Thread: Nicholson File Co - File Filosophy 1920

They also state that "pressure on the file should be relieved on the back stroke".

So we don't have to lift off, just relieve the pressure.
Apparently.

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Originally Posted by hiroller

Interestingly, they differentiate between Handsaw files and Three Square files, in that Handsaw files have the edges "set to give them the proper bluntness for durability".

That's right Gavin. The only thing a handsaw file and a 3Sq file have in common is their triangular profile shape (and maybe the steel).

A 3 Square file is not cut on the edges (hence the name - three square(d) faces). This is so they can be used to clean out internal corners of any given engineering job. They are an Engineer's file, and are therefore double cut by default on the faces.

Yes, however it seems that most modern manufacturers seem to have overdone the "bluntness" part.

Gavin that link doesn't work for me

Originally Posted by DSEL74

Gavin that link doesn't work for me

Patience, young grasshopper, it's a large file. Link still works for me.
You might need to get Telstra to pull the strings between the tin cans a bit tighter!

The link gives me this [emoji848]

That is the second link to the doc.

opens for me ok

Hi Dale, very strange. Did you try the link listed on the host page in the first link?
In the meantime I've emailed you a copy.

Thanks mate!

might be because I'm on an iPad? Gotta say their not all their cracked up to be.

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

That's right Gavin. The only thing a handsaw file and a 3Sq file have in common is their triangular profile shape (and maybe the steel).

A 3 Square file is not cut on the edges (hence the name - three square(d) faces). This is so they can be used to clean out internal corners of any given engineering job. They are an Engineer's file, and are therefore double cut by default on the faces.

A 3 Square file is not cut on the edges is not quite true Brett. The sharp edge is single cut, but only lightly joined, hence pretty sharp. The biggest difference is that 3 Square files are still properly made... I think. Needle files are 3 Square.

Cheers
Peter, back from holidays with grandkids etc, and ... recovering from a health incident. Hence my lack of contributions