Tips on Filing for Blacksmiths // Metal Filing Techniques

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In this video, I share my tips on filing. I picked up these metal filing techniques from Thomas Latane. I also have a list of the metal files in my toolbox in the video description.
Metal filing methods could be used for filing a knife spine or all sorts of other blacksmithing projects, like a hammer, tomahawk, etc. You will need a large assortment of sizes and styles for your file collection.
Files in my Toolbox (Amazon affiliate links)
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8” Half Round Bastard: amzn.to/2gmRRaP
10” Half Round Bastard: amzn.to/2wGFInA
10” Round Bastard: amzn.to/2wQs2qA
File Brush: amzn.to/2vH7w6F
My filing metal techniques are done as cold filing. However, in some instances, I incorporate hot rasping, (could be confused with "hot filing").. If you are wondering, "why use files?" then take a look at the effect that metal filing can achieve. If you do metalworking of any sort, these metal filing methods will help you produce beautiful ornamental accents to projects you are already making.
If you'd like to visit my youtube homepage, you can do so at / christcenteredironworks .
At my website you will find resources for blacksmiths as well as power hammer plans at www.blacksmithpdfs.com .
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@williamtimmons8791 7 лет назад

I love my files and use them often. I even picked up a number of excellent quality files at sales this spring. Grinders are great but a good file is priceless.

@berkleygreenway8252 7 лет назад

Object to be filed should be mounted at elbow height. This allows the arm to be at a 90° angle and is easier to keep a flat square surface. Another hint, Stop using your thumb to clean the metal, you may come up with a sliced thumb due to sharp edges. We spend a full day, with student on filling techniques. Don't allow build-up in the file teeth, clean often or chalk them up (especially with aluminum). But this is a good video.

@woozhi9218 3 года назад

Pit the workpiece closer to the jaw to eliminate that irritating vibration

@mage8838 7 лет назад

Old machinest trick. Rub chalk over the file teeth to help prevent build up of chips in the teeth.

@bc65925 7 лет назад

Yea, what he said.

@BrianDaleNeeley 7 лет назад

You said that you should put the file in the vise (1:29). I realized you meant the work piece in the vise, but you did seem to make a point of saying "file in the vise". You should also mention the file only cuts on the push cut, and dragging the file backwards will dull the file.

@autumn5592 11 месяцев назад

Files don't just cut on the push stroke, the cut laterally and backwards (albeit to a much lesser degree.) And dragging doesn't dull them.

@whatsreallygoingon253 7 лет назад

I just made my first 🔪 with a file I figured out pretty quick to use my body not my arms but I was shocked how fast my file removed material

@woozhi9218 4 года назад

How do you quench file without warping it beside plunging it and cooling it slowly with oil

@jaxxonkoethler3001 7 лет назад

What is the difference between forging high carbon steel and mild steel? I say this because I want to forge a flint striker from a file but am uncertain how it will act under a hammer.

@grayem76 7 лет назад

files are tempered in salt water and they are brittle but in saying that as soon as you heat it there will be no tempered steel and it will be as easy to work as mild getting the temper back will be hard to do as temperature matters

@CleaveMountaineering 4 года назад

Files and hacksaws don't get the credit they deserve! The patient machinist can work to almost any tolerance necessary with hacksaw, cold chisel, files, and scrapers. Also for aluminum, rasps are very fast and effective, (farrier's rasps are great) as are the drywall rasps.

@chuckmckee2741 2 года назад

Are wore out files cost fixable to repair. And can you even repairer them . I can clearly look at my files and see the teeth are getting flat

@autumn5592 11 месяцев назад

Some people will say acid, but no, you can't make a file sharp again. The only way you are going to get that file to cut is if you grind all the teeth and recut them. Not practical to do. Hard to heat treat a file, really hard to cut a file (it takes over 2 years to even be considered to work on production files, on the few that are hand cut/stitched), and it takes a long time to do. Best course of action is to buy a new file, and put that one in the scrap hardenable steel bucket. Turn it into new tooling or a knife or something.