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Offline chuckp

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Rasps
« on: June 06, 2010, 05:37:19 pm »
Which is the preferred rasp, the Shinto saw rasp, or the Nicholson #49 for taking down limbs prior to floor tiller?
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Re: Rasps
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2010, 05:38:52 pm »
I have a Nicholson 49...and had a Shinto Rasp too...I liked the Shinto...but I liked the Ferriers Rasp better than it...so I sold it on eBay
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: Rasps
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2010, 07:40:28 pm »
I go from course Farriers to smoother Farriers to cabnet scrapper.
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Re: Rasps
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2010, 11:05:50 pm »
Chuckp,  I've got both and wind up using both.  Why limit yourself?   The saw rasp ( in my hands) can be more aggresive in reoving wood, especially for flat surfaces.  The Nielson rasps are 1/2 round, and the round side works well for shaping handles and snaky little areas.       Ron
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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: Rasps
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2010, 11:30:37 pm »
The #49 cabinet rasp is an amazing tool to use... I wish I had gotten mine sooner.
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Re: Rasps
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2010, 08:30:54 am »
I have a bunch of rasps, but 99% of the time I use the farrier's rasp for all roughing out and early tillering. You can flip it from the coarse to the fine side, and it's big and flat enough to get a good sweep down the limbs. The #49 is a good rasp, but it's small and has a fine cut- it is much more useful to me for shaping handles, fades, and such than actually working the limbs down. I bought a new farrier's rasp for less than $20 at a tack store several years ago, and it's one of the best bowbuilding investments I've made.
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Re: Rasps
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2010, 08:40:39 am »
Farrier's rasp usually to start and get most of the wood off,then the 49,till time for the scraper. :)
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Re: Rasps
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2010, 12:41:06 pm »
I've never used a shinto but i have always been intrigued by them. I Have UBR10, farriers, and 4-in-hand. i think it's funny that i use the farriers and 4-in-hand a lot more than the expensive (but nice) UBR10.
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Re: Rasps
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2010, 04:07:31 pm »
A farriers rasp?
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Re: Rasps
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2010, 04:14:13 pm »
I had a guy come up to me recently and asked,"What do they call you guys,Farriers?I said,with a staight face, yeah,N i been called way worse than that.He didnt know how to respond to that n just walked away,with a real confused look on his face.LOL
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Offline chuckp

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Re: Rasps
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2010, 04:42:15 pm »
Seems like most prefer the farriers rasp.
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Offline HoBow

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Re: Rasps
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2010, 06:32:30 pm »
Farriers rasp is awesome, but the different types server different purposes.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Rasps
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2010, 07:08:31 pm »
never used a farrieris rasp or a shinto or a real nicholson #49
im a sure form kinda guy  ;)

once you get the hange of a sure form you can hog off wood real fast o scrape lightly like a scraper would and everything inbetween
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Rasps
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2010, 03:20:05 am »
I love to use the farriors rasp for roughing out a bow.  It has the wood removal speed of a power tool, but with the control of a hand tool.  I use an old no name rasp for finish shaping.  It is flat on one side and round on the other.  The rounded side is great for shaping handles.  Just my 2 cents.
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Offline jonathan creason

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Re: Rasps
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2010, 08:29:23 am »
I posted this in another sub forum, but Grizzly tools has a very nice cabinet makers rasp that's very cheap.  It's made in China, but all the Nicholson 49's and 50's are made in Brazil now.  I have the 12" version, and it can really hog off the wood.  As an added bonus it's only $12 or so.  They also have an 8" version that's on my wish list.
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