Don A Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 You may have seen this, but I thought some might enjoy it:A Filecutter's Hammer from the Hawley Collection interesting pictures of the filecutter's hammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jymm Hoffman Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Thanks Don, great info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 That was an exteremely interesting read, man what we take for granted these days. The history in file making was just another example of a lost art. Thanks for the post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Czar Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 You may have seen thisor possibly posted it but I did just realize I never posted the translation to the Japanese File maker videos in that thread ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNeilson Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Check out this site....Industrial Archaeology Recordings Index I bought the video compilation" Wilf Davies, filecutter" Very interesting, a historical look at the Shefeild area trades, ........Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olcarguy Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I never imagined there was that much work involved in producing a simple file, a tool that is so often taken for granted. Great read thanks for the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNeilson Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 I found this subject quite interesting, been playing at it for a month or two now. I made a short video, more to play with my new camera than explain the whole process but here is the result........YouTube - Filecutting :)Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don A Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Excellent video. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tech413 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 That's really interesting, amazing how much work goes into them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I've seen a couple of hammers on ebay that look similar to the file forging hammer that they are showing. Didn't know what they were used for and neither did the guys selling them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Thanks for all of the links on file making. Makes one have an appreciation for files and them that make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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