swedish cabinet scraper

today i learned how to use, and sharpen, a cabinet (or card) scraper. this is a fantastic tool! it can really get in and shave away wood where the plane can't reach.

overall it's been slow-going. i spend a lot of time thinking about what i want to do, planning. the wood is natural, not perfectly even, so a little difficult. the neck has a curve that i'll have to compensate for, maybe with the bridge placement. but the final product will be reflective of the life of the trees from which it comes. i like that.

here's the end of the neck (i think of it as the "dowel"), that will fit inside the body. i'm tapering and squaring it up, getting a ledge built where it will sit flush against the body. love that scraper.