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Just a quick update
I was underwhelmed by the speed of material removal using these files. They are rather fine toothed but do make for a nice finish.
I remembered these from Harbor Freight that I had stored away some time ago as they are not of very top quality.
So with nothing to lose I cut them up and chucked them in the lathe. I probably could have cut down the file ends for the shank using insert tooling but why not grind them instead. My DIY grinder doesn't see much use but each time I do use it comes in handy and I am glad I made it.
The files and some of the cutoff pieces are shown below.
They made a tremendous increase to material removal.
Now I can do both course and fine filing.
Thanks for looking
Ray
I was underwhelmed by the speed of material removal using these files. They are rather fine toothed but do make for a nice finish.
I remembered these from Harbor Freight that I had stored away some time ago as they are not of very top quality.
So with nothing to lose I cut them up and chucked them in the lathe. I probably could have cut down the file ends for the shank using insert tooling but why not grind them instead. My DIY grinder doesn't see much use but each time I do use it comes in handy and I am glad I made it.
The files and some of the cutoff pieces are shown below.
They made a tremendous increase to material removal.
Now I can do both course and fine filing.
Thanks for looking
Ray
