Phil Pascoe
Established Member
I look at that and think of my chisels and gouges and feel very 'umble
Racers":a0h07dsr said:I have some Muritic acid for brick cleaning but any acid (lemon juice, vinegar cilit bang) ) will do, the time depends on the strength of the acid and the bluntness of your file, its a bit suck it and see.
Just make sure your file is clean and degreased before you pop it in.
Pete
To sharpen a needlefile I store them in a old prickels glas filled some cheap vinegar over the week. If they are not sharp enough the stay another week. I just dry them with paper and oil them with balistol to stop the corrsion.
rxh":1ujf43hc said:Thanks Douglas,
I'll give some thought to alternative wood possibilities. Ebony is very pricey though ....
I have made a lot of the other metal parts, as can be seen in the photo below. The mouth adjustment mechanism works quite well. I'm thinking of putting an ACME thread on the lever cap screw (following Jimi's example) but I haven't located a supplier of ACME dies yet. Failing that, I'll make it 3/8" BSW.
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