KingAether Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Friend gave me some stuff from the scrap bin in his shop, clearly someone tried to make a knife with one of the rasps and got scared by the grinder sparks Do tools such as rasps tend to make better chisels or blades, or something else ? Not super interested in knife making but no idea how i would go about chisels without the proper swage parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Files and non-case hardened rasps were typical materials used to steel cutting edges of such tools: Axes, Chisels, knives, etc. They tend to be a bit brittle and so not the best for items used to pry with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingAether Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 I have just been watching videos of people forging hatchets, its partly why i started getting into smithing to make my own camp gear and tools. Will have to find a small block to use for the rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I've made "kindling hatchets" by folding over a rasp for the eye and welding up the overlap for the body. Handy hanging by the woodstove. (We heat with wood when our primary thermonuclear heater has issues.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hinsman Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I've made both a folded hawk and a big chopper with rasps. The hawk has held up well, and I use the chopper every day for cleaning underbrush and pruning. I beat the living daylights out of it all the time, from cutting holes in ice to cutting down trees. It's not heat-treated and it hasn't failed me yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 How is the edge holding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLiner Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 primary thermonuclear heater has issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Machinist files are a higher grade of steel than rasps. As Nicholson's materials guy put it "Wood and hooves are not as hard as steel" He said that treating the machinist files like W1 for heat treating would be a good path, as he would not give me the exact alloy they have used for the last 46 plus years he has been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Could hang on to the non cut rasp for rough hand shaping of handles or other wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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