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A '''card scraper''' is a [[woodworking]] shaping and [[Wood finishing|finishing]] tool. It is used to manually remove small amounts of material and excels in tricky [[wood grain|grain]] areas where [[Plane (tool)|hand plane]]s would cause tear out. Card scrapers are most suitable for working with [[hardwood]]s, and can be used instead of [[sandpaper]]. Scraping produces a cleaner surface than sanding; it does not clog the pores of the wood with dust, and does not leave a fuzz of torn fibers, as even the finest abrasives will do.
== Types
[[Image:Scrapers.jpg|thumb|Various scrapers, with burnisher]]
Card scrapers are available in a range of shapes and sizes, the most common being a rectangular shape approximately 3"x 6". Another common configuration is the ''gooseneck'' scraper, which has a shape resembling a [[french curve]] and is useful for scraping curved surfaces. For scraping convex shapes such as [[violin]] [[fingerboard]]s, small flexible rectangular scrapers are useful.
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