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| Author: | MaxBishop [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
Jamestown Distributors www.jamestowndistributors.com has a sale on woodworking tools. They have #49 and #50 cabinet rasps for $29.99 ea. This may be of interest to luthiers. I got one there a couple years ago for $37 and thought it was a good deal. Max |
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| Author: | letseatpaste [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
I did this deal last year, these are really great rasps at a good price. Really a pleasure to work with. I think they are usually around $50 each. |
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| Author: | woodbutcher50 [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
I have no experience with Nicholson rasps, but have been wary of them since seeing this blog. Any truth to the quality issues presented in this article? http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=NEXT&StoreCode=toolstore&nextpage=/extra/blogpage.html&BlogID=181 |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
I figured the 49 to be a faster tool for waste removal. I just bought one to try. At that price, it's hard to turn down. Just finished working a neck with my #50, and wished it worked faster. Hoping the 49 will fill the bill. |
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| Author: | letseatpaste [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
Filippo Morelli wrote: Is there much difference between the #49 and #50? I have a #50 and, next to my Auriou #4 G10, it gets significant use. Filippo One of them is more coarse, I can't remember which one off the top of my head (probably #49 now that I read Waddy's post). If I had to choose it'd be the coarse one, but it's nice to have both. |
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| Author: | letseatpaste [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
woodbutcher50 wrote: I have no experience with Nicholson rasps, but have been wary of them since seeing this blog. Any truth to the quality issues presented in this article? http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=NEXT&StoreCode=toolstore&nextpage=/extra/blogpage.html&BlogID=181 Interesting. I went back to look at a picture of my rasp and it says Made in Brazil, never noticed it, always thought it was USA. I still like mine, though. |
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| Author: | Bob Shanklin [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
The #50 I got at LeeValley 2 years ago is made in USA, and cuts really well. Bob |
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| Author: | TimAllen [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
Maybe an alternative would be the Japanese rasps, also for about $30 such as: http://www.japanwoodworker.com/product. ... t_id=23042 Anyone tried one of these? (I have the Japan Wood Worker Shinto saw rasp, and I really like it, but I have never tried the Auriou rasps.) |
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| Author: | Jim Kirby [ Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
The 49 is the coarser one, but it does not cut nearly as smoothly as the 50, and in the end I find it actually more difficult or tiring to use. I probably haven't picked up the 49 in several years. These are toys compared to the Aurou's. I use the 50 occasionally since getting the French ones, and probably only because it happens to be closer at hand. |
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| Author: | Jim Kirby [ Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tool sales at Jamestown Distributors |
Filippo, I don't have a clue what the numbers on these things mean at this point. The larger one is a 10 (big number) 0026 (small number), and the somewhat shorter one is marked 11 - 0024. I like them both a lot. I maybe was too hard on the 50 - I do use it, and don't feel compelled to run and get the Auriou's when I am. The 49 is in a drawer bottom, though. OK, looked at Tools for Working Wood. I have a 12" Grain 10 and a 10" Grain 11. The 12" 10 is my main material remover when carving necks. A Grain 4 would be a pretty fine cut, am I correct? |
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