Boot Scraper

[cumbriasteve]

Decided to make one for the patio, ornamental rather than functional but still the real thing.

Borrowed a nice bit of sandstone off the local beach, ten mins with a facing hammer and the base was nice and flat.

Holes drilled easily and scraper made and secured in place.

Then I sold it .

Two reasons... coming from the beach I forgot the stone will be salt laden, I realised there was little chance of moss growing to give an aged look which is what I wanted.

The second reason was the rubbish weld, I used the last of my good rods and had a few of some unknown brand left, I now remember why I had them left, they were a nightmare to use.

So it's easier to make another than grind them back and run a tidy weld, the next one will be red sandstone.

This one is now sitting in a stables courtyard, the lady is delighted with it and it paid for a couple of boxes of good rods.

 

[Paul.]

Nice, I like the stone base, I've made them but with a screw down base, couple of railing heads and a bit of flat, dead easy and quite saleable.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Holes drilled easily

What drill bit did you use?

 

[cumbriasteve]

Three stages of masonary drill on my Pillar drill, obviously no hammer action but I did swear a lot when I got clouds of sandstone blown back so that may have helped.

 

[selectedgrub]

Solid.

 

[Tim Byrne]

Hi everyone,
As part of my GCSE I am designing a portable boot scraper.
As my primary users, what specifications what you have for my design?
- how would you want it to work? what would you want it to do? size? etc
I would really appreciate any replies for this question as it would massively help me with my project.
Thank You

 

[Ian James]

This is mine made approx 39 years ago as a school metalwork project I regained it today after it had been missing for around 6 years

 

[Shox Dr]

Nice. You have trouble moving my first. It was built into the front of the house