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Hi all
I’m looking for a 10″ rasp as I’m looking to build the workbench in Paul’s video. I’m not sure rasp exactly, but I’ve come across these:
As I say, I’m not sure on the specifics because the pdf just says 10″ rasp. Would the above suffice?
Thank you
16 June 2018 at 8:13 pm #548572Hi Mark, I have just bought a couple of rasps by Magnusson, (about £8 each) largely to carve and ‘fettle’ walking canes. They look very similar to your Rutland rasps, except mine are 8″. I have to say they work very well, remove wood at an alarming rate compared to my previous wood files. Probably a bit narrow but I am comparing to Paul’s highly recommended Arriou rasp (and a 90 odd quid price differential!). The previous wood files have now stepped up to the plate as smoothing files to temper some of the ragged surfaces left.
PS The Magnusson rasps are from B&Q- This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by STEVE POVALL. Reason: adding info
16 June 2018 at 10:47 pm #548577I’m most of the way through my bench and I don’t own a rasp. Not sure exactly what you NEED it for to build this bench. If you’re buying it just for this bench build, I’d skip it. If you plan other uses for it, then you might need one, I can’t tell from here. Show us your bench when you get started.
Cheers,
Daniel- This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Daniel Willis.
17 June 2018 at 12:41 am #548579No brand is mentioned. It’s a bit like saying “I want to know if this unbranded bicycle is any good”
But read the reviews. Some folks say the finished effect is a bit rough, which will mean some sanding.
The short is there are no bargains with rasps. The better ones are handmade, which means they are spendy*.
(*spendy. Aka: pricey, dear, expensive, costly)
I contacted Tome Feteira from Portugal about their rasps (as recommended by Paul). This is the reply I got:
“There is only one standard cut for the hand-stitched files (cut 5) and the prices are as follows:
2455150 Cabinet Rasp Hand cut 6″ – 150mm: 12,37€ (Ex works)
2455200 Cabinet Rasp Hand cut 8″ – 200mm: 16,26€ (Ex works)
2455250 Cabinet Rasp Hand cut 10″ – 250mm: 22,42€ (Ex works)”My questions, what could ‘only one standard cut – 5‘ mean? Does it mean they are all the same (i.e. 5) roughness? If so, that’s not really any good to me. Second question, does anyone know what (Ex works) might mean?
17 July 2018 at 4:00 pm #549459When it’s stated that way, Ex works usually means the price doesn’t include freight, import/export duties, etc. so you should ask about that. The cut or roughness of those rasps is apparently the same for each, they’re just different lengths.
Paul’s rasp always looks so effective when he uses it. Since I live in Atlanta, I go to Highland Woodworking (the awesome brick and mortar version) on occasion. I went in there to have a look at the Aurio (sp?) rasps and the salesman let me try them all out. They did not have the full line in stock (I wanted to buy on of the demo’s but he wouldn’t sell it to me) seemingly due to the length of time it actually takes for the company to produce them. It was a birthday present for myself so cost wasn’t really a major concern (the Aurios are about $120-130)…However, in the end I ended up purchasing a Narex (higher-end one that was also hand-stitched) for around $100. I thought that it felt equally up to task in my hands for the one I was purchasing. In any event, the most valuable lesson in that experience was the ability to test-drive a bunch of them to find out which one I preferred as opposed to buying the seemingly best/most expensive one based on someone else’s experience. If you have a place where you can test-drive any of the more expensive tools you may be considering purchasing, I think it’s great to do that before buying–I was surprised by my decision to go with the cheaper Narex but I do not regret it at all.
17 July 2018 at 5:22 pm #549473The aurious are great and a video from their production facility completely sold me on their level of craftsmanship. My coworkers barely believe me that they are hand made tic by tic. They’re over $100 but the value is there. It will surely last you a year (and longer) but even after a year you’re looking at 10$ per month. I would rent one at that price so the purchase made sense to me
[quote quote=549476]You can always roll some sandpaper on a block of wood and save $100. Works just fine![/quote]
Very true. I’m probably going to buy thesehttps://www.screwfix.com/p/magnusson-rasp-set-390mm-3-pieces/7097v
http://www.leevalley.com/us/Wood/page.aspx?p=20133&cat=1,42524 I purchase the Lee Valley hand cut 8in and it is surprisingly good and at less than 40 bucks ti is a great starter rasp. Also gotten to handle a Liogier rasp and really until my skills gets way way better, the Lee Valley Hand Cut Rasp and a good coarse File will meet most needs.
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