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To File a Flat Surface

In filing a flat surface on a piece of iron, unless there is some skill or care used in the operation, the exterior edges are apt to be greatly pared away, so that that part of the surface about midway between them will be the least filed down. The work should be held in a bench vise, in such a position that the file will run in a horizontal direction nearly level with of a very light nature, it may be held in a