Taking this opportunity with the Topic, I’d love to hear (read)
people’s experiences and suggestions on the following----
(1) how to clean files (ranging from needle files to large ones) Do
the brushes made for that purpose work for you? How do you use them?
How often? Or do you use something else?
(2) how to file a straight line of metal (so that ends will meet
flush) It’s embarrassing, but I often have a hard time doing that.
I’ve focused carefully on what my arms and hands are doing and tried
various positions, look at the piece with a loupe to see the
deviation, and so on, to no avail.
Well, actually, I may be improving. I’m doing it more slowly.
I never see either of these questions addressed anywhere, (except
for the use of the mitre-jig for filing straight).
Thank you.
Barbara, in northern CA
(still a relative beginner)