MadModder
The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: PeeWee on July 02, 2010, 10:14:17 AM
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Hi All,
I have thought long and hard today about whether to post this question or not. :coffee:
My problem is simple, this morning i was in the shop at 05:30 doing some work before work(misses has to get up at 5 for her commute) and i have finally thrown my files out of the pram.
they are ones I inherited from my father but they are C**P!!!! :wack: i have searched the internet for most of the morning to find a UK supplier of QUALITY files of all sizes but can i find any that don’t seem too dam cheap for their own good.
does anyone here know where i can buy with confidence, good quality engineers files?
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PW
Axminster stock Vallorbe. Which is wot I use. No problems, bearing in mind..
If it's been used on steel, it's pretty much kyboshed for all Eternity on brass ..
They don't live forever anyway ..
Have a link on me :beer:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/-searchengineers%20files_pg1/
Dave BC
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That´s a good link, Bluechip, thanks. :clap:
I´ve been having the same problem, crappy files, though not inherited. There´s a Bahco/Oberg file factory here in Portugal, and they´re available "everywhere". Just that I´m not quite happy with them... And they come with plastic handles, so they also cost way too much. The Swedish made Oberg are/were on par with Swiss files, Vallorbe, Grobet, Valtitan, Baiter, etc. Although it seems I use files far less nowadays, since I´ve had a milling machine.
:wave:
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That´s a good link, Bluechip, thanks. :clap:
I´ve been having the same problem, crappy files, though not inherited. There´s a Bahco/Oberg file factory here in Portugal, and they´re available "everywhere". Just that I´m not quite happy with them... And they come with plastic handles, so they also cost way too much. The Swedish made Oberg are/were on par with Swiss files, Vallorbe, Grobet, Valtitan, Baiter, etc. Although it seems I use files far less nowadays, since I´ve had a milling machine.
:wave:
I use the bahco needle files and i cannot praise them enough!!! Ok so a box of each came with me when i left my previous employment so i wasnt paying the £7.50 each for them but when i do have to buy new i will be definatley buying these again. As for bigger files the kennady ones again that came with me do what they need to just fine
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:scratch: Somewhere, sometime, I once read that worn files can be restored to some extent by pickling them in sulphuric acid, or even by leaving them in the garden for a month or two to rust a little. It doesn't sound too likely a story to me, but it would be worth trying the garden method (which doesn't cost a lot) if you have an old one which you don't want to convert into a scraper or something.
Andy
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try vinegar its said to work but slower that battery acid
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:scratch: Somewhere, sometime, I once read that worn files can be restored to some extent by pickling them in sulphuric acid, or even by leaving them in the garden for a month or two to rust a little. It doesn't sound too likely a story to me, but it would be worth trying the garden method (which doesn't cost a lot) if you have an old one which you don't want to convert into a scraper or something.
Andy
Nothing unlikely about that, Andy.
When I started work it was a standard practice. (The acid bit anyway).
Called Re-forming ...
At one time you could buy 'Re-formed' files. (from Whistons IIRC )
Dave BC
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Thank you for the link, just whay i needed and couldn't find.
not sure the wife would undestand if i pickled the old files, more like call the men in white coats. even if it is a valid option. :D