File Filosophy
Being some Hints regarding the proper Methods of using Files and the various Applications of the most common Files

FILE FILOSOPHY INDEX Page. Back......................... 9 Bandsaw File.................42 Bastard Cut...............29, 31 Bellied...................... 9 Bent Riffler.................16 Biting in Filing.............13, 14 Blunt................. 9, 29, 31 Brass or Bronze, Filing of....22 Brands........................ 4 Cabinet File..................39 Cabinet Rasp..................32 Cant File.....................42 Cant Saw File. . .............42 Care in Putting Files Away....27 Carrying the File.............19 Cast Iron, Filing of..........22 Cavities, Filing of...........16 Chalk Used to Remove Oil...25 Cleaning the File.............25, 26 Coarse Cut................ 31 Convexity in Files and Filing, 13, 14 Copper and Copper Alloys, Filing of.............................27 Cotter Blunt..................35 Cotter Taper..................35 Circular Sections.............37 Cross or Crossing File........43 Crosscut File.................44 Curved Surface, Filing of....20 Cut of File Teeth.............30, 31 Dead Smooth Cut..............31 Description of Files......29, 30 Definitions of Terms......9, 10, 11 Devices for Holding Files.....15 Double Cut..........29, 31, 32, 33 Double Ender Hand Saw File. . .49 Double Improved Shoe Rasp . . .43 Drawfiling...................22 Drill File...................36 Equaling..................... 9 Equaling File................34 Extra Slim Taper.............41 Factories 3, 4, 5 Page. Feather Edge File..............43 Filing Block................... 9 Filing, Operations of......19, 20 (See separate headings, viz: Ovals, Irregular Forms, Heavy Work, Light Work, Flat Work, Table Surfaces, Grooves, Cavities, Narrow Surfaces, Curved Surfaces, Large Surfaces, Brass, Soft Metals.) File Card and Brush............27 File Cleaners..................44 File Handles...................45 File Holders...................44 First Use of a File............23 Flat Work, Filing of...........20 Flat File......................34 Flat Wood File.................34 I Flat Wood Rasp................34 Flat Shoe Rasp.................35 Float.......................... 9 Gin Saw File...................42 Glazing in Filing...........13, 24 i Grasping the File.............18 ' Grooves, Filing of............16 Guarantee...................... 8 Gulleting File.................38 Half Round Shoe Rasp........43 Half Round Wood Rasp......38 i Half Round File...........38 Half Round Wood File......38 Hand Saw Taper File.........40 | Hand Saw Taper Double Cut File.....................40 Hand Saw Blunt File.........41 j Hand File.................35 Handles for Files...........14 Heavy Work, Filing of.......18 Height of Work..............17 Heel........................30 ( Hints on Filing...........12 Holding the File.........18, 19 Hook Tooth File.............38 Hopped...................... 9 NICHOLSON FILE CO. 46