Scratch Stocks- Anybody Use these Often?

Roy Underhill showed a very simple way to make your own, an old slotted wood screw in a scrap…
They work quite well, but are a little tricky to stop!

It really works good when it’s used on two sides of a piece, as for a corner decoration…

This is Oak, and only took a couple minutes…
To sharpen it, just run a metal file over the top of the screw…

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Thanks for the heads up littlecope. I’m going to have to try that. Now what exactly is a “slotted screw?”

-- Richard, Hot Springs, Ar -- Galoot In Training

Slotted screws are getting scarce my Friend! :)
Roy made a different one too… He hacksawed and filed a triangular notch into a hex bolt, and used it to “Scratch” out a dado!
I tried that too, and it works on pine, but is very slow-going in hardwood…

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.