File storage

[fcs]

I’m gradually accumulating some good fine cut files (e.g. Grobet #6) and I’m looking for suggestions on how to store them, to protect them from each other and rust. I don’t have room for a drawer (tiny shop). I could hang them on a rack or put them in a box protected by ??? In a box they would get jostled around going on and off the shelf so they would need to be in some individual sleeves made of ??? Any suggestions of what to do or not do will be helpful.

Frank S

 

[Braeden P]

pvc pipe with a cap on 1 end under a self will keep then protected, tilt them up so that they cant fall out

 

[Reddinr]

Grobet #6.

So I looked that up to find another area I'm dumb about. I saw file types of Barrette, Crochet, Crossing, Equalling, Flat, Half Round, hand, Knife, Marking, Narrow Pillar, Oval, Pillar, Pippin, Regular Pillar, Round, Round Parallel, Slitting, Square, Taper, Three Square, Warding... With levels of precision of Needle, Riffler and Standard... With various cut types. Maybe 600 types in stock. Just when I thought my tool buying was tapering off a bit.

I have a coarse and a fine flat file and a couple of others I got at a surplus store. Right now mine are in a drawer but I'm following this thread for better ideas. I have very nice handles for my cheap files, which I recommend for larger files. Nicholson 21474U Universal Handle. I was getting tired of my wooden and plastic handles loosening and falling off.

 

[benmychree]

For my larger files, I have a steel rack on the end of my work bench with slots for each file; it has a slight bend upward part way back to the opening end of the slots so they won't fall out with vibration. also lots more files in a drawer in the bench, and similar racks on the back benches of my two lathes. Needle files, I keep in the plastic box that they came in when I bought them nearly 60 years ago. Files will not fall out of the Lutz wood handles if driven in sufficiently hard and the proper size handle is used.

 

[Braeden P]

Files will not fall out of the Lutz wood handles if driven in sufficiently hard and the proper size handle is used.

I have one lutz handle it was the first one to lose a file whacked it and has not dropped one or became lose but the handle on my Anderson scraper is lose that is frustrating because it is expensive and the handle is already lose.

 

[benmychree]

I have one lutz handle it was the first one to lose a file whacked it and has not dropped one or became lose but the handle on my Anderson scraper is lose that is frustrating because it is expensive and the handle is already lose.

I have an Anderson scraper in addition to my Sandvik; the handle is tight, but the scraper bit is not, it is not a good tool.

 

[darkzero]

I'd make some sort of rack for them too. I took the easy way out though.

I used to have most of my lesser used files in a drawer with paper sleeves on them. Problem was that sometimes made me too lazy to dig around & look for the ones I needed to use. The other ones that I do use often pretty much always sit out on the bench or on the lathe's chip pan.

To get those out of a drawer to be more accessible I bought a cheap wrench holder & mounted it on a couple of cheap HF magnets. I only used the magnets cause I wasn't sure where I would end up hanging them. Well they've been in the same spot ever since.

Not the best solution & there are a few things I don't like about it. Most of my files don't vary a whole lot in size & I don't have a lot of them so this worked out fine for me. It cost me less than $10 & I'm happy with it for now.

 

[aliva]

This might work

 

[hman]

+1 on @darkzero's suggestion. I bought these from Amazon. They include a magnetic back.

Mechan Magnetic Screwdriver Organizer Tool Holder Tray Rack, With Ultra Strong Neodymium Magnet Strip + Replacement Clips – Holds Screwdrivers, Drill Bits, Nail Sets, (Red Rail/Black Clips) - - Amazon.com

Mechan Magnetic Screwdriver Organizer Tool Holder Tray Rack, With Ultra Strong Neodymium Magnet Strip + Replacement Clips – Holds Screwdrivers, Drill Bits, Nail Sets, (Red Rail/Black Clips) - - Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

 

[francist]

This is what I have. PVC pipe scrap, one scrap of wood as a base, and a hot glue gun to hold everything together. Been using it for going on ten years by now. Cheap? Nah...

-frank