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Post by silverfox on Dec 5, 2020 12:57:38 GMT
Is there a supplier of imperial files. am looking for 7/32 and 1/4 width to do the slots for the lifting link hole in the radius rod.
Spent most of last night on the web, but no luck... not even metric ones thst come close
Ron
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Post by ettingtonliam on Dec 5, 2020 14:08:09 GMT
Have you looked under 'warding files' These are the ones used by locksmiths, and a lot of them taper down virtually to a point, so should be suitable for what you want to do.
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Post by Jo on Dec 5, 2020 14:40:40 GMT
You should not use a file the same width as your slot.
I normally grind a safe edge on my files. I have also ground files down to thickness to do slots.
Jo
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Post by goldstar31 on Dec 6, 2020 14:45:40 GMT
Not wishing to interfere but I got quite cheaply a couple of cards of small diamond files from none other than Aldi.
Thinks forward oh wizened one ( Me), my 4" diameter 1/16th slitting saw is blunt.
Thank you, Thank You
Norman
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Post by dscott on Dec 7, 2020 1:01:31 GMT
Diamond files also get rid of sharp chips in drinking glasses.
Very useful for sharpening tools and hard bits that Tungsten files struggle with.
Lily has one for her nails.
Ones in packs are very useful.
David and Lily.
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Post by Gary L on Dec 8, 2020 16:43:15 GMT
Diamond files also get rid of sharp chips in drinking glasses. Very useful for sharpening tools and hard bits that Tungsten files struggle with. Lily has one for her nails. Ones in packs are very useful. David and Lily. Yup! I keep mine for best, but they are also perfect for touching up the edge on carbide tools, in fact anything that has been hardened. -Gary |
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Post by Nigel Bennett on Dec 9, 2020 18:18:48 GMT
Diamond files also get rid of sharp chips in drinking glasses. David and Lily. Yes, my Mum had a diamond file, many years ago. I bought a beer glass with a Foden steam wagon on it, and it had a nasty bit of glass flash. So quick as a -erm- flash, I clandestinely borrowed Mum's nail file and filed it smooth. It wore the file out... I only told her after she'd sent it back to claim a new one... |
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Post by jem on Dec 10, 2020 17:13:21 GMT
these nail files are not diamond.
Jem
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Post by JonL on Dec 11, 2020 18:48:27 GMT
these nail files are not diamond. Jem Are they not? As I understood it they were? What are they instead? |
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Post by jem on Dec 12, 2020 17:40:49 GMT
My friendly chemist says that they are a type of glass or ceramic, anyway they do work very well, and I would never go back to a steel one again
best wishes or a very happy Christmas, and a better new year
Jem
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