[modeleng] Re: Favorite tools

I will certainly agree with you about the hypnotic
effect of the Shaper!  What kind do you have?  I have
a 7" South Bend that is so quiet the only sound you
hear is the chip coming off the workpiece.  I've been
wondering about the Diamond files and I am glad to get
your input on them.  Oh, before Harry asks, how do
they perform on Cast Iron "skin"?

Al Messer
<alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It depends if you are talking hand tools, or
> machinery.
> 
> With machinery, I would always have said my lathe.
> It has done so much and
> is fun to operate. However, the shaper is such a
> fantastic machine that I
> could spend ages just watching it do its stuff.
> 
> As for hand tools, A couple of years ago I bought a
> diamond file set at one
> of the exhibitions.
> It is wonderful!
> I tend to use it for tasks that it was probably
> never intended for, such as
> sharpening spades and garden tools (the coarse
> insert) through to polishing
> steel (fine insert) in situations where I would have
> used emery before.
> It is supposed to be indestructible, and does seem
> to be.
> 
> alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> www.alanstepney.info
> Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway
> technical pages.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "modeleng" <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 12:20 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Favorite tools
> 
> 
> What is your favorite tool, or rather, which tool do
> you find yourself using the most?  It may not be my
> favorite tool, but I find myself using an eight inch
> file quite a bit as of late!  LOL!
> 
> Al Messer
> 
> 
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