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Thread: Metal files 101
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21st Mar 2012, 11:38 PM #196
Ueee, what Azzrock said.
Regards, FenceFurniture
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21st Mar 2012, 11:49 PM #197Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Just a few things I have made with Old files.
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Files are detempered in a kitchen oven or a BBQ and then the teeth are ground away.
Shaping is with a water cooled thin kerf cutting blade on an old 8" table saw dedicated for use with those blades.Last edited by BobL; 5th Sep 2018 at 12:33 PM.
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22nd Mar 2012, 12:07 AM #198
Nice work Bob (esp the shoulder plane)! Is it predominantly River Gum? Good to see I'm not the only one who has a thing for copper ferrules - is that an aesthetic choice for you or are there practical reasons behind it?
Had to have a giggle at the BBQed files.Regards, FenceFurniture
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22nd Mar 2012, 12:11 AM #199Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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22nd Mar 2012, 12:15 AM #200Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Cheers FF, the plane is curly jarrah, one of the few bits of timber I have paid for in the last 6 years. I used the small amount of leftover to make the marking knives in the other post.
Copper ferrules are just bits cut from copper water pipe fittings I have in my scraps box.
RE: BBQ files: complements my dishwasher washed chain saw motor parts.Last edited by BobL; 3rd Sep 2018 at 05:11 PM.
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3rd Sep 2018, 04:20 PM #201Most Valued Member
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It does indeed need pictures
I have been scouring the net for plans/diagrams for wooden handles for files...not much out there...that I can find anyways, so thought I'd search here...not much in this thread either
But this is what I made yesterday...
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(have left the bit of timber in front of ferrule so that I have a centre mark created by spur for drilling hole for tang)
just need to take the homemade woodlathe outside to make up a dozen or so more...makes too much mess inside the shed.
Has anyone got some plans for wooden handles for files????
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4th Sep 2018, 10:50 PM #202Senior Member
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Wow Eskimo, digging up a 6 year old thread. The design of file handles is a personal choice like handles for wood turning chisels. I make my own just like yours, I like them about 150mm long a bit thicker than "standard" and I try and use a really curly eucalyptus blank to resist splitting.
I have a real bitch about lathe files at present, but I may start another thread.
Rgds,
Crocy.
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5th Sep 2018, 11:31 AM #203Most Valued Member
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well, I was looking for threads on file handles and this is all that really came up...it has some references to handles but nothing significant
The one I made above is 150 x 32dia and 20dia at the smaller sections. But these dont look right on a small file, disproportionate...but what is more important?...looks, or how it feels in the hand when filing?...might make some slightly smaller and see how the look and feel on a small file...and then make a decision
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7th Sep 2018, 10:53 AM #204Most Valued Member
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I knew someone in the world must have tried to design something ...besides me
Better File handles - by Karson @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking community
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12th Sep 2018, 09:53 AM #205Most Valued Member
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i think I am going overboard
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from left to right
first 5 are what I made from ..blackwood, grey box (?), no idea, blackwood and blackwood
6th is unrestored old file handle I inherited from dads collection
7&8 are restored from dads collection, 7 looks and smells like huon
only have 17 more blanks to turn
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12th Sep 2018, 10:50 AM #206Most Valued Member
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Nice. Might make some on the metal lathe. I've got stacks of exotic timber offcuts.
Chris