Files, Rasps & Rifflers - Basics & Tricks Of The Trades / How to
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Filing basics for carpenters, machinists, mechanics, welder / fabricators, tool and die makers, hobbyists and more. #tools #woodworking #steelfabrication
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Alright so today on Repairs101 I’m going to go over some of the basic things you need to know about files, rasps and rifflers for wood, metal, plastic and stone.
A file is a sophisticated rasp and a riffler is a specialized rasp with ends curved and profiles varied to follow shapes and contours and create detail.
Always use a handle so your hand or wrist doesn’t get impaled by the file’s tang.
Protect your files by storing them so they don’t contact each other or other metal objects.
Keep the teeth from clogging with debris by using ordinary chalk.
Keep your files clean using a file card or failing that a wire brush.
Rasps and rifflers are great for wood, plastic and softer stones.
Files are used on wood, plastics, metals, as well as other materials.
They come in single or straight cut … and double or cross cut and have different shapes.
Cross cuts are far more aggressive.
Diamond files are good for metals and stones.
Keep the surface wet with Windex or soapy water to float away cutting debris.
Vary your cutting pattern by using a figure eight motion.
See how no two figure eights are exactly the same?
Rotary files are used with a pneumatic die grinder.
So, the thing about cutting faces is - the longer the file the bigger the teeth and therefore the coarser the cut.
So even though two files may be classified as having the same face the smaller one will deliver a finer cut.
Alright, thanks for watching and don’t forget to subscribe!
Hats off to you sir! For delivering an incredible amount of information in under 3 minutes.
Rock on, Joe!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. My six-year old's vocabulary word--"rasp"--confused me because it had a picture of a metal file. Now we know that a file is a type of a rasp. Thank you! 👍
Happy to help!
Well done.
Good explanation of the basics.
Old Sneelock's Workshop Thanks David!
Lord of the Files.
LOL
Good video...subs are growing, that's good!
Thanks Gary. Turns out subscribers are one of the most important factors in the TH-cam distribution algorithm.
Thank you so friggin much
Glad it helped!
I have an MDF torsion box work bench mounted on a lift table. I have to baby it but I like the look and it is holding up since I mostly do hand tool woodworking. Its interesting, I might add, to see how the methods you and Paul sellers use differ. Both of you are my teachers through you tube. Thank you from long island, ny
Rock on!
so systematical! thank you!
Awesome video. Many thanks
Great tutorial!
Thanks!
I'll put this information in my file.
lol
Files have been made by hand since antiquity. They have only been manufactured on machinery since the Industrial Revolution. Files are capable of very accurate work in the hand of a skilled craftsman.
mate i thank you for the info much appreciated, could you tell me how the flat bustards files are made i know how the rasps are made i couldn't find how the normal file information can you help? i would be grateful. Alex from Australia
You should keep files used for non-ferrous materials separate from ferrous ones, once you have used a file on steel or iron don't use it again for brass, copper aluminium etc.
What's with the rush? Wish you took a few more seconds to linger on those file examples after you identify them.
Because people, myself included, hate long drawn out videos with a bunch of chit chat. This was a great video!
Dear Sir , Please Heeeelp, Where can i find online a good rifflers for carving at blue foam board with a reasonable price,thanks
This is the fastest video I have ever seen. You maybe good with files, but your editing techniques needs some filing.
+novageddon - Ouch. I'll have to try harder. Thanks for commenting.
Very informative video.
Do you have some video for precision metal forming using filing, scraping and using some cheap guages-like items like rulers, bearing balls/rings, caliper/micrometer and so on ?
I'm searching on methods and handcranked rigs to do rarely eventualy works traditionally done by machining (I have no one, but I'm thinking about some cheap metal cutting shaper-like hand rig)
+Dmitry Ponyatov - sorry but I'm a mechanic not a machinist. If I come across what you're looking for in my studies I will send you the link.
I like files
I'm having trouble getting wood out of my nice Nickerson rasps. I've tried the card file with only limited success...
Probably sap gumming the teeth. Try soaking them in solvent then brushing with file card.
Switch to metal working. Yep.
Not just only smoothing out surface it removes material this is what you can use without machine tool.
awesome
+Andreas Tsironis - Rock on!
I'm 15 and really enjoy wood working,is there a difference between wood and metal files ? I want to start a collection from flea markets in my area,what differences should i be looking for and thanks.
Off the top of my head a wood file will be coarse where a metal file must be comparatively fine. Also wood files could be made of cheaper, softer steel. My advice is to do some research. Google comes to mind.
Thanks for the reply,will do, appreciate your time!
Just a curious question you have prob. Been asked a 1000 times but I just found your channel... Your logo... You part of any groups out there? :)
+Wilson Revelle - You're right I have been asked a thousand times. The icon is original artwork copyright ©Repairs101 - any resemblance to any other icon or logo is purely coincidental.
All good. Just curious if you were a mason or not. I am :)
Still a great video... Just getting started using rasps.
Thanks and have a look at my channel I made dozens of great videos like this one
+Wilson Revelle - not a Mason but proud sponsor of Shriners "Aahmes Motorcycle Patrol" from Livermore, California
what is the %carbon in metal files? please
The steel used for files is very high in carbon content. It makes up 1.35-1.4% of its composition eh... Üü
Can you recommend some technique in using rotary files to prevent lot of very thin short metal needly chips flying everywhere all around ?
I tried to use this hand router 71.img.avito.st/1280x960/2286630271.jpg and rotary file with 8mm shank, it cuts much much faster then handcranked filing, but this needle chips flies everywhere, and I spent lot of time pulling splinters from under the skin on the hands
+Dmitry Ponyatov - I've only used rotary files on a die grinder and try to stay out of the spray of filings by wearing protective eyewear, gloves and using the guard. Maybe there's a guard available for your router that would protect you from flying debris? How about a vacuum sawdust collector? You can jury-rig something using a shop-vac and some plastic tubing. Good luck!
V good
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