Let’s Geek Out on Rasps!

Canadian Woodworking and Home Improvement has a fantastic article on Rasps. The explanations and photos are great. If you’ve ever wondered about rasps, this is the place to go!  

Read More

Using Files and Rasps

(From the February 15th Meeting) Chadd Hass distributed a nice handout that described rasps, rifflers, and files, listed 9 suppliers for tools, and some interesting websites. His philosophy is to use the most aggressive tool that he has control of.  Our challenge is to find something to work on all kinds of wood.  Rasps have…

Read More

Hand Stitched Rasps

Long time members of the NWDA know that the initial lure of their LuRon fascination was the low expense of tools required to get museum quality results with junk wood found in their backyard or beaches. With a router blade and handle, a file, lots of different grits of sandpaper and a natural, fine finish…

Read More