Nice rasp but I wouldn't call it a chisel
Nicholson - Wood Chuck Combination Chisel and Wood Rasp (Rating: 3) I got this mainly as a rasp and it performs really well as that. It removes material quickly and has the flat and rounded sides...
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Lie-Nielsen - Joinery Floats (Rating: 4) I have had a set of the Lie-Nielsen Joinery floats for a few months now, and unbelievably i have even found uses for them. When i first saw these tools...
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Auriou - Rasps (Rating: 5) If it's possible to get excited about a simple and ancient tool, these little handmade French cabinet files have me giddy. Generally, files are nothing to get too thrilled...
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Harbor Freight - Air File 1704 (Rating: 5) I recently purchased the Harbor Freight Air File. This thing works like a charm. A little heavy but works great, the online specs state 8.5 cfm, however the...
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Diamond - HR-15 (Rating: 5) I love to use my rasp and found that you can get these at most county co-op stores for around $20. They are large and will remove a lot of wood rapidly. I use them mostly to...
View ArticleSE 10 High Speed Black Carbon Rasp Burr Wood Working Rotary
. - SE 10 High Speed Black Carbon Rasp Burr Wood Working Rotary (Rating: 5) These are very small, only about an inch or two. They can be used in a drill press or a cordless drill. These shaper rasps...
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Liogier Rasps - New Joinery Float (Rating: 5) I was asked a few months back to review a new tool for Liogier rasps from France. They were thinking of starting a line of joinery floats and wanted the...
View ArticleThe rasps that do what I always assumed rasps should do
shinto - saw rasps (Rating: 5) After trying almost every kind of file I can locally source here (mostly metal files, but also some Bacho and Nicolson) and being very disappointed with the results i...
View ArticleNarex Half Round Fine Cut Rasp- great value
NAREX - 200mm 8" Half Round Cabinet Maker Wood Fine Cut Rasp 872572 (Rating: 5) Ive used it to shape a couple tote repairs and the odd piece or 2 for a project. Solid tool. No complaints for a 25$ rasp.
View ArticleAn Exceptioinal Hand-Cut Rasp Alternative
Corradi - Gold Rasps (Rating: 5) Most woodworkers have heard of the qualites of hand cut/stiched rasps. They're not the same animal as the machine-made buggers. But, like anything hand-madeā¦.Auriou,...
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Konig - Metal Planer No. 163 - Finish Denibber (Rating: 5) I was speaking recently with a professional refinisher, lamenting about how I always end up with some dust nibs in my sprayed finish no matter...
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Lee Valley - Japanese milled tooth files (Rating: 5) I bought these files after a little searching for more shapes and sizes of the Nicholson Plasti-Cut file that I had come across (top right file...
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How I finally got a handle on tanged tools.
Craftsman - File & Tool Handle-Pat. No. 2,479,661 (Rating: 5) When I first got into sharpening my own saws, I crafted file handles out of wood scraps. The unshaped, rectangle wood pieces dug into...
View ArticleI compared and reviewed several different rasps and found a few surprises
. - Variety of Different Rasps (Rating: 5) <div>Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code</div> I compared super inexpensive rasps from Amazon to hand cut French rasps and several others....
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Auriou - Rasps from Lee Valley vs. Lie-Nielsen (Rating: 5) Both lie-Nielsen(picture 1&2) and Lee Valley(picture 3) sell auriou's rasps. I bought one from each company just to see what the...
View ArticleJapanese Milled-Tooth Files from Lee Valley
Not too long ago I purchased an X-fine cut 8" half-round Japanese Milled-Tooth file from Lee Valley. I was searching for a file to follow up a 6" half-round mill bastard file that I use for shaping...
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