leow90•2mo ago

Switched from a standard rasp to a diamond grit one last season

I was finishing up a big draft horse in the heat last July, and my old rasp was just skating off the hoof wall, leaving a rough edge. I picked up a diamond grit rasp on a friend's say so, and the difference was night and day. It cut clean on the first pass every time, even on that tough, dry hoof horn. I got the job done in half the time and my arm wasn't nearly as tired. Anyone else find a specific tool that just cuts through the tough jobs like that?

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ericnguyen2mo ago

Man, I had a buddy who was restoring an old wooden boat and got one of those diamond rasps for the hull. He told me it ate through the dried out mahogany like nothing else, and he finished the whole side in one afternoon instead of two days. It kinda made me wonder why cheap tools are even a thing anymore, you know?

jamie1302mo ago

Switched to a carbide rasp myself, same game changer.

the_karen2mo ago

Oh man, that reminds me of when I finally got a decent rasp for cleaning up some old door frames. It was like going from a butter knife to a lightsaber, just shaving off wood like it was nothing. I spent half the time I normally would and my arms didn't feel like jelly afterwards. Why did I wait so long to get a good one?