[TheForge] Effective filing

[Dan Tull]

Andy,
Having taken Peter Ross's filing class..........
I asked him what they used for a "file card"( the brush used to keep teeth 
clean)
that we were instructed to use since high school shop class.
The reply was "We don't use one.""Don't overload the file , and it won't 
clog."
Let the tool work.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
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Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:40 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Effective filing WAS: Re: [kl] Re: Sen


> I've copied theforge, the blacksmiths, and artmetal lists as this is 
> relevant to each.
>
> Cameron Potter wrote:
> This usually occurs because you are pushing the tool beyond its cutting 
> capacity.  If your file is in good condition, is of good quality, is
> When you press beyond the file's capacity, the gullets load up and metal 
> chips may even crown the cutting edges in places, lifting the file off the 
> work in spots.  Edges that make no contact with the work cannot do any 
> cutting. I suspect that there might be some microscopic welding going on 
> between chips and cutting edges, which may explain why at times chips can 
> be so difficult to clean from the file.
>