Rasp files, or rasps, are usually very coarse and are used primarily on wood and soft materials.
Miley Cyrus on The X Factor had "a voice like a rasping file".
"I thought the sets were amazing!" he cried in his rasp-file voice.
Ivory is carved with an assortment of saws, knives, rasps, files, chisels, drills, and scrapers.
Then, using four chisels, a rasp, a file, a saw and a knife, I shape and whittle the dovetail.
A rasp and file render smooth all surfaces.
Smooth the bark with a rasp or file to eliminate high or rough spots; do not damage the tree cambium.
Other materials needed for band construction include an angular probe, extension springs (stainless steel and corrosion resistant), a heavy-duty hole punch, needle-nose pliers, sheet metal snips, flexible measuring tape, and a rasp or file.
Supplies needed: continuous roll stainless steel cable tie (100 m), attachable cable tie heads, sturdy metal angle probe, rasp or file, dbh tape, tin snips, needle-nose pliers, metal hole punch, stainless steel extension springs, flexible ruler.
Remove Using a rasp or file, clean the rusted metal from the hole in the concrete.
