Nicholson File Restoration
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2018
- Restoring and sharpening a quality 12inch (30cm) Nicholson hand smooth file.
I tried chemical sharpening with ferric chloride and It definitely made it feel sharper. The line near te tang after the ferric chloride soak is a thickness difference between the etched part and the original surface.
Products used:
0:59 WD-40
1:34 Degreaser
1:51 Sodium carbonate
2:07 12V power supply
2:55 Ferric chloride
3:26 Sodium bicarbonate (and water)
3:56 WD-40
4:03 White mineral oil
Interesting video about Nicholson made by a fellow maker:
• Nicholsonfile
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I'm a hemipaligic from a stroke your videos reminds me of the good times I had with keeping up with my tools I watched many if not all of your restorations. My favorite was the estwing hammer I am looking forward to gain movement with my left arm to do restoration myself the videos give me inspiration to try to get better
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What was the collar made of? Do you just buy them specific or maybe thin pipe?
saludos
@BlackBeardProje last time when I had to restore the file I found that there is a file brush which cleans the file, it is not regular brush it is file brush check it out, also the restoration steps are cool like the video and wondering what is coming with using that file?
kvncszn yes. They're called file cards. I've got a couple of them and their short pointed bristles are great at unclogging a gummed up file
If you tap the base of the handle on a hard surface it will drive the file into the handle for you, no need for the hammer! Only takes a few quick taps and it's done!
As someone who appreciates a nice hand tool I reckon that's one of the nicest handles I've seen.
@Matthew Wiley The file stroke is forward, driving the tang into the handle. The scenario of the wooden handle frequently coming off just doesn't happen with a properly cared for tool.
A wooden handle is lighter, so it puts more weight at the cut; subjective, but in my opinion much more pleasant.
A wooden handle is much more comfortable and with care lasts a very long time.
Wooden handles were, by design meant to be replaced and even modified to suit the individual user.
Wooden handled tools are just nicer (imo), in every way, than the modern tat that's churned out for the masses; designed for minimum cost, maximum profit.
May I ask, have you ever picked up and used a tradition, proper hand tool? It's glorious.
I solved the problem of cracked handles that don't stay on. I have used wood and plastic handles and they are never satisfactory. I recently bought a new handle made of plastic and metal. Just turn the knob at the bottom and steel jaws tighten down on the tang of the file. Can be used to hold hacksaw blades, drawknives as well as files. It can take any shape of tang, be it square, rectangular, or hexagonal. I bought it at Home Depot for around $10.00. And yes, it is made by Nicholson.
that handle looks amazing 😉
I live in a town that had a Nicholson file plant and I remember walking the yard as a kid after the plant closed and these files were just everywhere to pick up, very neat video.
Darangd one Hu
Send me a set.ill send some Dutchman.
I think I have one without the handle it looks exactly the same as mine.
Your restoration has inspired me to try and have a go at some of my ‘Files’ and I have to say that your example is superb.
Thanks Black Beard Projects 🤩
I just bought a whole box of never/lightly used surface rusted files at an auction I was thinking I'll try to make handles and restore them, awesome video thanks for the tips!
Revamped Outdoors don’t put oil on your file you are destroying it
How so? I am curious because every restoration article I have read so far suggests acid etch for rust/hone edges and then light coat of WD-40 or other water displacement.
Yannic Stunnenberg files are made from tool steel, which will rust if not oiled. Why on earth would you say that?
the oil may trap, gum and clog up the teeth with different shavings of metal like copper,aluminium, steel ETC. but if you decide to use oil (add a very thin coat) you can buy these brush's with very fine metal bristle that will clean the cutting teeth of shavings that might stick.
It is called a file card.
I never thought you could do that to an old file. MY grandfather had such great old tools from working in the Brooklyn Navy yard before and during WWII I sure wish I still had them.
Awesome. Thanks for this video. I have found a lot of old, rusted tools during cleaning my wife's grandmother basement. I will also make some video about restoring them. Nice job and once again thank you for this video.
Very nice work! It turned out great! I love seeing older items restored. I wish stuff was still made to last instead of being throwaways.
Wow. The boiled linseed oil really brought that handle to life! Super job!
Saben en una ocasión me pasó que unas herramientas que uso para talleres de manualidades, las dejé en un estuche y una vez al sacarlas de me oxidaron. Pero use un método vamos a decir natural use refresco de Cola, lo deje reposar por una semana y al saxar mis herramientas cual fue mi sorpresa que la sustancia del refresco de cola limpio mis herramientas y quedaron como nuevas , como si las hubiese comprado. De algo sirven estos vídeos. Muchas gracias. Y de algo sirven y uno aprende.
Esses vídeos são uma excelente terapia. Ótimos trabalhos e boas edições
Artist at work. Brilliant. Thank you.
Oh my god, he tears it's head off, then gives it shock therapy, pours himself a nice drink AND THEN DROWNS the file, does this man know no bounds?
You are more than wonderful .. And you have a very beautiful and professional work and I love your posts and follow
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Excelente trabalho 👍 parabéns 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Great work....found 10 or 15 old Nicholson files of my grandfathers....a few needs a good going over like this.
Awesome work bro and had an awesome weekend with you at MC man it was a pleasure to finally meet you 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
It really was :) Thank you my friend
Truly enjoy watching you from beginning to end...well down.
very professional... this guy accepts nothing less than perfection... the file is probably better than it was when i first bought it...!!!
I didn’t know that a file could be replenished. Over the years I have threw away a lot of them so thanks for making this video.
Beautiful restoration. Awesome handle!
Great job...you can get a "Nicholson File Card & Brush" that dose a good job of keeping your file clean
@Tom Garbo too bad they are not still making Nicholson files in the USA. I will not buy a new Nicholson file. I find the NOS on Ebay that where made in the USA.
To my shame, I had no idea this could be done. Now the scales have fallen from my eyes and I can see the light! Thanks for revealing the mystery of file restoration.
Very useful . I particularly like the way you describe the method and items used to do this.
Love it! I was interested to see how you’d go about this, since usually when restoring something the goal is to make it smooth and shiny again (like with a blade), but you can’t really do that with a file
I was just restoring a Nicholson file like 10 minutes ago and now I find this in my recommended...
Nice resto video. Nothing else can replace what a good file can do. I own many old files.
I inherited well over 200 files of various types and sizes from as far back as my great grandfather. Keep them clean, away from moisture and store them separately...……..they will last much longer than one lifetime!
quedó excelente la lima para metales, y trabaja muchísimo mejor que antes!! saludos desde argentina!
Another awesome job. You rock
Thanks for that work. made me really happy to watch
for a Craftsman like me, such a video, that's already ASMR
Excellent video. A tool you can be proud to own and use after that. Thanks very much.
Man you knows your stuff... great work.. love your videos ☺️
Voce manja em heim do restauro virei fã muito bom good ...
Nice job, i have restored a couple of old tools myself, satisfying experience. Two things, i think the handle is too small in diameter, you have replicated the size but it might have had the wrong size handle on as a quick fix in the past, the tang ( point ) should go into the handle further. Secondly to fix the handle on tightly tap the end of the file with a small hammer whilst holding the abrasive part, the handle 'jumps' up the tang tighter than you can hammer it on by hitting the wooden handle.
Beautiful tool, nice work!
Thanks mate
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I somehow forgot the account password. I love any tricks you can give me
@Kelvin Ameer instablaster :)
@Jude Gary i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Jude Gary It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thanks so much, you saved my account :D
Love the clarity of the camera.
I love watching these videos when I’m bored they are so satisfying to watch. Like it’s so cool how he turns something so dirty and old into a tool that can be used for at least another 50 years. Keep up the good work.
You do such fine work. I would love to learn from you or own something you’ve worked on. Keep doing fantastic work, I’ve learned lots.
Rasps and and files are under appreciated hand tools.
I like the new handle you made 😊 really compliments the piece
You did really good job cleaning that file.
i love his videos because he never talk
That oil did that handle some justice!
So satisfying
Xavier Ancarno it’s cold asmr but better
Great job my man. I enjoyed the video. Ty.
Encore une belle vidéo, merci 😉👌🏼
Браво! Вдохновенно
very satisfying to watch restorations video😍
excellent job bro, you inspired me to restore a very similar old hydraulic jack, left by my old man, who died 2 months ago
This is as fantastic as any pressure washer video out there.
Love the restores . Did similar not long ago . Just used rotary wire wheel in grinder with grain of file and light oil to seal . Thinking ' tang ' needs to three quarters into handle and use beech instead and attach by dropping weight of file into handle ;)
Excellent work my friend, excellent work!
I have a bunch of files some of them are Nicholson. Nice to know that you can clean them.
Jeder alte Feilenhauer wird hiermit feuchte Augen kriegen. Bravo, Klasse!
Рукастый !!!! Уважение и лайк!
I have had success at restoring old files' cutting ability by first cleaning & degreasing (with almost any type of general purpose detergent/household cleaner), then soaking in a solution of sodium bisulfate (available as ph decreaser for swimming pools in the US) and water. Warm or hot water seems to be more active (more effervescence), but the files soak for a long time (can be hours, even overnight), so the temperature will decrease. Afterwards, I use baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and water to neutralize the acidity, then dry and apply oil as a rust preventative.
For those who live in remote villages doesn't have ferric chloride readily available, there is really simple solution:
Hydrogen peroxide 5% 100ml
Citric acid 30g (because citric is most convenient)
Salt (NaCl) 5g
It's most effective and clean solution to etch copper and make PCB's at home. I didn't really compared efficiency on iron, but math says it also should etch faster than FeCl3.
I don't know why but I was just waiting for him to start throwing eggs at it and throwing it around his kitchen lol
Nice video!
Thanks for share your precious experience
You are the man 🤜🤛
Que bonito trabajo el de restaurar herramientas, los felicito a las personas que se dedican a eso. Eso se llama reciclar, y entre más reciclemos es mejor, porque ay mucha basura que uno sin saber, se puede reutilizar. Felicito a las personas que suben los vídeos, uno alomejor nada más ve porque uno no tiene lo necesario de herramientas para poder restaurar las que podemos necesitar.
very nice work !!! keep up the great work
Beautiful file
Super job, bravo, belle remise en état.
Great ! Perfect !
Good job ans video !
And with description !
Perfect restoration.........!!!
I only watch ur vids because it’s SO satisfying
I really like this kind of video!
I love your channel
Great job=enjoyed the video very much!!
Com essa trabalheira toda mais fácil comprar uma nova!!
so enjoyed this
I understand how that works on a dirty or rusty file. A file that has been dulled by excessive use can be recut ( with huge effort). , but won’t be resharpeded chemically.
you have inspire me, i love your chanel, i just started my chanel TysyTubeRestoration, i hope one day i will be big like you. good luck my YTBrother
No regret why I subscribed your channel, dude~
Because I have something to do about blacksmith 101 and even those file restoration I always looking for...
Thanks so much for making these videos. GBU ^_^
P.S: Greetings from Indonesia
Nice work my friend!
Beautiful.
Good video excellent ergonomics for the handle.
nada como ferramentas bem cuidadas. muito bom.
Nice job!
Very nice !
I love restoration videos.
At the end of it all, nothing had been done to improve the cutting capability of the file. OK, wire brushing the cuts on the file would remove any pinning there might have been but it really didn’t looked pinned in the fist instance. What was apparent were the shiny surfaces of the file as if someone had previously attempted to use the file on hardened steel and had taken the edge of the teeth. None of the restorative work done to the file can change that.... i.e, it still remained as blunt as it was prior to the undertaken restoration work. In fact, to re-cut the file teeth, one would first have to anneal the file then re cut them followed by hardening and tempering.
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If anything it's a handle restoration and file cleaning.
Nice job dude 👍
You must Really Love that File. (:
What a good video!
Eres un máquina!!!!
Awesome 👍
Great work
Real nice job
Bravo!
I like your videos !
Excellent job! Today I bought a Nicholson file at the fair in a similar state, I'm going to see if I could use your technique to restore it. One question: the more amperage the greater the cleaning with the electrolysis?
Awesome 😎
Good Job!