BlasterJoe Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 This was one of two I made. The other one turned out better but cracked when quenching. The handle looks like it has a crack but is just a cold shut from drawing it out with the teeth on the rasp. Next time I will defiantly grind out the teeth. looks pretty rough. Has anyone else made these and did you clean the rasp up more before forging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 for items involved in food preparation I like to have as easy to clean a surface as possible. For items just for show the sky's the limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 That's a cool piece. I don't understand files. I've got hundreds of them but they do weird things in the forge. I would like to try something like BJ's chopper and I think I could forge the shape, but just no confidence in the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroclick Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 That looks really nice. Just added this to my list of projects to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Quade Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I actually forged one of these out this weekend myself. I used a piece for 52100 bearing steel but i have used files in the past. If you can, try to at least get the part close to the blade edge (maybe the bottom 3/4" of the piece) ground down smooth as this is used food and stuff can get stuck in the nooks and crannys of a rasp and can be annoying to clean. The top part though is awesome to keep the teeth shown for 2 reasons, first people like to see that something came from something else, it makes it a conversation piece and second the little texture there provides a nice grip suface when in use. Over all this looks excellent i must well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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