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To Clean Files

The occasional grip each other, cleaning of files in the machine shop by that, after havmeans of oil, heat, and the card (wire brush) ing been tightly will save dollars to the owner and annoyance pulled, it is very to the worker. difficult to un-

6259. Το Cut Good Steel Scrapers. tie; this is the Part of the blade of a broken saw makes the only drawback best scrapers; but, as it is hard, it is very to its usefulness, a C Fig. 2. d difficult to cut it into the required form. The and in this respect it is inferior to the reefbest and most expeditious way is to mark knot, Fig. 3, which is made in precisely the it out to the size wanted, and then to place same manner that a shoe-string is tied, only the blade or steel plate in a vise which shuts very close, placing the mark even with the face of the vise, and the part to be cut to waste above the vise. Then with a coldchisel, holding it close to the vise and rather reef-knot is to observe that the inclined upwards, begin at one end of the two parts of each string are on steel plate, and with a sharp blow of the the same side of the loop; if hammer it will cut it. Keep going on by de- they are not, the ends (and the grees, and it will with ease be cut to the shape bows, if any are formed) are at required; then grind the edges of the scraper right angles to the cords. The level, and finish by rubbing it on a Turkey- knot is less secure than the weapulling out the ends instead of leaving them as bows.