HACKSAWS & FILES

HACKSAWS & FILES

HACKSAW PART NAMES

HANDLEFRAME

BLADE ADJUSTER

HACKSAW PURPOSE

CUT METAL CAN CUT PLASTIC, WOOD, ETC.

PROPER USE OF HACKSAW

USE THUMB NAIL TO GET STARTED

PROPER USE OF HACKSAW APPLY PRESSURE WHILE PUSHING AWAY FROM YOUR BODY RELIEVE PRESSURE ON RETURN

• BLADE INSTALLED WITH TEETH POINTING AWAY FROM HANDLE

HACKSAW MAINTENANCE & SAFETY KEEP BLADE PROPERLY TIGHTENED

AND INSTALLED IN PROPER DIRECTION KEEP YOUR FINGERS OUTSIDE OF

FRAME DON’T TEST BLADE SHARPNESS WITH

FINGERS• A DULL BLADE WILL EASILY CUT FINGER

HACKSAW MAINTENANCE

REPLACE BLADES THAT ARE WORN OUT OR ARE IN BAD CONDITION

BENT

HACKSAW PROPER USE

CUT WITH 40 TO 60 STROKES PER MINUTE

WATCH AND POINT THE BLADE IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO CUT

SELECT THE PROPER BLADE

SELECTING PROPER BLADETHIS IS ON THE TOOL TEST

LENGTHS COME IN 8”, 10”, AND 12” WE USE ALL 12”

TEETH PER INCH 14T, 18T, 24T, 32T

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DIFFERENT TEETH PER INCH

TEETH PER INCH SELECTION

KEEP AT LEAST THREE TEETH IN CONTACTWITH THE METAL AT ALL TIMES

TEETH PER INCH SELECTION

KEEP AT LEAST THREE TEETH IN CONTACTWITH THE METAL AT ALL TIMES

TEETH PER INCH SELECTION

TOO MANY TEETH CAUSE VERY SLOW CUTTINGSELECT AS FEW TEETH AS YOU CAN AND KEEP3 TEETH IN CONTACT

TEETH PER INCH SELECTION

LESS THAN 3 TEETH CAUSE BLADE TOGRAB AND BEND OR BREAK

STANLEY HACKSAW PRICEAPPROXIMATELY $30

FILES

FILE PART NAMES

TANGEDGE

HANDLE - screws or wedges onto tang

HEELBODY

FILE PURPOSE

USED TO CUT OR SHAPE MATERIAL USED TO SMOOTH MATERIAL

FILE USE AND SAFETY (ON TOOL TEST)

ALWAYS USE WITH A HANDLE INSTALLED ON THE TANG

FILE USE AND SAFETY

APPLY PRESSURE WHILE PUSHING AWAY FROM YOUR BODY

RELIEVE PRESSURE ON RETURN STROKE (JUST LIKE HACKSAWS)

DON’T PRY WITH OR HAMMER WITH• VERY HARD WHICH MAKES IT BRITTLE

• TANG IS THE ONLY SOFT PART

STORE AWAY FROM OTHER HARD TOOLS

FILE MAINTENANCE

KEEP CLEAN AND DRY CAN “CHALK” TEETH TO HELP KEEP

TEETH CLEAN CLEAN TEETH WITH FILE CARD

FILE TYPESFLAT ROUND HALF SQUARE ROUND TRI-SQUARE

FILE TYPES

3 SQUARE

FLAT

ENGINEERING FILES

HALF ROUND

KNIFE

ROUND

SQUARE

WARDING

FILE CUTS

CUTS SMOOTHERBUT SLOWER

CUTS FASTERBUT ROUGHER

FILE CUTS

HAVE CURVED TOOTH CUT HAVE INDIVIDUAL TOOTH CUT

• SOMETIMES CALLED A RASP• THESE ARE USUALLY USED ON WOOD

OR SOFT METALS LIKE BRASS

RASP OR INDIVIDUALTOOTH FILE

FILE VARIATIONS

NEEDLE FILE SET

RIFFLER RASP SET

THREAD RESTORERFILE

HACKSAWS AND FILES

QUESTIONS?