Rasps

To create silky, sinuous edges on furniture, hand tools are faster than routing or sanding.

Gramercy Tools has introduced a new line of hand-cut rasps. It includes seven cabinetmaker's rasps and a handle-maker's rasp.

Note: Auriou has reopened and resumed operations as of November 2008. The 150-year-old French toolmaker Auriou, best known to American woodworkers for high-quality, hand-cut rasps and rifflers, ceased operations in early October. In…

This rasp has been replaced by the the 9-in. cabinet rasp, a similar model, since Auriou's reopening in 2008.

Files and other shaping tools can offer more control than power tools while reducing the amount of time you’ll have to spend sanding.

Rasps and files are often-overlooked shaping tools that remove stock quickly and effortlessly.

Mario Rodriguez provides a guide to files, rasps, and other effective but underappreciated shaping tools.

18th-Century furniture expert Gene Landon explains his simple process of making this classic form using templates and files and rasps to do the shaping.

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