Sharpening files

[Raymond Richard]

This maybe old news to some but something I just found out about. Wayne Goddard was telling me he was sharpening files not to long ago. I thought he was pulling my leg but I asked how he was doing it. Pretty simple to do just by soaking them in ferric cholride and water solution. Tried it the other day and it works quite well. I've got about a 4 to 1 mix and let the file soak over night. This was an old file I bought at a second hand store for a buck that I was going to make a blade out of.

 

[Mike Hull]

I used to do that with Birchwood Casey rust and blue remover. I just rubbed it on the file with a dauber. It works for awhile but in the long run, I believe it's better to have them professionaly done, especially specialty files like checkering types.
http://www.boggstool.com/

 

[Greg Obach]

i also sharpen my nicholson rasp with a triangle file... it doesn't take long... but it sure cuts like the devil, after
- on this kinda rasp... the rows are kinda all lined up.. so its easy



Greg

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

I do that, too, Raymond. Works great!
That was passed on to me by Jerry Rados.