would leave you with a lot of meat after repeated sharpings. for $20.00 I would go with the Hock.

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   EdHarrison | Sep 24, 2005 04:48pm | #9

   The #80 is one of my favorite tools.  The beauty of it is that it is easy to sharpen (clamp the blade in a vise, use a mill file to file at 45 degrees, simply "eyeballing" the angle, polish the bevel on a piece of sandpaper that you were about to throw away, and turn the "hook" with the barrel of a screwdriver), and the depth is easy to quickly set with the adjustment screw.  From there you can produce shavings in figured maple or most anything.

   I wonder if there's an article idea for someone who regularly writes these articles in producing a nifty wooden version of the #80?  There was an article on Buckhorn scrapers in FWW several years ago, and a cool article on making a wooden router plane in a pub recently (I'm making a couple of those, now).  Maybe there's an article on a nifty wooden cabinet scraper that you could make from hardwood shop scraps out there for someone,...

   I would cut the blade out of a turn-of-the century used-up Disston saw avail for $5.00 at a flea market using a dremel tool with cutting disk, then smooth up on a belt sander.  

    

    

7. 
   LarryMartin | Sep 24, 2005 11:46pm | #10

   I'm a big fan of Ron Hock's blades, He's quite a guy. His blades are always so much thicker than anyone else's and that really makes a great difference in performance. Give him a call and ask him why his blade would do a beter job for you.

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   Ryan | Sep 27, 2005 04:37pm | #11

   Thanks for the tips everyone.  Figured maple, as mentioned in one of the posts, is exactly what I was going to use it for.  I'm going to lee valley this week anyway, so I'll pick up a blade there.  I'll be trying out the scraper this weekend, so wish me luck.

   ryan.

8. 
   Garry | Sep 27, 2005 05:01pm | #12

   Hey Ryan,

   Once you get to know your Stanley #80 cabinet scraper, you will find yourself using it often.
   I purchased a bunch of Stanley planes, router plane and this Stanley #80 cabinet scraper this summer at a garage sale this summer.
   Sunday I used the Stanley #80 cabinet scraper on some curly yellow birch. The tearout was considerable even with a Stanley No. 4 honed well enough to shave with but the Stanley #80 cabinet scraper handled the job beautifully.

   Enjoy

   Garry

   http://www.superwoodworks.com