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  • Century Drill & Tool® - Rectangular American Pattern Milled Bastard File
    Century Drill & Tool® - Rectangular American Pattern Milled Bastard File
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    # 438043547
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  • Century Drill & Tool® - Round File
    Century Drill & Tool® - Round File
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    # 438044309
    $7.29 - $8.51
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  • Century Drill & Tool® - Round Smooth File
    Century Drill & Tool® - Round Smooth File
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    # 4708586322
    $3.58
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  • Century Drill & Tool® 92941 - SAE Thread Repair File
    Century Drill & Tool® 92941 - SAE Thread Repair File
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    # 438044282
    $19.11
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  • General Tools® - SAE Thread Repair File
    General Tools® - SAE Thread Repair File
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    # 2798448780
    $11.77
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  • Lang Tools® 2666 - 10.75" SAE Thread Repair File
    Lang Tools® 2666 - 10.75" SAE Thread Repair File
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    # 3038145939
    $13.12
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  • Nicholson® 18924 - 4-in-Hand™ 8" Half Round Formerly Shoe Rasp and File
    Nicholson® 18924 - 4-in-Hand™ 8" Half Round Formerly Shoe Rasp and File
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    # 3135754661
    $10.91
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  • Nicholson® 03797 - 12" Flat American Pattern Double Cut Second File
    Nicholson® 03797 - 12" Flat American Pattern Double Cut Second File
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    # 4708586321
    $18.03
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  • Nicholson® - Flat American Pattern Smooth File
    Nicholson® - Flat American Pattern Smooth File
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    # 2686173090
    $11.77 - $21.33
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  • Nicholson® - Half Round American Pattern Bastard File
    Nicholson® - Half Round American Pattern Bastard File
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    # 3170287764
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  • Nicholson® 17505 - 10" Half Round American Pattern Coarse Wood File
    Nicholson® 17505 - 10" Half Round American Pattern Coarse Wood File
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    # 2686173332
    $17.65
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  • Nicholson® - Half Round American Pattern Second File
    Nicholson® - Half Round American Pattern Second File
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    # 2686173013
    $15.79 - $24.32
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  • Nicholson® - Half Round American Pattern Smooth File
    Nicholson® - Half Round American Pattern Smooth File
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    # 4699171120
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  • Nicholson® - Rectangular American Pattern Bastard File
    Nicholson® - Rectangular American Pattern Bastard File
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    # 2686173360
    $9.26 - $11.68
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  • Nicholson® 07657 - 10" Rectangular American Pattern Single Cut Bastard Lathe File with Safe edges
    Nicholson® 07657 - 10" Rectangular American Pattern Single Cut Bastard Lathe File with Safe edges
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    # 4432782396
    $15.13
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  • Nicholson® 07863N - 14" Rectangular American Pattern Fine Lathe File
    Nicholson® 07863N - 14" Rectangular American Pattern Fine Lathe File
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    # 4708774458
    $29.48
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  • Nicholson® 07842 - 10" Rectangular American Pattern Fine Lathe File with Safe edges
    Nicholson® 07842 - 10" Rectangular American Pattern Fine Lathe File with Safe edges
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    # 4708774460
    $16.48
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  • Nicholson® 21832N - 8" Rectangular American Pattern Single Cut Milled Bastard File with 2 Square Edges
    Nicholson® 21832N - 8" Rectangular American Pattern Single Cut Milled Bastard File with 2 Square Edges
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    # 4432782401
    $9.27
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  • Nicholson® - Rectangular American Pattern Smooth File
    Nicholson® - Rectangular American Pattern Smooth File
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    # 2686173374
    $18.95 - $20.06
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  • Nicholson® - Rectangular American Pattern Smooth Mill File
    Nicholson® - Rectangular American Pattern Smooth Mill File
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    # 4699171114
    $21.33 - $24.21
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  • Nicholson® - Round American Pattern Bastard File
    Nicholson® - Round American Pattern Bastard File
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    # 3135754660
    $10.80 - $27.68
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  • Nicholson® T01891 - 8" x 5/32" Round American Pattern Knurl Saw Chain File
    Nicholson® T01891 - 8" x 5/32" Round American Pattern Knurl Saw Chain File
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    # 2686173200
    $5.88
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  • Nicholson® 12051 - 10" Round American Pattern Single Cut Second File
    Nicholson® 12051 - 10" Round American Pattern Single Cut Second File
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    # 2686173186
    $12.28
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  • Nicholson® 12084 - 10" Round American Pattern Single Cut Smooth File
    Nicholson® 12084 - 10" Round American Pattern Single Cut Smooth File
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    # 4699171124
    $13.55
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  • Nicholson® - Screw-on Handle for File
    Nicholson® - Screw-on Handle for File
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    # 2686173046
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  • Nicholson® - Wooden Handle with Metal Ferruled for File
    Nicholson® - Wooden Handle with Metal Ferruled for File
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    # 2686173217
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  • Performance Tool® W5406 - 6" Rectangular Mill File with Handle
    Performance Tool® W5406 - 6" Rectangular Mill File with Handle
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    # 2798448738
    $4.36
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  • Nicholson® 37398 - 5-1/2" Swiss Pattern #2 Assortment Needle File Set, 12 Pieces
    Nicholson® 37398 - 5-1/2" Swiss Pattern #2 Assortment Needle File Set, 12 Pieces
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    # 2686172958
    $175.66
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  • Century Drill & Tool® - 10" Rectangular American Pattern Single Cut Milled Bastard File
    Century Drill & Tool® - 10" Rectangular American Pattern Single Cut Milled Bastard File (04053)
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    # mpn1142095200
    $7.46
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  • Century Drill & Tool® - 12" Rectangular American Pattern Single Cut Milled Bastard File
    Century Drill & Tool® - 12" Rectangular American Pattern Single Cut Milled Bastard File (04054)
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    # mpn1142095199
    $9.01
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Files are mostly hand tools widely used in woodworking and metalworking to smooth out rough edges and remove fine amounts of material to shape a work piece. The majority of files are made of high carbon case-hardened steel. They can have a form of a short bar of square, rectangular, triangular, half-round, or round cross-section, with parallel sharp teeth cut on their surface. A pointed tang at one end allows to fit a handle to the tool or mount a file in a chuck. Files can be tapered or blunt, rough or smooth, which depends on the coarseness of their teeth.

Single-cut files are the best choice for leaving a fine-surface finish, and on the other hand, double-cut files are most suitable for removing large amounts of material. Diamond files feature fine particles embedded in their working surface instead of teeth. Such industrial diamond-impregnated files can be effectively used for shaping extremely hard materials such as glass, stone, carbide, or hardened steel. This type of a file cannot be damaged with a back-and-forth motion unlike files with teeth designed to be pushed only on a work piece. If the file is pulled, its teeth become dull quickly. Needle files have fine teeth for smaller work pieces where finish smoothness is prioritized over the amount of removed material.

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