Quadra Fire Scraper Tool 414-1140 -- Worth owning?

[maraakate]

Hey everyone,

I bought my Santa Fe used so it never came with the scraper tool, part number 414-1140. However, I just use a metal chisel that I got at the local hardware store seems OK. I also vacuum out the burn pot once a week to make sure the air passageways are clear. It looks like the main advantage to this tool is due to the fact that it is angled and tapers off that it can fit in those holes to clean out the passageways easier.

The OEM part is like $40, which I think is a bit nuts. Pellethead has an aftermarket one for about $20, which I assume is just as good.

Is it worth getting the tool, and if so is the aftermarket one of decent quality?

Thanks

 

[Former Farmer]

My Castile has not needed one for 13 years.

 

[Ssyko]

Handy when you run into one of those times a bag or 2 makes a mess of the pot , but I haven’t used mine but a couple times in 20 years either. But i throw the pot in the bead blaster every spring when i put it up for the season.

 

[whit]

I bought my Santa Fe used so it never came with the scraper tool, part number 414-1140. However, I just use a metal chisel that I got at the local hardware store seems OK. I also vacuum out the burn pot once a week to make sure the air passageways are clear. It looks like the main advantage to this tool is due to the fact that it is angled and tapers off that it can fit in those holes to clean out the passageways easier.

Dumb tool. Yeah, it angles and can sort of fit those holes. But It's not at all sharp, and only begins to go in those holes. I've used a chisel, and another hardware-store tool that's just a metal pick with a bend in it, on a screwdriver-type handle, for years. I'm amazed anyone can ask $40, or even $20, for that tool.

 

[maraakate]

Thanks, just wanted to make sure it was worth getting but sounds like if I add an angled pick tool to my stove tools then I should do just fine.

 

[WarrenZ.]

Own a Trekker and never use the scraping tool that came with the stove.