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9 January 2017 at 7:21 pm #144048
Lee Valley confirmed that the 10″ mill bastard file #62W33.23 that they sell is from Bahco; it is 40 tpi and they said that it would be fine for topping off the teeth on saws: coarser would be difficult and finer would take a longer time.
Thanks for your responses: I’ve probably learned more about files in the last two days than I thought that I ever would, lol.
http://www.leevalley.com/us/Garden/page.aspx?p=69904&cat=1,43072,43086&ap=1
8 January 2017 at 11:06 pm #144012I’m a beginner as well and am picking up tools via ebay for my first project. I’m a confused because the same file that appears as a 40 tpi (teeth per inch) file from some sources can seem to appear as a 26 tpi file from others. Paul uses a 40 tpi file to sharpen scrapers; I was wondering if the coarser file should be used for saw teeth.
I’m sure that you are correct: 40 tpi for both scrapers and files. I bought both as I can certainly used the 26 tpi file for my axes and garden tools.
8 January 2017 at 5:27 pm #144004Thank you. I plan to get the fine files for sharpening saw teeth from Lee Valley; with respect to the mill bastard files, I was just wondering if 40 tpi was appropriate for removing saw teeth – or if I should look for something coarser?
Paul uses a 40 tpi file to sharpen scrapers; if it’s the same file for saw teeth, then all the better.
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