I'm keen to learn how to do some basic scraping so have been reading lots, watching a few Youtube videos and on the weekend made my first scraper using a Sandvik carbide blade and some scrap. I don't expect to ever be doing full rebuilds on machines, but with having a couple of older machines the skills to even do a "rough" freshen up of a badly worn feature would be useful.

Here's the scraper:
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The family are funding a 600x400 granite surface plate for Christmas. Its purchased sitting in my workshop as its too heavy to go under the tree - but I'm not allowed to play with it yet

For a first project I'm thinking about making a couple of small straightedges, and stumbled across some cast iron drain grates that look like they might a good source of stock to make them. The bars on them are close to 40mm in size.
Thinking I could cut one up to make a couple of blanks, mill them as flat/square as I can and go from there.

Any thoughts from those with experience in this area? Good idea or am I better off starting with something else?

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Steve
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