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   RonK | Sep 03, 2006 07:32pm | #1

   This is one of those cases where making one is the easy way to go.

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   creekwood | Sep 03, 2006 08:37pm | #2

   I don't remember what I paid for mine, but it was nowhere near that amount. I made one, and used anodized aluminum for the blades, one convex, the other concave to match the curved structure I was covering. The head I made out of cherry, along with the handle. Two screws hold in the blade I'm needing at the time, and both can be changed out in  a minute or two.

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   lare | Sep 04, 2006 12:14am | #3

   Thanks for the input. I suspected it would be a tool that I'd be better off building than buying. I hadn't thought of the interchangable blade idea but I sure like that idea and will use it. Well off to find some suitable metal and I've got lots of wood scraps.

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   Napie | Sep 04, 2006 03:16am | #4

   I made mine too.  I used scrape teak for the body and brass for the blade.  I took about 3 hours all told and that included a fancy turned handle.

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   RMillard | Sep 04, 2006 04:24am | #5

   I made mine from wood scraps. The "blade" is UHMW plastic.  Despite it being pretty crude, the thing has preformed perfectly with 8 years of fairly heavy use.

    

   Rob Millard

   http://home.rr.com/federalfurniture/

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   JayS | Sep 04, 2006 06:31pm | #6

   I used a strip of plexiglass to make the blade.  Easy to round over and has worked well.

   Jay S.