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Offline HeelSpur

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Is this a rasp?
« on: December 15, 2012, 05:27:16 PM »
This is the first time I've seen one of these I believe and the man who sold it to me said it was a rasp. It has like hacksaw blades on both sides, but one side the teeth are very fine.

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Offline amertrac

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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2012, 06:13:06 PM »
looks like a tiny rug beater
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Offline superzstuff

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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2012, 06:45:23 PM »
I have seen roughing rasps like this that look like they are made out of laminated hack saw blades.
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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2012, 07:46:20 PM »
Yes its a rasp
 They sold these in the 70's. All the great mail order catalogs had them.
  They really are laminated hacksaw blades.
 yours Scott
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Offline HeelSpur

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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2012, 04:20:14 AM »
Coool, must not have been very popular or they wore out easy.
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Offline Billman49

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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2012, 12:32:16 PM »
Still made today - one version the Shinto Rasp can be found at: http://raysatlatls.com/2011/02/tools-for-making-atlatls-the-shinto-rasp-and-horseshoe-file/
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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2012, 01:13:49 PM »
Great info thanks. I'm gonna see how well it works.
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2012, 02:38:33 PM »
Yes, an interesting design, fairly effective but I got rid of the one I found because I found I don't need a flat rasp as much as a half-round.  Flat work I can do with a block plane.
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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2012, 03:49:01 PM »
They worked great for me, got mine in the 70's, used it for cutting down Bondo,  Cuts fast, didn't clog up, but for ruff cuts as it leaves cut lines.
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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2012, 05:08:17 PM »
Quote from: oldtools on December 16, 2012, 03:49:01 PM
They worked great for me, got mine in the 70's, used it for cutting down Bondo,  Cuts fast, didn't clog up, but for ruff cuts as it leaves cut lines.
Exactly
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Re: Is this a rasp?
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2012, 07:39:15 PM »
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