184 "ALCHEMY" by Jensen Knives
184: Here, I’m going onto work on the file machine. A file machine accepts many different size files, which you mount in a chuck under the table; there is a small hole in the table for the file to pass through. You then turn it on, and the file goes straight up and down really fast. With the file machine I can get into that little top curl to clean it up, and help blend the area. Just as in our previous operation (what we ran into when blending the bottom part of the bolster), there again will be a slight discrepancy, the facet in the curve from where the frame goes in one direction, and the bolster goes in another. File machines are hard to find, and expensive, and virtually impossible to find the special files for (reverse cut). The alternative to using this machine is setting up rotary files in your drill press, which I use as well. Both the file machine and rotary files do the same job (though not as well) as the oscillating spindle sander, but on a smaller scale for tighter areas. However, you will still need to go in and hand-sand, finish out the tool marks, a small hand made sanding drum set up in a flex shaft hand tool works great for this. After finishing this operation, disassemble and de-bur.
184 "ALCHEMY" by Jensen Knives
184: Here, I’m going onto work on the file machine. A file machine accepts many different size files, which you mount in a chuck under the table; there is a small hole in the table for the file to pass through. You then turn it on, and the file goes straight up and down really fast. With the file machine I can get into that little top curl to clean it up, and help blend the area. Just as in our previous operation (what we ran into when blending the bottom part of the bolster), there again will be a slight discrepancy, the facet in the curve from where the frame goes in one direction, and the bolster goes in another. File machines are hard to find, and expensive, and virtually impossible to find the special files for (reverse cut). The alternative to using this machine is setting up rotary files in your drill press, which I use as well. Both the file machine and rotary files do the same job (though not as well) as the oscillating spindle sander, but on a smaller scale for tighter areas. However, you will still need to go in and hand-sand, finish out the tool marks, a small hand made sanding drum set up in a flex shaft hand tool works great for this. After finishing this operation, disassemble and de-bur.