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Heard a young guy at the feed store say he only uses a rasp for touch-ups now

He said his whole shop has switched to a belt grinder for almost all shaping, which got me thinking about how we used to do everything by hand. I still have my old Nicholson rasps from my first kit in '98. Anyone else still doing most of their finishing the old way, or has that ship sailed?
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jones.angela
My shop teacher in '02 swore by hand tools for developing feel. I still break out my old rasps for small projects, but my belt sander has definitely seen more action this decade. Guess I'm only half a purist at this point.
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the_robin
the_robin4d ago
My grandpa's old rasp is still in a coffee can somewhere.
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