Square files, bastard cut

What it is

Square files, bastard cut. Key specifications: shape Square, cutting bastard cut.

A file is a hardened steel hand tool with a toothed surface, flat, round or half-round, for removing and finishing metal; the rasp, with coarse teeth, is used on wood.

What it is for

Used for deburring parts after machining and for manual work in the workshop and on site.

How to use it

Clamp the workpiece in a vice at elbow height and hold the file by a firmly fitted handle. File by pushing forwards with even pressure and easing off on the return stroke, as a file cuts only on the forward stroke. Choose the cut according to the finish, bastard for roughing and smooth for finishing, and clean the teeth with a file card.

Where it is used

• Mechanical workshops

Technical data

• Shape: Square
• Cutting: bastard cut

Who it is for

Designed for metal fabricators and mechanics.

Related products

• Square files, second cut
• Flat files, second cut
• Tilting vices — from the category Vices and Clamps
• Scriber art. 558 — from the category Scribers and Punches
• Browse the whole category: Files

Before you order

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