Gallery, Projects and General > How do I??
How do i; find a good set of shop files.
philf:
--- Quote from: rotorhead on September 10, 2015, 05:45:07 PM ---
Before that, I'd perused a site under the name of Lawsons HiS, I've used them before for machine hacksaw blades and silver steel(drill rod), found they do 'Blundell' files, never heard of them, but they were cheap enough to try out...
So I can really recommend these 'Blundell' files, as I'll be buying them again as and when, hope this helps someone....
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Blundell Files are/were in Prescot, Merseyside. I used to have a catalogue but suspect I binned it.
I bought a pivot file from them direct perhaps 20 years ago.
Prescot was the centre of the Lancashire watchmaking industry.
I'd be interested to find out if Blundells are still in business.
Phil.
Manxmodder:
Jonny said: Difficult one all the quality files went down the pan around 2003 far inferior to todays offerings and don't last 1/3 as long.
Same with saw blades.
What do you think happened at the time the quality suddenly reduced. Was it a case of the earlier files being made of carbon steel and through hardened and then for cost saving the latter ones were made of something inferior and just case hardened? ..........OZ.
rotorhead:
Hi Phil,
Just Googled Blundells Files and this came up---> BLUNDELL (FILES & TOOLS) LIMITED, 12 Skipton House, Thanets Yard, Skipton, BD23 1EE, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel 01514 266745
There were also listings for them being in Prescot since 1976, but they don't have their own web page that I found.
As far as the files supplied, no name was on them, I would have thought that a GB/UK manufacturer would want them so stamped, so they may be other make.
They do seem so far to be very good, I'll definitely be throwing out my old ones....
philf:
Hi Rotorhead,
On more investigation, it seems that James Blundell & Sons of Prescot was dissolved in 1998 after being in business since 1907.
Farnell used to sell Blundell Files and when you click on the data sheet it brings up an Ajax Blundell catalogue - the Ajaz part being a Czec file manufacturer.
Blundell (Files & Tools) Ltd seems to have started life in 1998 at Prescot (same address - Pottery Fields) but has had several addresses including the Skipton address before moving back to Pottery Fields, Prescot in 2012.
I'm wondering if they're still manufacturing files or just importing them.
Phil.
rotorhead:
Thanks for the extra info Phil, seems your more than likely right about not being the actual manufacturer...
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