To use the the scratch stock, draw it over the surface of the wood several dozen limes, pressing down firmly. Lean the blade in the same direction that you draw the tool, like a cabinet scraper. With each pass, the scratch stock will scrape away a small amount of wood until the shape is complete.
What is a Scratch Stock?
For those who aren’t familiar with what a scratch stock is, it’s a small piece of soft steel with a decorative shape filed into it, held in wooden handle. It’s used to make custom molding shapes in wood, when you don’t have the right shape of router bit, shaper cutter, or molding plane.
How to Make a Scratch Stock
Scratch stocks are super easy to make, and shouldn’t cost you a cent. They are typically just made from scraps in your workshop. The wooden “stock”, or handle is made from a scrap of wood found lying in your scrap bin. Cut a small kerf to hold the cutter, and bore 2-3 holes to add machine screws & nuts as a vise for the cutter.
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