I’ve got to replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type work. Do any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try? Quality is important to me, and I don’t mind paying a premium for good tools.

For straight needle files, Grobet Valtitan.  Otto Frei has good prices.  Like $10-12 each.

For riffler files, I do not have any that I like in the same way.  I would be willing to try other recommendations too.

> On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:14 PM, STEVE GOODSON saxgourmet@... [MouthpieceWork] <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> I’ve got to replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type work. Do any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try? Quality is important to me, and I don’t mind paying a premium for good tools.
> 
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What are the best methods people here have found for unclogging files?

Barry Levine

On 1/25/2016 3:40 PM, gregwier@... [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
> Valtitan files come in 3 different cuts or coarseness. 00, 0 and 2 The 
> current price is $13
>
> --- MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> From: "Keith Bradbury kwbradbury@... [MouthpieceWork]" 
> <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com>
> To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] File suggestions?
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:20:05 -0500
>
> For straight needle files, Grobet Valtitan.  Otto Frei has good 
> prices.  Like $10-12 each.
>
> For riffler files, I do not have any that I like in the same way.  I 
> would be willing to try other recommendations too.
>
> On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:14 PM, STEVE GOODSON saxgourmet@... 
> <mailto:saxgourmet@...> [MouthpieceWork] 
> <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
>
> I’ve got to replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type 
> work. Do any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try? 
> Quality is important to me, and I don’t mind paying a premium for good 
> tools.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

I use a piece of engineers scratch card. If you rub your files on a 
piece of chalk before using them you'll find that they don't clog nearly 
as much.
Tony F.

On 1/29/2016 1:45 AM, Barry Levine barrylevine@... 
[MouthpieceWork] wrote:
>
> What are the best methods people here have found for unclogging files?
>
> Barry Levine
>
> On 1/25/2016 3:40 PM, gregwier@... [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
> > Valtitan files come in 3 different cuts or coarseness. 00, 0 and 2 The
> > current price is $13
> >
> > --- MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> >
> > From: "Keith Bradbury kwbradbury@... [MouthpieceWork]"
> > <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com>
> > To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] File suggestions?
> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:20:05 -0500
> >
> > For straight needle files, Grobet Valtitan. Otto Frei has good
> > prices. Like $10-12 each.
> >
> > For riffler files, I do not have any that I like in the same way. I
> > would be willing to try other recommendations too.
> >
> > On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:14 PM, STEVE GOODSON saxgourmet@...
> > <mailto:saxgourmet@...> [MouthpieceWork]
> > <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I’ve got to replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type
> > work. Do any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try?
> > Quality is important to me, and I don’t mind paying a premium for good
> > tools.
> >
> >
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Thanks. 

But do you mean a "file card"? 

On google, there are no
results for searching the quoted phrase "engineer's scratch card", and
only 2 irrelevant results for the phrase "engineers scratch card"


Barry 

On 2016-01-28 9:53 am, Tony F tfairbri@...
[MouthpieceWork] wrote: 

> I use a piece of engineers scratch card. If
you rub your files on a piece of chalk before using them you'll find
that they don't clog nearly as much.
> Tony F.
> 
> On 1/29/2016 1:45
AM, Barry Levine barrylevine@... [7] [MouthpieceWork]
wrote: 
> 
>> What are the best methods people here have found for
unclogging files?
>> 
>> Barry Levine
>> 
>> On 1/25/2016 3:40 PM,
gregwier@... [1] [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
>> > Valtitan files
come in 3 different cuts or coarseness. 00, 0 and 2 The 
>> > current
price is $13
>> >
>> > --- MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com [2] wrote:
>>
>
>> > From: "Keith Bradbury kwbradbury@... [3] [MouthpieceWork]"

>> > 
>> > To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com [4]
>> > Subject: Re:
[MouthpieceWork] File suggestions?
>> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:20:05
-0500
>> >
>> > For straight needle files, Grobet Valtitan. Otto Frei
has good 
>> > prices. Like $10-12 each.
>> >
>> > For riffler files, I
do not have any that I like in the same way. I 
>> > would be willing to
try other recommendations too.
>> >
>> > On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:14 PM,
STEVE GOODSON saxgourmet@... [5] 
>> > [MouthpieceWork] 
>> >
<MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com [6] 
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > I've got to
replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type 
>> > work. Do
any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try? 
>> > Quality is
important to me, and I don't mind paying a premium for good 
>> >
tools.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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There is a tool that is a brush on one side and sort of a stiff wire brush on the other. I think this is called a file card for some reason. Some opinions are that the wire brush side dulls files and a piece of hardwood was recommended for unclogging. I tried it and found that the wood works well.

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> On Jan 28, 2016, at 9:51 AM, barrylevine barrylevine@... [MouthpieceWork] <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> [Attachment(s) from barrylevine included below]
> Thanks.
> 
> But do you mean a "file card"?
> 
> On google, there are no results for searching the quoted phrase "engineer's scratch card", and only 2 irrelevant results for the phrase "engineers scratch card"
> 
> Barry
> 
> On 2016-01-28 9:53 am, Tony F tfairbri@... [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
> 
>>  
>> I use a piece of engineers scratch card. If you rub your files on a piece of chalk before using them you'll find that they don't clog nearly as much.
>> Tony F.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 1/29/2016 1:45 AM, Barry Levine barrylevine@norwoodlight.com [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
>>>  
>>> What are the best methods people here have found for unclogging files?
>>> 
>>> Barry Levine
>>> 
>>> On 1/25/2016 3:40 PM, gregwier@... [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
>>> > Valtitan files come in 3 different cuts or coarseness. 00, 0 and 2 The 
>>> > current price is $13
>>> >
>>> > --- MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>>> >
>>> > From: "Keith Bradbury kwbradbury@... [MouthpieceWork]" 
>>> > 
>>> > To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
>>> > Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] File suggestions?
>>> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:20:05 -0500
>>> >
>>> > For straight needle files, Grobet Valtitan. Otto Frei has good 
>>> > prices. Like $10-12 each.
>>> >
>>> > For riffler files, I do not have any that I like in the same way. I 
>>> > would be willing to try other recommendations too.
>>> >
>>> > On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:14 PM, STEVE GOODSON saxgourmet@... 
>>> > [MouthpieceWork] 
>>> > <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
>>> > > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I’ve got to replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type 
>>> > work. Do any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try? 
>>> > Quality is important to me, and I don’t mind paying a premium for good 
>>> > tools.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ----------------------------------------------------------
>>> 
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I've looked for a reference for it, but can't find it online. I bought a 
roll many years ago, so haven't needed to buy it since, so perhaps it's 
a product that no longer exists. To describe it, imagine a length of 
stiff, but still flexible material consisting of several layers of a 
dense woven hessian material sandwiched with layers of latex. The whole 
length is studded with densley applied metal staples punched through 
from one side only in close-set rows. They are held in place by the 
latex and one side of the material presents something like a dense metal 
brush.
Tony F.

On 1/29/2016 4:51 AM, barrylevine barrylevine@... 
[MouthpieceWork] wrote:
> [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from barrylevine included below]
>
> Thanks.
>
> But do you mean a "file card"?
>
> On google, there are no results for searching the quoted phrase 
> "engineer's scratch card", and only 2 irrelevant results for the 
> phrase "engineers scratch card"
>
> Barry
>
> On 2016-01-28 9:53 am, Tony F tfairbri@... [MouthpieceWork] 
> wrote:
>
>> I use a piece of engineers scratch card. If you rub your files on a 
>> piece of chalk before using them you'll find that they don't clog 
>> nearly as much.
>> Tony F.
>>
>> On 1/29/2016 1:45 AM, Barry Levine barrylevine@... 
>> [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
>>>
>>> What are the best methods people here have found for unclogging files?
>>>
>>> Barry Levine
>>>
>>> On 1/25/2016 3:40 PM, gregwier@... [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
>>> > Valtitan files come in 3 different cuts or coarseness. 00, 0 and 2 
>>> The
>>> > current price is $13
>>> >
>>> > --- MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>>> >
>>> > From: "Keith Bradbury kwbradbury@... [MouthpieceWork]"
>>> >
>>> > To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
>>> > Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] File suggestions?
>>> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:20:05 -0500
>>> >
>>> > For straight needle files, Grobet Valtitan. Otto Frei has good
>>> > prices. Like $10-12 each.
>>> >
>>> > For riffler files, I do not have any that I like in the same way. I
>>> > would be willing to try other recommendations too.
>>> >
>>> > On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:14 PM, STEVE GOODSON saxgourmet@...
>>> > [MouthpieceWork]
>>> > <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
>>> > > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I’ve got to replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type
>>> > work. Do any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try?
>>> > Quality is important to me, and I don’t mind paying a premium for 
>>> good
>>> > tools.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ----------------------------------------------------------
>>>
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I'd seen the use of a piece of hardwood to unclog, and this does
work on a flat file; but is not very applicable to riffler files with
various curved surfaces 

I tried a vinegar soak (suggested somewhere
online), which blackened the files a bit, but didn't seem to accomplish
anything else. 

I'll probably just buy a new set. 

On 2016-01-28 4:28
pm, Richard Tyznik tyznik@... [MouthpieceWork] wrote: 

>
[Attachment(s) [10] from Richard Tyznik included below] 
> 
> There is a
tool that is a brush on one side and sort of a stiff wire brush on the
other. I think this is called a file card for some reason. Some opinions
are that the wire brush side dulls files and a piece of hardwood was
recommended for unclogging. I tried it and found that the wood works
well.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 
> 
> On Jan 28, 2016, at 9:51 AM,
barrylevine barrylevine@... [11] [MouthpieceWork]
<MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com [12]> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks. 
>> 
>> But
do you mean a "file card"? 
>> 
>> On google, there are no results for
searching the quoted phrase "engineer's scratch card", and only 2
irrelevant results for the phrase "engineers scratch card" 
>> 
>> Barry

>> 
>> On 2016-01-28 9:53 am, Tony F tfairbri@... [9]
[MouthpieceWork] wrote: 
>> 
>>> I use a piece of engineers scratch
card. If you rub your files on a piece of chalk before using them you'll
find that they don't clog nearly as much.
>>> Tony F.
>>> 
>>> On
1/29/2016 1:45 AM, Barry Levine barrylevine@... [7]
[MouthpieceWork] wrote: 
>>> 
>>>> What are the best methods people here
have found for unclogging files?
>>>> 
>>>> Barry Levine
>>>> 
>>>> On
1/25/2016 3:40 PM, gregwier@... [1] [MouthpieceWork]
wrote:
>>>> > Valtitan files come in 3 different cuts or coarseness. 00,
0 and 2 The 
>>>> > current price is $13
>>>> >
>>>> > ---
MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com [2] wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > From: "Keith
Bradbury kwbradbury@... [3] [MouthpieceWork]" 
>>>> > 
>>>> > To:
MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com [4]
>>>> > Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork]
File suggestions?
>>>> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:20:05 -0500
>>>>
>
>>>> > For straight needle files, Grobet Valtitan. Otto Frei has good

>>>> > prices. Like $10-12 each.
>>>> >
>>>> > For riffler files, I do
not have any that I like in the same way. I 
>>>> > would be willing to
try other recommendations too.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:14
PM, STEVE GOODSON saxgourmet@... [5] 
>>>> > [MouthpieceWork] 
>>>>
> <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com [6] 
>>>> > > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
I've got to replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type

>>>> > work. Do any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try?

>>>> > Quality is important to me, and I don't mind paying a premium
for good 
>>>> > tools.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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Regarding the question of how to unclog files...

I've been taught to use the 'file card' (stiff wire brush made for cleaning
files)...
or if that doesn't work, use a piece of the same material that you're
filing to drive the pieces out from between the teeth.

Hold the file flat on the bench, push the end of the piece of material hard
against the file, parallel to the teeth, driving the filings from between
the teeth.

Like materials work best: Steel for steel, brass for brass etc.

Hope that helps.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 5:51 PM, barrylevine barrylevine@...
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> Thanks.
>
> But do you mean a "file card"?
>
> On google, there are no results for searching the quoted phrase
> "engineer's scratch card", and only 2 irrelevant results for the phrase
> "engineers scratch card"
>
> Barry
>
> On 2016-01-28 9:53 am, Tony F tfairbri@... [MouthpieceWork]
> wrote:
>
>
>
> I use a piece of engineers scratch card. If you rub your files on a piece
> of chalk before using them you'll find that they don't clog nearly as much.
> Tony F.
>
> On 1/29/2016 1:45 AM, Barry Levine barrylevine@...
> [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
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> What are the best methods people here have found for unclogging files?
>
> Barry Levine
>
> On 1/25/2016 3:40 PM, gregwier@netscape.com [MouthpieceWork] wrote:
> > Valtitan files come in 3 different cuts or coarseness. 00, 0 and 2 The
> > current price is $13
> >
> > --- MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> >
> > From: "Keith Bradbury kwbradbury@yahoo.com [MouthpieceWork]"
> >
> > To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] File suggestions?
> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:20:05 -0500
> >
> > For straight needle files, Grobet Valtitan. Otto Frei has good
> > prices. Like $10-12 each.
> >
> > For riffler files, I do not have any that I like in the same way. I
> > would be willing to try other recommendations too.
> >
> > On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:14 PM, STEVE GOODSON saxgourmet@...
> > [MouthpieceWork]
> > <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > I’ve got to replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type
> > work. Do any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try?
> > Quality is important to me, and I don’t mind paying a premium for good
> > tools.
> >
> >
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One word: Grobet.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:14 PM, STEVE GOODSON saxgourmet@...
[MouthpieceWork] <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> I’ve got to replace some of the files I use for baffles and that type
> work. Do any of you have any suggestions on brands I might try? Quality is
> important to me, and I don’t mind paying a premium for good tools.
> 
>

How about a toothbrush?