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Old September 16th, 2008, 11:07 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jrfrond View Post
The knife-edge shape of the Stew-Mac files keeps the file from binding escessively in the slot. The machinist's "joint files", the ones with parallel sides and teeth on the edge, can be a real pain in anything other than bone, as they tend to bind.
I'm more confused now. I read an old post by Rob Stefano about those tapered Stewmac files saying that they were no good and that the straight-edge ones were better.
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