Years back i picked up a 4 sided file block new thinking it would be ideal for removing lots of material from say a chipped blade. However it slid about so I thought I'd make a holder to go in a vice like a old school sharpening stone. It's taken me until now to get round to it. The tops scrap pine glued together with a oak block glued and pegged on to take the crushing of the vice. I've given it a wash with thinned down yacht varnish to seal the wood. There are counter sunk screw holes in the block but I wanted to able to flip it easily.
I was told the file block was for flattening some part of a steam engines mechanism , screwed to a plank like handle between two blokes.
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Tom
I was told the file block was for flattening some part of a steam engines mechanism , screwed to a plank like handle between two blokes.
Atb
Tom
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