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Thanks so much everyone – some good options here.
I hadn’t thought of getting vintage ones, I guess I’m not confident I would be able to tell one that’s in good working order – I presume they dull over time and thus have a life span? Is there anything I should look for, or how would one check to see if it is still in good working order?
The Corradi rasps look nice. Shipping from the Europe makes them really expensive (as with the Tome Feteira ones), maybe I’ll see if I can find a vendor in Canada.
As for the black handled ones from Lee Valley, I was in the store the other day and the name on them is Ajax, apparently made in the Czech republic. I ended up finding a nice comparison here:
https://www.canadianwoodworking.com/half-round-cabinet-raspsThanks,
TomI’ve had the same thing, particularly if I’ve reduced the thickness a lot. From doing some research, I found that it’s likely due to 1) the wood wasn’t dried all the way through, so when you expose the internal wood with the higher moisture content it starts drying and cups again, and 2) planing off a lot relieves internal stresses which allow it to move again (similar to when ripping.)
What I usually do is 6-square it and leave it a bit thicker than needed (just enough so if it cups/twists I can take it out again), then sticker it until I get around to actually using it, then I bring it down to final thickness and take out any cup if it came back.Tom
Thanks, everyone. I tried 4 coats of blonde shellac, which did add some colour and depth to the wood, but not quite as much as I was looking for. I also tried 3 coats of blonde followed by 1 coat of orange, and also a test with 3 coats of a 5:1 mix of blonde-to-orange. Both of these last two options gave very similar results, with a slight ambering of the wood. I think I’ll go with one of these last options.
Thanks again,
TomHi Michael,
I have the same rip carcass saw and had the same issues. Specifically, I had trouble starting rip cuts without it biting. I did two things which helped immensely.
1) I put in progressive rake over the 1st 2″ as Paul recommends here. https://paulsellers.com/2012/01/minimalist-tools-dovetail-saws/
(except that at the end of the 2″ I left the 10deg rake that the saw comes with instead of 0deg as Paul puts.) I believe he also talked about it specifically for the Veritas saws in another blog post, but can’t recall which, and he may demonstrate in the YouTube sharpening video, I can’t recall.
2) After talking to some people, I started taking more weight off the saw as I start the cut; by taking more weight on the handle’s lower horn. This also helped it from biting.Are you finding it bites or rip or x-cuts or both? These really helped with biting on rip cuts, but I still find it bites on x-cuts. If anyone has suggestions for this I’d love to hear them, or maybe I’ll just bite the bullet and buy the x-cut carcass saw.
Best,
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