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• Round files.

• Weird triangle file.

• Wood rasps typically have one flat side and one curved side.

• By cutting lines in two directions, the file is made more aggressive for either wood or metal filing.

• Wood Rasp

• Nail files are not for the kind of nail you’re supposed to pound with a hammer. They are for the kind of nail that you should try hard not to hit with a hammer, but sometimes do anyway.

• You want to weak thick gloves when using a rasp like this, which has large, sharp teeth and no handle. It removes wood rapidly and leaves deep score marks.

• Wood rasp.

• Wood rasp.

• These rasps have holes that go all the way through the blade so chips can clear out the back side. They are made a lot like cheese graters—in fact the same company that developed them also sells cheese graters.

• If you have a lot of filing to do on metal parts, a pneumatic power filer can save your arm.

• I could have shown you a cheese grater here, but instead I’m showing you a foot grater. Same principle, different smelly stuff.

• Mini file sets are nice for detail work.

• Large Single Cut File

• This type of file is called a float. It can be used a bit like a plane to smooth wood, but can also round edges and aggressively remove wood.

• Nail File

• Files come in a lot of different shapes sizes. Flat and curved files are for filing outside edges, while round, square, and triangular files are for inside curves and holes.

• Single-cut files have straight rows of teeth with no cross-cutting.

• Metal File

• Metal File

• Triangle file.

• Triangle File

• Triangle File

• Round File

• Wood Rasp

• Wood rasp.

• Wood rasp.

• Round wood rasp.

• Wood rasp.

• Files.

• Files.

• Files.

• Triangle files.

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