[TheForge] Effective filing

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Usually when I deep marks left after draw filing it is because the 
technique is wrong.  I have scouts that will let the file drift left to 
right or visaversa.

Charles

Dan Tull wrote:

> 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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> <theforge at mailman.qth.net>; <blacksmiths at yahoogroups.com>; "ArtMetal 
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>
>
>> 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.
>>