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These are amazing! Any chance you are selling an extra set you made? I'm a wood worker, so I don't have any of those tools you have to make bronze casting. I love all your videos. Love seeing your progression of skill evolve over the course of your time on yt.
As a life-long patternmaker and foundry engineer who learned the trade in the 1960s, I must offer my compliments to you. So many RUclips videos are so aggravating with poor technique and a lack of understanding of how things should be done. You have surpassed those weak attempts at trying to entertain by showing how to do things right. Congratulations, I enjoyed your video. Yes, Si Bronze is very fluid and makes a beautiful casting. Your Petrobond Sand (my guess) is perfect for home foundries. You have a very nice shop setup, too. I am envious. Thank you for not hammering the patterns into the sand like some fools do. When I see that, I almost faint. We did not have the advantage of printed patterns back then so we would have made split patterns with a core box, but you are using the modern methods that really simplify pattern and foundry work. I made patterns for castings that weighed a few ounces and some that went 41,000 pounds, so I've seen a lot. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB.
Jack, I am not of your age - but I have learned a few things as well. It is SO refreshing to see young folks pick up a craft and just knock it out of the park in an old school way - while updating things to modern tools. It gives me hope that old crafts will stay alive. Seeing your comment made me happy as well.
My Dad had a cast iron one, and i found one here in topeka at a garage sale. My start was tool and die school at milford, nebr. and was a machinery repairman in the Navy, 2 machine shops on my ship with a patternmakers shop and foundry so i appreciate this stuff too.
Man you're 💯 correct about old time stying. When I was a young teen I saved money to get a band saw. I overlooked the old cast iron saws , and bought a new Craftsman aluminum base , with the plastic shields. It looked so modern at the time. It has held up through the years, but later bought an antique Delta with the fancy cast iron. It has a timeless look , n feel. Now the Craftsman looks so old , n dated. It's like the designers were building heirlooms to last forever. Like our 80+ year old Farmall tractors, they have beauty built in them , and still work like borrowed mules on a regular basis.
I've used them and I would rather hold onto the rat tail than ever touch one again. I spent more time picking up the file from the floor and retightening the handle than actually filing.
Another fascinating and informative video. Some may question why a person would go through the trouble to make one's own file handles, but a true craftsman understands the value and pride of making something that will last for generations to come. That, and the fact that you have created a work of art that from now on will be used to create further works of art, only solidifies in my mind that you are becoming a true master of your craft. Keep up the good work!
I've stopped trying to explain to people when they ask why I make something instead of buy. I've found it's something you understand or you don't. Same with modifying bought tools to use they way you need.
I watch channels similar to mine as I’m drifting off to sleep. It’s a strange concept to me that there are people out there who do the same while watching my videos. Glad you like them!
The only thing I would've changed (if I had the skills at all to make something like this, which I don't) is to use a black grub screw instead of a bolt so it doesn't stick out of the handle.
My grandfather was a tool and die maker for Bridgeport Machine in Bridgeport, CT. I still have his micrometers and his caliper. Must be the family history as I really enjoy watching your work.
Wow! The Bridgeport name will always be infamous in the industrial world! It was such a magnificent time when American businesses actually manufactured great products! When products were made with pride and quality. The motto of businesses in America for the last 30+ years, is sadly just the opposite. The phrase " We don't have time to do it right, but we do have time to do it twice." sums it up perfectly. I say this because i have experienced it first hand! As much as I hate to admit it, it has permeated through almost every facet of industry in America. It is no coincidence, that this pitiful mindset became supported by the second most popular phrase; " You are replaceable". No longer would the employee be considered an asset to the company. From this point forward, employees would be viewed as an expenditure. Something that could be just as easily replaced as a disc of sandpaper. Quantity would replace quality. If the entire manufacturing process was anything besides ridiculous and insane, then it would be declared as wrong! Which brings me to the third, and final phrase, that describes American industry for the past 30+ years; "If it makes sense, DON'T DO IT!". If an employee understands what the problems are, then discovers the solution or changes needed to correct those problems, then that employee is considered to be defective! Logic, critical thinking, and common sense have no power here! Lol. Looks like it's time to go back to the temp agency again... dammit... Smdh... Cheers
Anytime I come across the old handles, I buy them. You are correct. The thumb screws are weak. The best handles EVER. You did a beautiful job on yours!
3D modeling, 3D printing, casting, milling, welding, polishing - in one small video we see almost all skills but working on a lathe! Nice job! Greetings from Russia 😊
Normally i don’t like watching “build” videos because i start with much hope and something just ticks me off. This was perfect from beginning to end and i now want your file handles 😮
Beautiful job on those bronze file handles! Ergonomical and very aesthetically pleasing visually!!! I'm certain that you are quite proud of the result.
I don't always watch your stuff, but I bump across them every now and then and I'm always engrossed in the process and results. Still have one of your raptor claws.
Man that looks really great. I can't live without hand files,I use them every day in my knife making. No power tools gives me the satisfaction that a file gives. Ya it's slow and very labor intensive but Only people who use lots of files understand the reward of using them. Looove that sick file handle.
I’m working on a bronze casting project with a good friend of mine. I have been FDM printing for years, but recently tried design printing wax patterns for casting. The detail in the patterns is insanely good! I highly recommend trying it.
I have one of the cast iron ones you were looking at. I got it from my grandfathers tools after he passed and I was given his metal lathe. It very nice because you can remove the handle and easily when needed or swap it around. He also used old used c02 cartridges from bb guns. he just tapped them on to the ends of files expanding the the hole that was there from when they were punched. I still have a few of them on the ends of some of his files. I love what you did, that design is really nice! I also like the trick you do to add small tubes to get extra material to use as welding rods if needed!!!
Those handles turned out really nice. Couple of tips for casting, you got voids from shrinkage because you didn't form a pouring basin around the top of your sprue and also your sprue was a little skinny and should extend just below your runner to form a sprue well. The thicker the sprue and gates the slower the metal solidifies and you want the metal in the sprue, gates and runners to solidify last to avoid the part getting voids. Start thinking about the order that parts of the casting will solidify based on the volume of metal in them and it all makes sense. I can see why you pay extra for that silicon bronze, it flows extremely well. For cores try sodium silicate mixed with dry sand and cured with CO2 gas, this is pretty cheap and makes cores that are reasonably robust but easy to break up and remove after casting.
you made some beautiful welding rods on the rizer sprews that you could've used to tig them together with :) can always reduce your waste and expense on a project ;)
Something I've seen others do with similar projects is to deliberately make more small air channels in the mold, not to help with the casting but to use for welding rods afterwards. This is just to ensure that if there are voids to fill or you have to weld separate pieces together, you won't have visible color differences.
Wow, these are beautiful! As a child my dad only had wood ones and they were awful! He only had a few handles for many many files. The wood ones always fell off and I remember just giving up on them and using the files without handles cause they were such a pain! Yours look great, well done!
At first glance I didn't like the design, but as they took shape I definitely changed my mind. It's really true that: "They don't make 'em like they used to" I'd like to see you bronze up those bolts to match. Thanks for sharing your process!
I just happened upon your channel and really enjoyed your work. Beautiful! I used to be a welder, and always wanted to get into machining, but never got around to it. I hope you will pass your knowledge of this craft to young people, we need more young people to be interested in this art. It is art in my book, and you are gifted . Thank you.
This was so cool. I have never seen a design like this or even seen a handle quite like this one for filers. I think I have only used a file once in my life time and that was when I was in a wood shop and they had some metal that needed to be filed down and asked me to do it.
definitely better looking than the original ones i have in my shop. Just getting into casting a bit and these will be on my list for sure. Great job, they look great.
Awesome job and excellent capture of the process...I've been machining many years myself. I definitely appreciate the craftsmanship and range of processes you mastered to create these!
I just stumbled upon this video, and your work, and its awesome. Thanks so much for sharing this. I cant wait to try my own design for my file handles.. and probably aluminum will be used.
The file handles look fantastic. Not personally sure about the way you fixed the handle to the file. That mental square looks a little janky. But the amazing work that goes into all your projects is so evident in the beautiful pieces that you make.
You should use set screws instead of those bolts. It would clean them up and make them look better. The Allen head is embedded and it would make it look a lot smoother. Those are really cool. I like it.
I'm in good company here. I have one of these, and it's the same form factor as yours--and I love it! Your precision is unsurpassed, friend. Jonathan in Seattle
at 3:24 to work out how much material you need, you can use the "Volume Displacement Method" Simply get a jar, tube or container just big enough to fit you're "handles or casting models" in. Fill it with water till the water spills or overflows. Remove your "models", but leave the water in the container. Now refill it with your casting material till the container is full full, BUT NOTE: it's better to have the water spill or overflowed. this will mean there is more casting material (aka silicon bronze) in your container now as it's volume is more then that of you're handle (aka casting models)
The trick to casting in one piece with a core is supporting the core in the mold. In this case the core has to rest on the sand forming the windows. The core would be the same shape as the filler used to help the parting line.
Very nice work , I’m over in GB and iv got 1 of the original handles it’s a little smaller than yours and not nearly so well finished I think it’s cast iron in construction. I keep a 3/16 chain saw file in mine and use it from time to time as required. Your work on these is 2 to none very well done 😁
that's odd, i started out with handles on my files, around 50 years ago. now its just the file, the more files i own the less i want a handle. great video, thanks.
Nice work. I have a couple of the original cast handles. They are a joy to hold and use. You’re work on these is top shelf. I can see you using those happily for a very long time. Using tools I’ve made is pretty special. They remind to of the journey to get them. Cool beans from this new Sub. ❤
If you take a small drill bit, just drill a small chamfer into the files, then take the screws/bolts, grind a small round end, then just tighten down. You could use some blue locktite if you find the screws backing off but, it's doubtful they loosen up with the chamfers. Love the handles, they look awesome. You should try to make some of different materials, just to see how they come out. Cheers :)
Excellent work and outstanding videography! I too have one of these, that I inherited, it's a bit smaller than those shown in this video. I don't use it often because the thumb screw sticks out so far, this video made me think of using a set screw, thanks. I've always wanted some that i could use with my needle files and this video has inspired me to try a 3d printed version using PLA-CF filament.
Future project idea: try making your own silicone bronze? (Have no idea the feasibility of that, but if it costs so much and works so much better, perhaps worth trying?) Love watching your work, always inspired me, keep it up!
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These are amazing! Any chance you are selling an extra set you made? I'm a wood worker, so I don't have any of those tools you have to make bronze casting. I love all your videos. Love seeing your progression of skill evolve over the course of your time on yt.
I wish you would make these for sale, I could use at least two of them...
Can I buy 1 ??
Why did you paint the plastic ?
As a life-long patternmaker and foundry engineer who learned the trade in the 1960s, I must offer my compliments to you. So many RUclips videos are so aggravating with poor technique and a lack of understanding of how things should be done. You have surpassed those weak attempts at trying to entertain by showing how to do things right. Congratulations, I enjoyed your video. Yes, Si Bronze is very fluid and makes a beautiful casting. Your Petrobond Sand (my guess) is perfect for home foundries. You have a very nice shop setup, too. I am envious. Thank you for not hammering the patterns into the sand like some fools do. When I see that, I almost faint. We did not have the advantage of printed patterns back then so we would have made split patterns with a core box, but you are using the modern methods that really simplify pattern and foundry work. I made patterns for castings that weighed a few ounces and some that went 41,000 pounds, so I've seen a lot. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB.
Jack, I am not of your age - but I have learned a few things as well. It is SO refreshing to see young folks pick up a craft and just knock it out of the park in an old school way - while updating things to modern tools. It gives me hope that old crafts will stay alive. Seeing your comment made me happy as well.
My Dad had a cast iron one, and i found one here in topeka at a garage sale. My start was tool and die school at milford, nebr. and was a machinery repairman in the Navy, 2 machine shops on my ship with a patternmakers shop and foundry so i appreciate this stuff too.
These handles are slick! I didn’t realize that the design was that old, they look very modern. Designers had style back then, too!
Man you're 💯 correct about old time stying. When I was a young teen I saved money to get a band saw. I overlooked the old cast iron saws , and bought a new Craftsman aluminum base , with the plastic shields. It looked so modern at the time. It has held up through the years, but later bought an antique Delta with the fancy cast iron. It has a timeless look , n feel. Now the Craftsman looks so old , n dated. It's like the designers were building heirlooms to last forever. Like our 80+ year old Farmall tractors, they have beauty built in them , and still work like borrowed mules on a regular basis.
I have a bunch of these as heirlooms from great grandpa through my uncle. Once you use one, you never go back to wood or plastic.
I've used them and I would rather hold onto the rat tail than ever touch one again. I spent more time picking up the file from the floor and retightening the handle than actually filing.
@@tyrannosaurusimperatori assume that is why he resorted to using an Allen wrench instead
That’s awesome! I’m hoping these will work out well for me. Time will tell.
Also run two batches to avoid cooling like you did
From which metal yours are made of?
We tend to think of these skeletonised designs as being very modern, so these antique ones are fascinating.
I agree! There were a lot of skilled craftsmen back in the day.
FWIW, Modernism kinda got kicked off around 1900 and went through the 1950's and 60's.
Another fascinating and informative video. Some may question why a person would go through the trouble to make one's own file handles, but a true craftsman understands the value and pride of making something that will last for generations to come. That, and the fact that you have created a work of art that from now on will be used to create further works of art, only solidifies in my mind that you are becoming a true master of your craft. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!!
I've stopped trying to explain to people when they ask why I make something instead of buy.
I've found it's something you understand or you don't.
Same with modifying bought tools to use they way you need.
Beautiful work, tools that will be passed down through your family for generations 😊
I watch these before I sleep sometimes. Soothing voice and quality craftsmanship gets me every time haha
yea they put me to sleep too
Love when I stumble upon a channel like this that I had no idea existed. Great all around design, craftsmanship and video production.
I watch channels similar to mine as I’m drifting off to sleep. It’s a strange concept to me that there are people out there who do the same while watching my videos. Glad you like them!
the retro designs are always desirable. During the decades of 30's through 60's are amazing for the industrial designs produced
Heck yeah! A new video from my favorite gentle voiced metal molder!
Great job. Your kids and grand kids will enjoy using these fine tools.
Thanks! I certainly hope so!
As a retired engineer and an artist in stone I am very impressed. Thanks for a great eleven minutes and twenty two seconds.
You are a true artist! This order and level of cleanness throughout your working process and in your workspace is amazing!
The only thing I would've changed (if I had the skills at all to make something like this, which I don't) is to use a black grub screw instead of a bolt so it doesn't stick out of the handle.
Grub screws are a better idea. I just thought the blue would make the thumbnail look a little more interesting. Thanks!
"Time spent now is definitely time saved later", I'll remember this quote. Thanks.
My grandfather was a tool and die maker for Bridgeport Machine in Bridgeport, CT. I still have his micrometers and his caliper. Must be the family history as I really enjoy watching your work.
Wow! The Bridgeport name will always be infamous in the industrial world! It was such a magnificent time when American businesses actually manufactured great products! When products were made with pride and quality. The motto of businesses in America for the last 30+ years, is sadly just the opposite. The phrase " We don't have time to do it right, but we do have time to do it twice." sums it up perfectly. I say this because i have experienced it first hand! As much as I hate to admit it, it has permeated through almost every facet of industry in America. It is no coincidence, that this pitiful mindset became supported by the second most popular phrase; " You are replaceable". No longer would the employee be considered an asset to the company. From this point forward, employees would be viewed as an expenditure. Something that could be just as easily replaced as a disc of sandpaper. Quantity would replace quality. If the entire manufacturing process was anything besides ridiculous and insane, then it would be declared as wrong! Which brings me to the third, and final phrase, that describes American industry for the past 30+ years; "If it makes sense, DON'T DO IT!". If an employee understands what the problems are, then discovers the solution or changes needed to correct those problems, then that employee is considered to be defective! Logic, critical thinking, and common sense have no power here! Lol. Looks like it's time to go back to the temp agency again... dammit... Smdh... Cheers
Solid work. The workshop is nicely filling out, too. A mill and lathe in the garage will change your life.
Anytime I come across the old handles, I buy them. You are correct. The thumb screws are weak. The best handles EVER. You did a beautiful job on yours!
I just turned 60 and found my first one in an old garage … great design is timeless. Thanks 👍
Really nice from a wood worker in Oxford England 🏴
Thank you! Hello from Las Vegas, NV!
They look great. Shrink the handles a little bit, add a knife blade and this would be a great pattern for an upscale steak knife set.
40 Year machinist here. Nice project, very well done.
That's gotta be one of the coolest things I've ever seen someone make.
Neat! It’s always fun to see a functional cast.
Thank you!
Not just beautiful but also functional. Love it.
Impressive. But I must say, even more impressive is the workshop!
3D modeling, 3D printing, casting, milling, welding, polishing - in one small video we see almost all skills but working on a lathe! Nice job! Greetings from Russia 😊
Thank you! Greeting from Las Vegas, NV
As someone who frequently uses a variety of files, I LOVE THIS.
Normally i don’t like watching “build” videos because i start with much hope and something just ticks me off. This was perfect from beginning to end and i now want your file handles 😮
Beautiful job on those bronze file handles! Ergonomical and very aesthetically pleasing visually!!! I'm certain that you are quite proud of the result.
Nothing feels better in hand than wood or leather. But these are indeed beautiful.
they look superb!!! Well done. Hello from Australia.
You have an excellent array of equipment at your disposal. I’m really envious.
I don't always watch your stuff, but I bump across them every now and then and I'm always engrossed in the process and results.
Still have one of your raptor claws.
Man that looks really great. I can't live without hand files,I use them every day in my knife making. No power tools gives me the satisfaction that a file gives. Ya it's slow and very labor intensive but Only people who use lots of files understand the reward of using them. Looove that sick file handle.
I’m working on a bronze casting project with a good friend of mine. I have been FDM printing for years, but recently tried design printing wax patterns for casting. The detail in the patterns is insanely good! I highly recommend trying it.
beautiful, I would have tried using hardened black Allan key socket head set screws for a machinist look.
Thanks!
I’m a machinist and use files a ton. It’s sad that these type of handles are not made anymore. All we get are the cheap wood ones you hammer on.
Beautiful work. You've obviously got waaaay too much time on your hands. It's always a pleasure and a privilege to learn from an expert.
I have one of the cast iron ones you were looking at. I got it from my grandfathers tools after he passed and I was given his metal lathe. It very nice because you can remove the handle and easily when needed or swap it around. He also used old used c02 cartridges from bb guns. he just tapped them on to the ends of files expanding the the hole that was there from when they were punched. I still have a few of them on the ends of some of his files. I love what you did, that design is really nice! I also like the trick you do to add small tubes to get extra material to use as welding rods if needed!!!
I hope your kids or grandkids value them as unique one-of-a kind. good video
Those handles turned out really nice. Couple of tips for casting, you got voids from shrinkage because you didn't form a pouring basin around the top of your sprue and also your sprue was a little skinny and should extend just below your runner to form a sprue well. The thicker the sprue and gates the slower the metal solidifies and you want the metal in the sprue, gates and runners to solidify last to avoid the part getting voids. Start thinking about the order that parts of the casting will solidify based on the volume of metal in them and it all makes sense. I can see why you pay extra for that silicon bronze, it flows extremely well. For cores try sodium silicate mixed with dry sand and cured with CO2 gas, this is pretty cheap and makes cores that are reasonably robust but easy to break up and remove after casting.
Amazing to watch a professional using tools to create tools for tools.
you made some beautiful welding rods on the rizer sprews that you could've used to tig them together with :) can always reduce your waste and expense on a project ;)
Those look and function amazingly. Beautiful work.
Thank you very much!
Something I've seen others do with similar projects is to deliberately make more small air channels in the mold, not to help with the casting but to use for welding rods afterwards. This is just to ensure that if there are voids to fill or you have to weld separate pieces together, you won't have visible color differences.
looks awesome, although I´m a bit sceptical if metal is nicer to hold than wood, as you said you use them a lot
Wow, these are beautiful! As a child my dad only had wood ones and they were awful! He only had a few handles for many many files. The wood ones always fell off and I remember just giving up on them and using the files without handles cause they were such a pain!
Yours look great, well done!
AMAZING!!!! You are a true Artisan
At first glance I didn't like the design, but as they took shape I definitely changed my mind. It's really true that: "They don't make 'em like they used to"
I'd like to see you bronze up those bolts to match. Thanks for sharing your process!
I just happened upon your channel and really enjoyed your work. Beautiful! I used to be a welder, and always wanted to get into machining, but never got around to it. I hope you will pass your knowledge of this craft to young people, we need more young people to be interested in this art. It is art in my book, and you are gifted . Thank you.
This was so cool. I have never seen a design like this or even seen a handle quite like this one for filers. I think I have only used a file once in my life time and that was when I was in a wood shop and they had some metal that needed to be filed down and asked me to do it.
"let me know if you would have done anything differently"
I would have just bought them from you. *They look great.*
definitely better looking than the original ones i have in my shop. Just getting into casting a bit and these will be on my list for sure. Great job, they look great.
Thank you! Hope the foundry work goes well!
Have an antique one, like me. Love it. Those are beautiful!!
Gosh dang amazing job there dude!! Loved watching these come together.
Thank you! I’m glad you did!
Very impressive and clean casting methods 👌 your work bench is awesome too.
Wow, amazing workmanship. Love your clean shop setup.
Your attention to detail is astounding great work
Thank you very much!
Beautiful work; they came out great. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum last week 😎
Awesome! Thank you!
I envy people with a workshop filled with tools and machines that can create (almost) anything you you want.
I'm more impressed with people who can actually FIND the tool they need in their workshops... :) "I know I have one of those around here SOMEWHERE..."
Awesome job and excellent capture of the process...I've been machining many years myself. I definitely appreciate the craftsmanship and range of processes you mastered to create these!
Thank you very much!
I recommend Polysmooth for projects that end in casting 3D prints. The post processing is super simple and it gets real smooth with no real work
I just stumbled upon this video, and your work, and its awesome. Thanks so much for sharing this. I cant wait to try my own design for my file handles.. and probably aluminum will be used.
Metal working is fascinating to me.
Wow, unlike most RUclips tutorials, you actually seem like you’ve done this at least once before teaching it. LOL.
Very nice work, and craft.
Brilliant job! Really nice result, especially for something that gets a lot of daily use
The file handles look fantastic. Not personally sure about the way you fixed the handle to the file. That mental square looks a little janky. But the amazing work that goes into all your projects is so evident in the beautiful pieces that you make.
You are crazy talented and you challenge yourself. Beautifully done!
Thank you very much!
Unbelievable creativity, you inspired me to get started too!
I would love to see a version where you 3D print a mold for a core for sand, sodium silicate and CO2, so welding the two halves would not be needed.
Those handles are gorgeous!
You should use set screws instead of those bolts. It would clean them up and make them look better. The Allen head is embedded and it would make it look a lot smoother. Those are really cool. I like it.
I'm in good company here. I have one of these, and it's the same form factor as yours--and I love it! Your precision is unsurpassed, friend. Jonathan in Seattle
at 3:24 to work out how much material you need, you can use the "Volume Displacement Method"
Simply get a jar, tube or container just big enough to fit you're "handles or casting models" in. Fill it with water till the water spills or overflows. Remove your "models", but leave the water in the container. Now refill it with your casting material till the container is full full, BUT NOTE: it's better to have the water spill or overflowed. this will mean there is more casting material (aka silicon bronze) in your container now as it's volume is more then that of you're handle (aka casting models)
Or right-click on the part in CAD and display volume...
@@owensparks5013 True, but I think they mean if you're doing it old school and has an actual part you're replacing with casting instead of a CAD file.
You need to add quite a bit for the sprue.
really nice job. only thing i'd change is using grub screws to clamp as they're lower profile and won't catch on things.
Nice work and one of the more interesting builds I've seen in some time. Thanks for sharing.
I absolutely love your videos I wish you did them more often. Such talent
that was an awesome project. always love practical shop useable projects
These came out great!
Thanks!
great result , they are a lifetime job.
The trick to casting in one piece with a core is supporting the core in the mold. In this case the core has to rest on the sand forming the windows. The core would be the same shape as the filler used to help the parting line.
Definitely lots of work, but the end results prove the worth of that work.
Thank you
Best handles I ever seen
A hint for milling the slots. Drill out the excess material first. Means you can mostly avoid plunging and nothing removes metal faster than a drill.
These are excellent!
Thank you!!
That’s a very good looking handle, if I was still working I think I would have been tempted to try and make or buy a set 😊 great job 👍
Very nice work , I’m over in GB and iv got 1 of the original handles it’s a little smaller than yours and not nearly so well finished I think it’s cast iron in construction.
I keep a 3/16 chain saw file in mine and use it from time to time as required.
Your work on these is 2 to none very well done 😁
that's odd, i started out with handles on my files, around 50 years ago. now its just the file, the more files i own the less i want a handle. great video, thanks.
Nice work. I have a couple of the original cast handles. They are a joy to hold and use. You’re work on these is top shelf. I can see you using those happily for a very long time. Using tools I’ve made is pretty special. They remind to of the journey to get them. Cool beans from this new Sub. ❤
Very nice work, meticulous, well thought out. Impressive.
the red sand looks so cool.
Those handles look amazing.
If you take a small drill bit, just drill a small chamfer into the files, then take the screws/bolts, grind a small round end, then just tighten down. You could use some blue locktite if you find the screws backing off but, it's doubtful they loosen up with the chamfers. Love the handles, they look awesome. You should try to make some of different materials, just to see how they come out. Cheers :)
Good idea! Thanks!
Excellent work and outstanding videography! I too have one of these, that I inherited, it's a bit smaller than those shown in this video. I don't use it often because the thumb screw sticks out so far, this video made me think of using a set screw, thanks. I've always wanted some that i could use with my needle files and this video has inspired me to try a 3d printed version using PLA-CF filament.
These look SOOO freaking good!! Great work!
Dude. These turned out AMAZING!
Beautiful work.
Thank you!
I am jealous from that milling machine 😮
Future project idea: try making your own silicone bronze?
(Have no idea the feasibility of that, but if it costs so much and works so much better, perhaps worth trying?)
Love watching your work, always inspired me, keep it up!