Home made half round rasp

[osage outlaw]

Will do 

[bowtarist]

Pretty cool Clint. You are definitely an inventor. Shoulda posted it in the build-along. Like always, you never cease to amaze me w/ your handiness.  dp

[Pappy]

All kinds of things go through your head when the band saw is down, very good job ,should take a lot of wood off fast.
  Pappy

[osage outlaw]

Thanks Derik.  I'm going to try and get my redneck engineering degree from walmart university this summer 


Pappy, the bandsaw isn't down anymore, its gone.  I'm watching for Grizzly to have a sale on that black anniversary model.

[Eric Krewson]

I to like crafty things but...... Files and rasps are cheaper than what you have in this project.

My work horse handle shaper is a 10" Nicholson half round course wood file, $19 with free shipping off several sites. I used my first one from day one of my bow building in 96, put it to metal a few times( not a good idea for a wood file) and replaced it just this year with a new one that cuts like a house on fire compared to my old dull one.

Of course I have the #49 and #50 pattermakers rasps which are pretty pricey but I also have a $12 horseshoe rasp that cuts like a demon as well a brand new in the pack Nicholson wood rasp I picked up at a flea market for $2.

What I am getting at is you are better off plunking down 5 more bucks for a good file or rasp that will outlast you, if you keep it clean, oil it if you store it for a while and keep it off metal.

A good file also gives you a place to use up some of that osage scrap we generate, in the form of file handles, gotta' love them.

[osage outlaw]

Eric, I have a good sized assortment of files and rasps, including some nicholson half rounds.  I wanted something more aggressive.  I spent $12 to make this.  The rest was just junk that was in my garage and a few used blades.  I have looked on amazon and ebay for an aggressive half round rasp and didn't see anything I liked.  There were some cheap ones that looked like garbage and a few expensive ones that I wouldn't pay that much for.   My files never touch metal and I store them in bike inner tube pieces so they don't bang in to each other. 

[PEARL DRUMS]

Tight wad...........

[Mohawk13]

Very Frugal and inventive. When Paleo man needed a tool He made it. Good work Clint..

[Ozzy]

Clint you are the redneck Edison 

[Gsulfridge]

Call it the "Clinto!"   

[DavidV]

By Deity! If I wasn't looking for hacksaw blades to make a rasp right before I found this thread. Of course I was going for more of a shinto knockoff, lol.

[Eric Krewson]

Admittedly, finding just the right file or rasp can be a daunting task. I loved my first half round course wood file and tried on a bunch of occasions to find another with no luck. I goggled just about every description I could think of for years and couldn't come up with the exact same file as the one I had. One day I added "wood" after " half round course file"  to my search and and my exact file came up on a half price sale with free shipping, DUH, don't know why I missed the wood part.

My file is an unusual file to find and not readily available, lots of look-a-likes but not the same file. I actually needed a picture ad so I could hold my old file up to the screen and zoom in to see if the teeth matched, they did.

[Danzn Bar]

I like that Greg.... "Clinto"   

[Buckeye Guy]

If I was not so stinking Lazy I would make myself a Clinto !!
Good job Clint

[Gsulfridge]

If I was not so stinking Lazy I would make myself a Clinto !!
Good job Clint

Maybe Clint should market the Clinto.  .  .?