It's been my experience that a big, half round bastard file is unbeatable
for certain woodworking procedures. The only trouble is that they get
dull pretty quickly and then they're of no use for anything. Somebody
told me that if you leave them out in the rain they will rust to a new
sharpness, but that seems as dubious as holding a dollar bill up to your
tailpipe exhaust to determine whether or not you need a valve job. Is
there such a thing as getting them resharpened?
Wed, Oct 29, 2003, 1:30pm (EST+5) [email protected] (BUB=A0209) says:
<snip> big, half round bastard <snip> they get dull pretty quickly and
then they're of no use for anything. <snip>
Are you talking about a file that has only been used on wood since
it was new? Or a file used on metal also? Wood alone shouldn't dull a
file appreciably. Metal will, even a soft metal. If you use a file for
aluminum, that's the only thing you should use it on. Same with brass.
And, I'm thinking the same would apply to one used on wood.
If the problem continues, ditch the bastard, and get a big son-of-a
bitch. LMAO
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Andy Dingley wrote:
> Go and buy a set of files; all the sizes you want, and a range of
> tooth sizes. Files are cheap ! Why do so many of us plough on for
> years with a couple of nasty old ruins we inherited from our
> grandfathers ?
I'll second that one. I recently bought a new file after finally breaking
the one that someone gave to Dad when I was a kid. (Dad is still alive and
well, incidentally, so the old file wasn't really an inheritance per se.)
Anyway, I grew up thinking a file was something you used in order to spend
an afternoon scraping at a piece of metal and eventually removing some of
it. I couldn't believe what a difference it made having a new, sharp file,
and the thing was only $4 or so.
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On 29 Oct 2003 13:30:38 GMT, [email protected] (BUB 209) wrote:
>
> It's been my experience that a big, half round bastard file is unbeatable
>for certain woodworking procedures.
Go and buy a set of files; all the sizes you want, and a range of
tooth sizes. Files are cheap ! Why do so many of us plough on for
years with a couple of nasty old ruins we inherited from our
grandfathers ?
Good quality files (I usually buy Grobert), that aren't clogged with
aluminium or left out in the rain also last pretty well. Store them
in a shallow drawer (I use a mechanic's sliding drawer toolbox) so
they don't bump together.
>Is there such a thing as getting them resharpened?
Google this newsgroup. Several people speak very highly of this
process. Some even claim you can do it yourself.
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