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After buying a few sets of cheap import files that really tended to incite frustration followed by anger, I decided to purchase some new files (post-hoc). If if anyone is looking for upgrading files, I'm very happy with the following purchases. http://www.ottofrei.com/Habilis-Vallorbe-Files-Set-of-5 - Extra Coarse 00 * These are $67 but work excellent as roughing files and have a nice balanced feel and are designed for use without a handle. Basswood causes the files to not bite if too smooth it seems. The 00 Habilis grab nicely on basswood and the extra weight seems to aide in the cut. The 3-square works well in cutting slots, it fit horn timbers. * I've been using them for roughing work on filler blocks. These gave me some much needed tooling between a dremel and the cheapie diamond grid needle files, which turns out is something I desperately needed. * Highly recommended. A little pricey but given how much I use them now. http://www.ottofrei.com/Glardon-Vallorbe-LA2483-Swiss-Made-Needle-File-Set-Of-Twelve-6-1-4-16-cm?custcol_of_xc_file_cut=1 - Course 0 * Very nice set of files. * I haven't used these much yet (i've only had them for a week) but I suspect they will be used very often as I progress through the build (and take on more metalworking projects). * $84-93
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