Cleaning metal file

[manticle]

Possibly a slightly odd one: Got a metal file in our workshop that someone has annoyingly used to smooth a wooden surface at some point.

Any tips on cleaning/removing the timber crud?

 

[technobabble66]

Fire?

 

[Cocko]

Wire brush?

 

[Seaquebrew]

Correct tool is a file card (short bristle wire brush)

A normal wire brush will do the job, brush with the cut of the file

Then smack the person who used it on wood and didn't clean it

Cheers

 

[Dave70]

This is ********.
I thought it was gonna be like a link to a huge downloadable repository of hard rock you'd grown weary of.

Shove your file in a termite mound.

 

[manticle]

The bic pen lid on my desk did a decent job. I thought I hid this thread once I worked that out.

I would hit who I think did it if they still worked here.
Cheers

 

[Bridges]

Not that I endorse the big green shed but one of these or similar http://www.bunnings.com.au/trojan-brush-file_p6118091

 

[Dave70]

Not that I endorse the big green shed but one of these or similar http://www.bunnings.com.au/trojan-brush-file_p6118091

So thats what they're for.

No wonder my cat ran away.

 

[sp0rk]

Like has been said, a file card/brush

 

[Camo6]

The bic pen lid on my desk did a decent job.

You get paid by the hour don't you?

 

[Cocko]

I am waiting for a new thread from someone else... "How do I fix a pen lid looks like some idiot cleaned a file with it?"

 

[manticle]

You get paid by the hour don't you?

I wish. No overtime, no time in lieu until 8 hrs extra per week.

Like my job a fair bit, otherwise I'd be back to the public service.

I just like a clean file.

 

[manticle]

I regret starting this thread.

 

[Camo6]

I wish. No overtime, no time in lieu until 8 hrs extra per week.

Like my job a fair bit, otherwise I'd be back to the public service.

I just like a clean file.

In that case, clean them all!

 

[manticle]

I like that it isn't all pens

 

[Camo6]

You could always file a complaint.

 

[manticle]

My top drawer is full of complaints.

 

[DJ_L3ThAL]

At least my attention has been taken away from the ALDI Specials thread...

Oh and is it a flat or round file? How do you sanitize it before use??

 

[manticle]

Flat one side, round on the other.
What I should have asked is why would anyone use a metal file on timber when they have access to both belt and orbital sanders, plunge router and laminate trimmer and plain old sandpaper of various grits?

Best thing the suspected culprit ever did for my sanity was resign. Helping me find a good use for bic pen lids was a secondary benefit.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I did 3 months of solid filing at the start of my apprenticeship ( yep...3 fckn months of it ) to build what they called "Hand tool skills"

Basically use a wire brush or file card.

Chalking a file stops it getting full and also helps to get a nice fine finish to get to tolerance. The chalk stops the file cutting as deep in the metal which is really great when you need to file off less than a thou off your work to make the instructor happy.......which was very rare....

Man I ( dont ) miss those days.....