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Is made for both round-hooded and square-hooded chain saw teeth. For round hooded teeth, the file must be held level against the bevel of the...

Also called a file card, this tool contains a brush used to clean out file grooves. Generally used on finer cut files to remove sawdust and...

Rectangular-shaped file with a single set of teeth used for general sharpening of metal objects. Common types include mill, flat and hand,...

File that is flat on one side and round on the other. Used for removing stock and rounding edges on curved metal pieces. Can be used on...

Also called a shoe rasp or four-in-hand rasp/file. Features four files in one, including a file section and a rasp section on the flat side,...

Type of file used to shape wood. Teeth are rougher than a file’s teeth for rapid removal of wood stock. Rasp-cut files have individually...

Also called a rat-tail file. Cylinder shaped tool used to remove stock from round holes in order to make them larger or smoother. Also used...

Available in diamond, oiled and dry models, these tools are used to sharpen various blades of cutting tools. Diamond whetstones sharpen...

Triangular shaped single-cut file generally used to sharpen gullets between saw teeth. Also called a taper saw or a triangular...

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