Firestarter Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Do modern golf balls not explode in a mess of rubber bands like the old ones did? Why do I feel like I'm being pranked with that suggestion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldironkilz Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Firestarter, Three-piece balls have a core center, a rubber covering of the core and a final coating. The rubber covering may be rubber string wrapped around the core. I don't know that they will explode when drilled, perhaps if you remove the final coating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It was the ones with a liquid center that I found did not make a good file handle. I haven't run across any of them in years though. Sort of like being careful not to forge sodium filled valve stems---bad when it happens but not that common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 On 30/04/2016 at 1:11 AM, coldironkilz said: I am not a big fella but I do have large hands and really prefer a used 10 pin bowling ball for my file handles, plus the finger holes give me the extra control I find necessary when I am working on finer projects like pendants. Just laughed so much I think I wet myself. I now have this picture in my head of you filing a pendant with a bowling ball in your hand. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldironkilz Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 0:02 PM, David Edgar said: Just laughed so much I think I wet myself. I now have this picture in my head of you filing a pendant with a bowling ball in your hand. LOL David, I had the same image in my head moments before I made the post. :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Like the old joke about glueing your martini glass to a bowling ball---it may not cut down on your drinking; but it does cut down on the bar fights you lose... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SReynolds Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 all these posts and not one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdawg Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 On 30/04/2016 at 10:11 AM, coldironkilz said: I am not a big fella but I do have large hands and really prefer a used 10 pin bowling ball for my file handles, plus the finger holes give me the extra control I find necessary when I am working on finer projects like pendants. Sounds like one would need to counts ones fingers after shaking your hand! I've also use a small length of rubber fuel hose as a file handle, but mostly they come with a turned wooden handle that does the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I'm a big fan of using champagne corks as file handles. The only problem is that they need to be replaced frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 If you need reasons to break out the bubbly, what's the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 On 9/21/2016 at 8:05 PM, SReynolds said: all these posts and not one. Useless not these are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Someone at Quad State was selling old wooden bobbins to use as file handles. Thought it was an elegant solution myself, but for some reason didn't buy any. They looked just like these: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMetalViking Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 As stated a few times already by you fine gentlemen, I use dowel, or another cylindrical piece of wood. However I have never needed to use epoxy, I just drill the holes slightly smaller and drive them on, mind you, I use softwood dowel so I don't usually have to worry about them splitting. 5/8-3/4" work great for chainsaw files. Lilac branches are great for this application as well because of their pithy core, you don't even need to drill, just push them on. But word of warning with using Lilac; if you bark it, there is a 90% chance it will split so I suggest leaving the bark on. Viking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I found a place that buys/sells estates. Mostly its furniture and similar house hold goods from the estates they buy. In their junk room I found a big box of old rusty files for like $2 each. Bought a bunch of them. Most went in the scrap bin to be used for knives or similar projects but all the handles got pulled off and put on my good files that did not have handles yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Brouwers Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Resurrecting this thread!!! I like the idea of hanging my files, but as people have already stated, don’t they come loose from the handle? And then wouldn’t they drop and break? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 If the file handle were loose then they could fall. Most likely would not break but could chip if they fell on a hard surface like concrete. A good tight fitted handle shouldn't come loose easily just from hanging it from the handle. If you were worried you could add a dab of epoxy to secure the handle to the file better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 If you've ever wondered why people bump a file on the handle end it's done for two main reasons first is to keep the handle tight and second is to bump filings out of the teeth. Bump your file on the bench or better yet the vise before hanging and it'll be hanging there next time you want it even if it's years later. Thomas's trick of using garage sale rake heads is as good a file rack as there is. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Brouwers Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Thanks for the replies guys! I look forward to implementing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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