Thread: LIOGIER RASPS have arrived - HOT DAMN!

Oh yeh, more saw dust (rasp dust) to be made. Picked mine up from Astrodog yesterday. Here's a pic of the first 300mm cabinet makers along with my 3 newies with there magic finish on. Haven't used them yet, mabe later today
Brett, great effort on your part for an effortless purchase by us, thank you.

Picked up mine from Johnredl last night. Far too good looking to use!!! Todays the day, still it seems a pity to dirty them.
Thanks Brett
John

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Brett, great effort on your part for an effortless purchase by us, thank you.

Hi FF,

What Claw said. Well done and thanks. Now regret not getting a couple extra of the sizes and other types. They are beautifully made.

Have delivered Homesy his rasps, almost kept his though. He too was impressed.

Cheers
Pops

Originally Posted by Pops

Now regret not getting a couple extra of the sizes and other types. They are beautifully made.

You can always jump into Order Number 3 (will be delivered late January?). There will also be a Files Order (where you can still order Rasps).

Thank you all for your comments.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Oh yeh, more saw dust (rasp dust) to be made. Picked mine up from Astrodog yesterday. Here's a pic of the first 300mm cabinet makers along with my 3 newies with there magic finish on. Haven't used them yet, mabe later today
Brett, great effort on your part for an effortless purchase by us, thank you.

CH

would be interested in knowing what you think of the difference between them given the finish applied to the rasp

No problem Nick, I will post my findings once I have made sufficent rasp dust. Most likely tomorrow now. Had the day at home working in the vegie garden.

There are three benefits with the coating:
1. Preserves tooth sharpness
2. Prevents rust
3. Assists with chip clearing

Nick, in relation to your enquiry (and I'll stand corrected after Claw's head to head), I believe that benefit #3 will not always be apparent, as it will probably depend on the timber being eaten. I would imagine that if there is a performance difference, it will be be more noticeable on the very hardest timbers, and possibly stickier timbers. Perhaps Claw could do a test using those parameters with a coated and uncoated rasp (even though they will be different grains by a factor of 2). 20 stokes each on some fairly soft timber, hard as buggery, in between, and something sticky or green. He could even give us a vizzy difference in 20 strokes of the Auriou #6 verses the Liogier #8. Couldn't you Claw?

For me, it's the first two benefits that are the most (and equally) important. This goes back to my mantra of "expensive and hard to procure tools should be purchased in the longest lasting finish" to save the hassle of having to replace them, and the assocoated freight costs and price increases.

The last thing I want to do is put these beautiful little suckers into a Citric acid bath.

In other news today....

A few of us are working on a new Rasp shape with Noel, and it promises to be a really nice little number for a couple of specific tasks. We should have some sort of results around mid January. It will no doubt turn into one of those tools for which many uses can be found, once in the hand of the user.

I now have the complete set of pricelists for Files from Liogier. It's a pretty extensive list including:
66 Needle Files
173 Engineer's files
45 Saw Sharpening Files
48 Milled files

A couple of members and I are going to do some testing of coated/uncoated files, and then we'll hook into them as well. Standy by for a couple of months.

No problem, give me a few days.

I bought a cabinet makers rasp, 150mm, 13g in the rasp group buy. It had the sapphire coating. I used it for the first time yesterday. I was rounding over the corners of a jarrah table.

I was pretty impressed with the cut the rasp made. I could easily guide the rasp over the work-piece without the rasp wanting to go on a path of its own. The rasp left scratches in the wood that were easily removed with a piece of 150g sandpaper.

Up until now, I have only used the much coarser machine made rasps. In my hands these tools always wanted to make and follow their own path.

I wonder how the much coarser Logier rasps cut? Did any one buy one?

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

No problem, give me a few days.

Sorry, I work on dog years so a few days is more like a few months (been so busy and time goes so fast). I also like to "just" use the tools when I find the need in the course of my work. This way I get a real feel for there need and worth. I have use the two smaller ones and they felt just great, haven't used the curved rasp yet, well not on a job. So far I can't find any down side from the pretty blue finish, sharp, smooth to use and so far no corrosion but I don'tget a lot on my tools here anyway. Only planes, where my sweaty arms touch the sides of the heel. I realy think if Noel lets it out of his workshop "it will work and be a quality product". I will happily order tools from him without questioning his quality or the effectivness of his tools!

Now that you guys have had a chance to try them out... How do they compare to Auriou?

Thanks

Originally Posted by truckjohn

Now that you guys have had a chance to try them out... How do they compare to Auriou?

Thanks

Truckjohn, there's a head to head comparison here which shows the Liogier to be superior.