On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:13:36 GMT, Ronald Raygun <no.spam@localhost.localdomain>
wrote:

>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:52:25 +0100, "chrisR"  wrote:
>>>
>>>I bought an electric scraper from aldi for £14.99 seems to
>>>work fine when I tested it but not used it in earnest yet
>> 
>> I have a Bosch scraper with a tungsten carbide blade. You could probably
>> do what
>> takes 3 days with a  hand scraper in half a day with a Bosch scraper.
>
>How long will it take me to repair the gouges I'm likely to make in
>my hull with one?

Depends on whether you grind off the corners first and how heavy handed you are.
-- 

Martin

"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:13:36 GMT, Ronald Raygun
<no.spam@localhost.localdomain>
> wrote:
>
> >Martin wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:52:25 +0100, "chrisR"
 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>I bought an electric scraper from aldi for £14.99 seems
to
> >>>work fine when I tested it but not used it in earnest
yet
> >>
> >> I have a Bosch scraper with a tungsten carbide blade.
You could probably
> >> do what
> >> takes 3 days with a  hand scraper in half a day with a
Bosch scraper.
> >
> >How long will it take me to repair the gouges I'm likely
to make in
> >my hull with one?
>
> Depends on whether you grind off the corners first and how
heavy handed you are.
> -- 
>
> Martin
>
>

I did a short test of the variable speed Parkside model from
aldi on a piece of painted old oak.   I was surprised how
much control was available the scraper movement is hardly
visible but the paint / varnish came off quite rapidly and
with much less effort than hand scraping and less risk of
damage.   The scrapers and chisels supplied appeared to be
very hard and sharp. guess they are not tungsten carbide
though.  Stripping across the rather open oak cross grain
worked with care which is something I don't think would work
very well hand scraping.  I am almost looking forward to
trying it on a real job.

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:12:42 +0100, "chrisR"  wrote:

>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:13:36 GMT, Ronald Raygun
><no.spam@localhost.localdomain>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Martin wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:52:25 +0100, "chrisR"
> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>I bought an electric scraper from aldi for £14.99 seems
>to
>> >>>work fine when I tested it but not used it in earnest
>yet
>> >>
>> >> I have a Bosch scraper with a tungsten carbide blade.
>You could probably
>> >> do what
>> >> takes 3 days with a  hand scraper in half a day with a
>Bosch scraper.
>> >
>> >How long will it take me to repair the gouges I'm likely
>to make in
>> >my hull with one?
>>
>> Depends on whether you grind off the corners first and how
>heavy handed you are.
>> -- 
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>
>I did a short test of the variable speed Parkside model from
>aldi on a piece of painted old oak.   I was surprised how
>much control was available the scraper movement is hardly
>visible but the paint / varnish came off quite rapidly and
>with much less effort than hand scraping and less risk of
>damage.   The scrapers and chisels supplied appeared to be
>very hard and sharp. guess they are not tungsten carbide
>though.  Stripping across the rather open oak cross grain
>worked with care which is something I don't think would work
>very well hand scraping.  I am almost looking forward to
>trying it on a real job.

The problem using the Bosch scraper is caused by the very sharp corners on the
blade. 
-- 

Martin

"chrisR"  wrote in message
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>
> "Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
> news:8kcnb4134p42elf3jmtpellf9ag64mcnfq@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:13:36 GMT, Ronald Raygun
> <no.spam@localhost.localdomain>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Martin wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:52:25 +0100, "chrisR"
>  wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>I bought an electric scraper from aldi for £14.99
seems
> to
> > >>>work fine when I tested it but not used it in earnest
> yet
> > >>
> > >> I have a Bosch scraper with a tungsten carbide blade.
> You could probably
> > >> do what
> > >> takes 3 days with a  hand scraper in half a day with
a
> Bosch scraper.
> > >
> > >How long will it take me to repair the gouges I'm
likely
> to make in
> > >my hull with one?
> >
> > Depends on whether you grind off the corners first and
how
> heavy handed you are.
> > -- 
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
>
> I did a short test of the variable speed Parkside model
from
> aldi on a piece of painted old oak.   I was surprised how
> much control was available the scraper movement is hardly
> visible but the paint / varnish came off quite rapidly and
> with much less effort than hand scraping and less risk of
> damage.   The scrapers and chisels supplied appeared to be
> very hard and sharp. guess they are not tungsten carbide
> though.  Stripping across the rather open oak cross grain
> worked with care which is something I don't think would
work
> very well hand scraping.  I am almost looking forward to
> trying it on a real job.
>
>

Apologies for senior memory failure I bought the Parkside
scraper from Lidl not Aldi.  I don't know if it because my
local Lidl is close to the marina but the scraper sold out
before I could buy one on the 2 previous occasions they were
offered.