Metal files clean up.

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Hi guys!
This video shows my old files being cleaned up.
I also wood turned three handles for comfortable filing.
I hope you will enjoy the video.
Remember to leave a comment below.
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@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Hi guys!👋 Do you know I make different things as well ? Check this video out, I'm so proud of the final result... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9ecaK5nzseXgXk.html

@andysetiawanandy3631 Жыл бұрын

@rogerallen5191 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see that there are a lot of people who know what a wire brush will do to a file. One of the first things I was taught as an apprentice was to avoid using a wire brush, clean the file with aluminium or brass by hand and never let files touch each other. Those files are knackered but may make a good scraper.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Cheers for that 👍

@javierpaz4689 4 ай бұрын

Exacto. Bonitas pero inútiles.

@phillace 2 жыл бұрын

A Brilliant Video On What Not To Do To A File .

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@mccanlessdesign 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect - just laid out all my accumulated files - a hundred-fifty or so, from Grandpa and dad and purchases. Time to preserve!

@hadritoys 3 жыл бұрын

😜😍👍😘

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

@TheWtfnonamez 3 жыл бұрын

This got my like just because its nice to see someone who doesnt scrub their files back-and-forth and wreck them. Great restoration btw.

@FALCON390Workshop 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. At least one :)

@foxcub2yo108 4 жыл бұрын

Perfectly typical of so many KZfaq “restoration” channels. You haven’t made it better, you’ve just made it shiny.

@davidtruscello644 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that restoring it?

@ChrisChamberland 4 жыл бұрын

How many files have you made shiny?

@LegoMan-cz4mn 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidtruscello644 no, restoring is bringing back to origional condition to a certain degree. Files in a way are un-restorable unless you get a new old stock with some surface rust on the tang or something

@leesass3602 3 жыл бұрын

@@LegoMan-cz4mn I have seen someone use ferric chloride to make the file sharp again and it worked pretty well. It won't work if the teeth are crushed , but if they are just dull it will give your file a longer useful life

@petejung3122 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidtruscello644 no.

@paintwithpa8694 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I needed to see this. I’ve got two to clean.

@FALCON390Workshop 4 жыл бұрын

Please read all the comment for this video. A lot of people give a lot of different and better ideas how to restore them.

@kevinjackson4464 4 жыл бұрын

Well, don't do what he did.

@christianpaulroldan4010 8 ай бұрын

I also clean our files. My crewmate toldme that im the only person he saw that clean a file in all his shipping time. 😅

@FALCON390Workshop 8 ай бұрын

👍

@jamescraig5421 Жыл бұрын

A good craftman always looks after his tools.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Well said 👍

@williammcintyre1054 4 жыл бұрын

That was not restoration that was just a trip to the beauty shop.

@ruffruff7063 4 жыл бұрын

William McIntyre i sharpen my files, they are good knives,

@davidtruscello644 4 жыл бұрын

If they work and they look better I call that a restoration.

@TF856 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidtruscello644 I think most people call that a repair, not a restoration unless it is returned completely back to factory new original condition. And if it is modernized in any way then it would be a renovation.

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

JUST ! PURE ! DESTRUCTION !!

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for feedback

@libertiner1380 3 жыл бұрын

The process will clean the files but dont sharpen them, they will still be shitty files

@MrTarfu 3 жыл бұрын

@roblox tutorials there are other ways to do it

@whereswaldo5740 3 жыл бұрын

What were the chemicals used? Couldn’t tell.

@stillwater62 3 жыл бұрын

You can put them in acid to resharpen them, is one way. But I agree with you, if the files are dull, they will not cut, and all you will have after this video is some nice looking files that will not cut, and are useless.

@stillwater62 3 жыл бұрын

@roblox tutorials I did not watch the handle part of the video after seeing the " restoration " of the files. It would have been a waste of time. But thanks for confirming my suspicions that the handles would be about like the file restoration, poorly, and improperly done.

@glennlopez6772 3 жыл бұрын

Only for cleaning! The sequence should be as follows: 1. Chip and sand off solid gunk. 2. Wd 40. 3. Paint stripper/ degreaser. 4. Vinegar and salt. 5. Neutralise with soap/scouring powder.

@boondocker7964 3 жыл бұрын

Small shop, but, you have enough tools and enough skill to use them, nice vid.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

@fredscott413 3 жыл бұрын

nice cleanup,thanks.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@kerryfoster1 3 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea for the acid bath box. I use a small wine bottle and turn the file around but can only do 1 at a time. Good video!

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Cheers

@onionhead5780 4 жыл бұрын

I have 2 pieces of PVC with a glued PVC caps at the end. I put acid and water in one to clean and etch my files. I put baking soda and water in the other one to neutralize the acid. I use a ton of files as I’m a gunsmith.

@leehaelters6182 4 жыл бұрын

OH, sounds like a great technique, thanks!

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for feedback

@p1dru2art Ай бұрын

Finally someone that probably really does know what they're talking about

@ericsprado4631 6 ай бұрын

You put bottles up for such a short time I couldn't see them.

@FALCON390Workshop 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for feedback

@renelopez2244 3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@ajmckay2 3 жыл бұрын

Bummer the comments are all not great, but they confirmed what I thought - that you shouldn't wire wheel a file to clean it. I did also learn that you should store files separate from each other. So the video did help me in that way. Also it was entertaining. Thanks.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad you take something out of it

@rogerrodgersen7702 3 жыл бұрын

I just cut up an old broom handle for my files, have been working for me for decades. 🤗🤗🤗

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

That's a good one too👍

@kirkziegler9447 2 жыл бұрын

A blast cabinet with glass beads does an awesome job fast!

@FALCON390Workshop 2 жыл бұрын

Wish I had it

@gergemall 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@FALCON390Workshop 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@samuelsmith5098 4 жыл бұрын

just read about 10 comments so i'll come to your defense. Others may do this way or the always heard don't do this or that but I watched the video and your method obviously works. The detail is clear in the close-up of the re-bar. I thought the video was well done. Carry on.

@FALCON390Workshop 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. I know its a part of showing your work to others. I will carry on because i enjoy it :) See you later...

@leehaelters6182 4 жыл бұрын

My own comments notwithstanding, your point is taken. Hard to argue with visible progress on the rebar.

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

IF YOU ! HAD OF !! USED !! THEM !! CORRECTLY !! YOU !! WOULDN'T ! HAVE! TO !! DO ! RESTORATION !!! CRAP !!!

@phillace 4 жыл бұрын

I Have Always Been Taught That You Never Use Steel Wool Or Wire Brush's On A File , To Use A Wire Wheel Is Absolutely Crazy .

@kieranh2005 4 жыл бұрын

So what is a file card then?

@damschu23 4 жыл бұрын

@@kieranh2005 It's brass which is much softer than the file.

@user-jd5hd8xz3p 4 жыл бұрын

@@damschu23 File cards are steel!

@davidtruscello644 4 жыл бұрын

Aren't file cards steel wire?

@MarzNet256 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-jd5hd8xz3p Yup.

@konumrestoration4477 3 жыл бұрын

Good idea. I will try it.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@selfrestoration9564 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing restoration Done 👍 👏 👏 👏

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@waveman0 2 жыл бұрын

old files like that go straight into the forge and get turned into flint strikers, the forge blows all that crap off them and reforging them makes them better IMHO.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

I need to get a forge then 👍

@petersmedley459 4 жыл бұрын

I think that the triangular file and the fine, round sided Nicholson are for sharpening large logging saws...

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@andredecaldas4818 3 жыл бұрын

Good Job!! 😆👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 André. Brazil.🇧🇷

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@JBSwanstrom 3 жыл бұрын

I have my files in an oiled leather roll up and don't allow them to contact each other. Some of my files were my grandfather's and close to 100 years old. I like the handle design!

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Cheers👍

@jumbolaidajumbolaida1203 4 жыл бұрын

Привет! Молодец, ты дал вторую жизнь напильникам. Спасибо за видио.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@David-hm9ic 4 жыл бұрын

Every time the files were rubbed against each other I flinched. Whether I'm using my expensive Swiss cut gunsmithing files or my utility files they are NEVER allowed to touch another file. The only value to this video is to show what not to do to files.

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had to stop about 5 minutes in. I was like clink those files together one more time.

@mikepalmer9143 Жыл бұрын

Clanging those files together made me flinch every time he did it….

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for feedback

@hadritoys 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome sharing sir

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks👍

@georgiesgirl64 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work 👏

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@theonlybuzz1969 4 жыл бұрын

Like a lot of of the other comments that you never wire brush, there are brushes made for that, a carding brush or a brass brush that’s not going to kill the sharpness of the file. Oh well we all learn from our mistakes.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@salvindersingh6388 Жыл бұрын

100th percente correct

@relativesmenschsein642 3 жыл бұрын

What madness! Files can only be cleaned with brass brushes! And then with the steel brush on the bench grinder. The files are guaranteed to be even more blunt than before.

@campbellmorrison8540 2 жыл бұрын

Agree, they might look good but they wont be very sharp anymore. My interest is how to stop my files rusting before they need this final abuse :)

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for feedbacks lads

@alaskagoldtoolco.4915 Ай бұрын

@@FALCON390Workshop the only good file is a restored shiny good as new file .. never throw away what you restore

@black0ghost1 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@leehaelters6182 4 жыл бұрын

I'll mention a very good technique for cleaning pills out of the the teeth of a file while in use, taught by a blind machinist to a forum user somewhere, and thence to me. Take a large soft iron (or steel, dunno what you'd find these days) nail and smash it thinner and flatter at one end, to make a flat spoon blade, which you then file across the end to make a chisel edge. This you use as a tiny slick, pushing it across the file in parallel to the teeth. Teeth are cut into it by the file, and the stuff clogging the file is scooped out. I've done the same with aluminium.

@clark57225 4 жыл бұрын

I have also done it with the square end of used bamboo chopsticks for less difficult clogs.

@cherokeesfinestindian 4 жыл бұрын

I believe it was copper the blind machinist used.

@leehaelters6182 4 жыл бұрын

@@cherokeesfinestindian, thanks for the note! Stands to reason.

@leehaelters6182 4 жыл бұрын

@@clark57225, good one!

@ricardovalencia4179 2 жыл бұрын

Eso lo hago yo

@RedDogForge 4 жыл бұрын

To recondition a file youd need to anneal it, place it on a copper saddled anvil, recut the teeth with a file chisel, harden, temper, soak in a mild acidic to remove scale....

@iamtheomega 2 жыл бұрын

or a shaper/shaper attachment, then harden/temper

@wattienewton5447 2 жыл бұрын

A clean ,and then a soak in sulfuric acid restores The rules edge been doing it a life time its an old pioneer skill when files we're scarce.even in war times.

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

THAT only ! WRECKS ! THEM ! UP !! EVEN !! MORE !!

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@MarcosAntonio-tf5rc 4 жыл бұрын

É vivendo e aprendendo show 🤜🤛

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@thomasj4370 4 жыл бұрын

I like the short handle. Haven’t seen this before. Have to try them to feel if I still have enough control. But I‘ll definitely test them for my Workflow. Might be easier to get the push whilst less tiring for the hand compared to the long handles I’m used to.

@user-nc4mf7vg3e 2 жыл бұрын

W3èé

@benlovell8586 Жыл бұрын

golf balls make great file handles

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Nice one. Thanks

@craigsmith3645 Жыл бұрын

Nice handles. Use rust remover instead for files that have a little rust. Wire brush only, don't use wire wheel, as it will dull the teeth somewhat. If it's really rusty, it's shot just get a new one and make something out of the old ones. A new file will be much sharper than your restored ones.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that.

@dogowner4313 Жыл бұрын

Lot's of good advice here about old files and the limits to restoration. I'd also add that you should have a heat sink of some kind if you're going to fit the files to the handles by heating with a torch. You'll draw temper in the lower half. Also, every time files contact each other, you're likely damaging them. Otherwise, good work and great to see folks interested in older tools instead of tossing them in the trash and going to the big box store.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback, each comment help us be better in our workshops. Cheers

@mina04 3 жыл бұрын

It was really great video I wish I could have the talant or the time to do this awesome job

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@mahulad7298 3 жыл бұрын

Restore? correction" how to clean a blunt crappy file and end up with a clean blunt crappy file.

@axegrinder3746 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, what an idiot.

@alvarenga512 3 жыл бұрын

Spending time and at the end an useless tool.

@jurgenlauterbach7226 3 жыл бұрын

Correct

@austinpresley6187 3 жыл бұрын

@@axegrinder3746 Once they're dull, are they done? Can you sharpen them?

@lo-fiFromChicago 3 жыл бұрын

@@austinpresley6187 I heard you can use sulfuric acid, never tried tho

@JourneyInNature 3 жыл бұрын

Good job mate, like the idea of the chubby style of handle, I imagine it fits the palm of the hand nicely!

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

It does. Thanks

@OutothehousewithPaul Жыл бұрын

Great work on the old files! Some of them were manufactured about an hour's drive from "here" in Canada. Cheers!

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@petermccormack3542 3 жыл бұрын

Well done

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@owdjockey4459 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Falcon, I would like to echo the point about wire-brushing on the bench grinder, also it could be down to personal preference, but you left far to much of the tang showing and you could have done the sanding, sealing and final finish with the handles still on the lathe. Always good to see how other people go about it. Thanks for sharing your video.

@clark57225 4 жыл бұрын

The block of wood could have produced four times as many handles, as it was twice as wide in both directions as it needed to be. Now he needs to sharpen his lathe tools because they were worn unnecessarily removing all that excess wood. Anybody got a decent file? Not this guy.

@FALCON390Workshop 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback. Really appreciate it

@aussierestorationsmods2715 4 жыл бұрын

Nice restoration! I did enjoy it BUT, Doesn't the file look like it hasn't been pushed far enough into the handle? has a pretty long neck on it

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@smithsmith4500 3 жыл бұрын

Good job

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@khriesilhourio6490 3 жыл бұрын

First time im seeing someone restoring file .. If not i will see people ....making knife,tanto,etc. from old file and all🤣

@bradgrozdanich7416 4 жыл бұрын

I thought he was going to somehow cut the file teeth, he just cleaned them up.

@bennyrosado5402 3 жыл бұрын

Brad Grozdanich same here brad🤷‍♂️

@princepa123 3 жыл бұрын

@@bennyrosado5402 same here ... what a waste of time due to the file still being dull.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@handyhippie6548 4 жыл бұрын

those look like they are ready for the forge to become something else.

@glenrye9091 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, They are now ready to be forged into snakes or some other decorative item. Possibly still be able to make a fairly decent knife out of them.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for tip

@mrfancypanzer549 Жыл бұрын

Seems like a great way to dull the files, Vinegar is also great for inducing hydrogen embrittlement in high carbon steel.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

I get you. Thanks

@PercyJackson93 Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing that would be the same with electrolysis in salt water too? I'm not sure what way is best to sharpen back other than that or acid

@erazer5685 2 жыл бұрын

He must really love those files to go through all that trouble.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

I don't. It's just to spend time in workshop

@benjaminbullard9965 4 жыл бұрын

unless you can restore the teeth to their orginal conditon their useless

@redangrybird7564 4 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily, I bought a bunch of files long time ago and have used just a few, the rest went mildly rusty without being used once. I would be happy to get rid of the rust.

@lilsammich8252 4 жыл бұрын

@@redangrybird7564 You could just file something with them. Won't remove rust from the brand at the bottom but that depends on how pretty/vs functional you want your tools.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for feedback

@EagleFPV43 23 күн бұрын

Their teeth can stay pretty sharp if used properly and not on a metal harder than them

@pintokitkat 3 жыл бұрын

I love the careful measurement with a vernier then add, oh, I dunno, a quarter inch or so, perhaps, and then proceed to lose all the measurements anyway by turning the wood in the lathe.

@aikiiai 3 жыл бұрын

I know. I noticed that too.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

👍

@robertovillalobos4798 3 жыл бұрын

Excelente trabajo 👍 sobre todo los mango de madera . Saludos desde Venezuela ciudad de Maracaibo

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 👍

@umargul5644 4 жыл бұрын

Very useful

@FALCON390Workshop 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@nialball9023 2 жыл бұрын

WOW! Just about everything I was taught not to do with a file. Why would you clatter them all together, a definite way to blunt your files! Why wouldn't you use a brass wire brush? Horrendous!

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for feedback

@davidstephenson5299 Жыл бұрын

Spot on just what I thought

@gem1967 Жыл бұрын

After 5 min couldn't take it anymore. Ruined.

@apocosy 4 жыл бұрын

Uses a high speed hardened wire wheel on his files.... doesn't understand why they don't work right anymore. This isn't a file restoration, it's a file destruction.

@FALCON390Workshop 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for feedback.

@jeromedumalin9954 4 жыл бұрын

@@FALCON390Workshop oh, and don't rub the files to each other, while you are at it.

@arturraimundo7158 4 жыл бұрын

I have a 1966 VW beetle that doesn't run. I'm going to clean it up really well and sell it as "restored"!

@maedojbsniperjb1milhao916 4 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@maedojbsniperjb1milhao916 4 жыл бұрын

1045 stell vs 1095 stell, How are better?

@johnnybahama497 3 жыл бұрын

Well you have One million, three hundred two thousand, one hundred ninety three more views than all these file restoration critics !!!

@rogermiller2159 2 жыл бұрын

He is at the top...Sadly

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for nice word 👍

@richardroyles1423 2 жыл бұрын

Good job. God bless. Kansas

@FALCON390Workshop 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@vosadrechselspan6282 4 жыл бұрын

Herrlich stumpfe Feilen!

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@delljohnson172 4 жыл бұрын

In the phlippines the BOLO/MACHETE makers stuff some scrap plastic(baggie scrap etc) in the hole in the handles and put the Hot file tang into it..works as glue. no cost either..

@georgeh9967 3 жыл бұрын

good idea

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for feedback

@alaskagoldtoolco.4915 2 ай бұрын

When you round that wire wheel over them files and made them doll as hell those files won't cut anythingBut you did a good job cleaning them up They sure look good

@FALCON390Workshop Ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback

@FALCON390Workshop Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@weeeck6295 2 жыл бұрын

So glad i have a Screwfix 5 mins away

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

🤣👍

@leehaelters6182 4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna be fair and watch the rest of this, but I'm one minute into the video and I'm saying to myself "He'll restore these files to good condition by first rubbing them around on each other?" And from the comments I see, he also wire brushes them? How does he treat his other edged tools, drag them along the floor? For the record, a file card (not that I see one in this video) is not used like a wire brush. The bristles have sharpened ends designed pick out the gullet of the teeth without dragging across the cutting edge. The card must be positioned at right angles to the teeth and moved sideways to maintain that angle of attack. On the other hand, I do like his technique for making up a custom trough for the job, though. I'll use the idea!

@leehaelters6182 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, the rubbing of files on each other continues throughout. Nothing to learn here.

@FALCON390Workshop 4 жыл бұрын

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@daveengstrom9250 2 жыл бұрын

You did a lot of work there. Lye mixed in water would have cleaned those files without the use of the wire wheel. Once the teeth are rounded over, you need a new file no matter how nice it looks.

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@peterzwart2830 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats a thin sheet of brass, and scrape it in the direction of the grater, it makes a file clean

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

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@jalechavez6042 3 жыл бұрын

Mejor que nuevas...!! Ji ji ji ji...Muy Biennn....Saludosss

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

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@gregwarner3753 4 жыл бұрын

I agree with the rest of the comments. Files are clean but not sharp. The way the file slides across the demo tells us that. I have heard but never tried is to soak cleaned and decreased files in sulfuric (battery) acid until the sides of the teeth are dissolved away and resulting in a sharpened file. After acid treatment the files have to be rinsed in a baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) solution to neutralize the acid. Then they have to be rinsed in clean water then dried and stored properly.

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@papasfixitshop7982 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I’m still shaken by the high speed wire wheel dulling the file teeth

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@billarroo1 3 жыл бұрын

When I was young I was a body man we used files in metal finishing and lead shaving, when the Vixon files got dull we sent them out to be resharpend, but I never saw how it was done.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

Hmm...interesting

@elfowl6873 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent work!!!

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@mickeyjmoons 4 жыл бұрын

Now you have clean blunt files. You can get a bit more life out of files by letting them soak in phosphoric acid, but that will only work a few times..

@namelast6152 2 жыл бұрын

Why not heat them up an rub lard on them. ?

@sopyki 2 жыл бұрын

Coca-Cola

@hugotevez8937 2 жыл бұрын

@@namelast6152 y6 6u

@johncoulter1507 2 жыл бұрын

Any acid will work. A weak acid like cleaning vinegar is a safe choice. Let them soak for 6-8 hours in that and it will really sharpen up the teeth. Gotta remove all oils prior to soaking for best results. Then rinse them with hot water and some baking soda to neutralize the acid. After they dry hit em with some PB Blaster to prevent rusting.

@gianluigicanessa765 2 жыл бұрын

La spazzola a mano non è idonea per le lime , occorrono in ottone con fili ravvicinati! Poi non usiamo affatto la spazzola rotante

@tecnologiasimprovisadas7333 4 жыл бұрын

hello my friend first I want to congratulate you on the excellent content of your channel, congratulations on your work, I would like to give you a tip: to remove the rust you can also use the pure lemon juice, just let the soak tools in it for 12 hours, then remove and wash well under running water, dry well and throw on top wd let it dry a little in the sun and then just use it, a big hug from Brazil for you 👍

@FALCON390Workshop 4 жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks for all this information. I'll defenitly try it out.

@zubershaikh5546 3 жыл бұрын

Woow very very nice video sir thanks sir

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@dumankral8812 3 жыл бұрын

good job

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@demoman1282 3 жыл бұрын

I have one of these, it’s very rusted but I use it to sharpen my axe cause it works and it’s all I got

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@ZeRossetto2004 4 жыл бұрын

Resultados da pesquisa Resultado da tradução Português Inglês Okay, good job, but you could use a pvc tube to soak the files and their handles should be longer. Did you know that the best hand tool handles are made of lemon tree? Greatings from Brazil.

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@nuzhatbukharibukhari467 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome

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@Stevus1 2 жыл бұрын

I felt like I needed to be wearing safety glasses watching that wire wheel.

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@danhayward9186 3 жыл бұрын

Letting two files come in contact or how to blunt a file

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@dominicspiteri7479 3 жыл бұрын

Simply Magnificent

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@karmawalaelectric4988 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice information video Very good video Very useful tools Pro❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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@chodeofwar 4 жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw the title I raised the palm of my hand and placed it against my forehead while simultaneously closing both eyes and exhaling.

@FALCON390Workshop Жыл бұрын

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@joergmeyer4145 4 жыл бұрын

You NEVER let files touch each other or rub against each other. This makes them dull.

@allah4868 4 жыл бұрын

Nope, as a machinist I must disagree. Only if you start grinding your files really hard you probably could get some damage, but if you dont do it you will not damage them. I cant see how they would get dull just by touching, they have the same hardness and to you be able to break a teeth you need to bang on them quite hard (you will split it in half if you try) so... Nope.

@acemannotsomeother 3 жыл бұрын

Allah the Coriolis force can cause minute disturbances that given enough time will cause the touching files to go dull. That is why I store my files tang side towards the centre of the earth core. This can make travelling with files difficult, but I have found if stored within a Faraday cage the result is similar but the need to ground the cage makes long distant trips difficult as I only have 1000 ft of 000 grounding wire.

@gar99504 2 жыл бұрын

I think you're confusing files and swords (somebody else's).

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@pablocolon4572 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite tools to restore, so satisfying. Great job.

@micks115 4 жыл бұрын

WHAT??????????? COLON. That explains your opinion.

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@amirheydari2871 11 ай бұрын

Very good

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@undeadgod47 4 жыл бұрын

Yes you messed up the teeth on them. I don't understand why people are so harsh about it. You made a bad decision to fix something without proper research. Just get some more old files and try again. Best of luck to you.

@davidwillard7334 2 жыл бұрын

ITS ! JUST ! IDIOTS !! USING !! THEM !! WRONG !! RIGHT !! FROM ! THE ! VERY ! START !!

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@jasonevans6720 4 жыл бұрын

If you put a file onto a wire wheel on a bench grinder it's now scrap and will be blunt, first day at engineering school stuff

@kevo1264 4 жыл бұрын

Works fine if you follow the grain, been doing it for 20 years still using the same files.

@jasonevans6720 4 жыл бұрын

@@kevo1264 NO rubbish

@bruceparks3124 4 жыл бұрын

Very true. Wire wheels and files don't mix. If you don't believe it, try the wire wheel on a brand new file. Woops! "Fire up the old Rambler, Ma, We're headed back to the hardware store for another goddamn file!

@kevo1264 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonevans6720 Read my comment. I believe in you.

@leehaelters6182 4 жыл бұрын

@@kevo1264, on the same project, probably.

@mtgold7924 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

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@mariolopez-ri8wd 2 жыл бұрын

great job ex video

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@archangel20031 4 жыл бұрын

A restoration implies resharpening the file, you just cleaned it, so this was a file cleaning video!

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@vargr 4 жыл бұрын

Heating the handle of a file destroyed the temper, it's now trash like the shiny renovated ones. They are fit for scrap metal.

@tsbda 4 жыл бұрын

Yea did u not no that hey there trash

@henrybyers5557 4 жыл бұрын

He seemed to only heat the top part of the handle. It is very unlikely that the hardness of the actual file was affected at all. Actually, all file handles are normalized from the manufacturer, which is why you can often see some coloring towards the base of the tang. As long as the blade didn't start to color, it is fine. They are still very dulled from the rest of the cleaning though

@vargr 4 жыл бұрын

@@henrybyers5557 it stans a far better chance of breaking, if it does it will snp where the tang flares out into the file.

@henrybyers5557 4 жыл бұрын

@@vargr tempering makes it softer and much less likely to break actually

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@Miricrafts 3 жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

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@davidgofman4306 2 жыл бұрын

I like the handle but restoring the file what you show it’s crazy

@FALCON390Workshop 2 жыл бұрын

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@johnboy454 3 жыл бұрын

Soak old files in battery acid, leave them for a couple of hours then rinse them well, puts an edge back on them for a while. Old Army trick. Plus you should never store them all together in a heap!

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