Obj

ect
ive:
Fil
i
ngofamet
alpi
ece.

Appar
atusRequi
red:Bast
ardf
il
es,
smoot
hfi
l
e,Tr
ysquar
e,Benchv
ise.

Theory:Fi
l
ingisaprocessinwhi
chwer
emov
emat
eri
alf
rom wor
kpi
ecet
ogetsmoot
h
sur
faceofrequi
redl
ength.

Ther
ear
edi
ff
erentt
ypesoff
il
eswhi
chcanbeusedf
orf
il
ingpr
ocess.

Ont
hebasi
soft
heshape,
fil
esar
ecl
assi
fi
edas

(1)Fl
atf
il
e:Aflatf
il
earet
hosefi
leswhichhasaf
latsur
face.I
tisusedf
orf
il
ingl
argerf
latar
eas
ofametal.Thi
stypesoff
il
esar
er ect
angul
ari
nshape.

(2)Roundfi
le:
Thesear
ethosef
il
eswhi
char
eofci
rcul
ari
nshapeandusedf
orf
ini
shi
ngkey
hol
e
ofsmalldi
ameter
.

(3)Hal
fRoundFil
e:Theyarethosef
il
eswhi
chi
sfl
ati
nonesi
deandr
oundedi
not
hersi
de.I
tis
usedfordebur
ri
ng,smootheni
ngetc.

(4)Squar
efi
l
e:I
tissquar
einshapeusedf
orf
il
ingofr
ect
angul
ar,
squar
esl
ots,
groov
es,
hol
es
etc.

(5)
.Tri
angul
arFi
l
e:Thesef
il
esar
etr
iangul
ari
nshape.I
tisusedf
ort
ri
mmi
ngandshar
peni
ng
edges.

Ont
hebasi
sofgr
ade,
fil
esar
ecl
assi
fi
edas

(
1)Roughfi
le:
Thesearethosefil
esi
nwhi
chal
argesi
zeandasmal
lnumberoft
eet
har
efound.
I
tisusedf
orcutt
ingsof
tmat er
ial
.

(
2)Bast
ardfi
le:Her
e,teethofthisf
il
esarecompar
ati
vel
ysmal
l
ert
hent
hoseoft
her
oughf
il
e.I
t
i
susedtoremovemateriali
nlargequant
it
y.

(
3)Smoot
hfi
l
e:Thesear
ethef
il
eshav
ingf
inet
eet
hs.I
tisusedt
omakeasmoot
hsur
face.

Cl
assi
fi
cat
ionsoff
il
esont
hebasi
sofcut

(1)Si
ngl
ecutfi
l
e:Thesear
ethef
il
eshav
ingpar
all
ell
i
nesoft
eet
hsacr
ossi
t'
sfacei
none
dir
ect
iononl
y.

(
2)Doubl
ecutfi
le:Thi
stypeoffi
l
escont
ainstworowsoft
eethscr
ossi
ngeachot
her
.Itcut
s
t
hemetalqui
ckl
ybutitcannotmaket
hesurfacev
erysmoot
h.

Pr
ocedur
e:

(
1)Keept
hemet
alpi
ecei
.e.
,j
obi
nthebenchv
ise.
(
2)Take16mm bust
ardf
il
e(orot
herasperr
equi
rement
).

(
3)Hol
dthehandl
eoft
hef
il
ewi
thr
ighthandandkeept
hef
il
eendbal
ancedwi
thl
efthand.

(
4)Dur
ingf
il
ing,
lef
tlegshoul
dbekeptaheadandr
ightl
egbehi
nd.

(
5)Mov
ethef
il
eatt
hespeedof30t
o35st
ri
kespermi
nut
e.

(
6)Appl
ypr
essur
ewhi
l
emov
ingt
hef
il
eaheadonl
y.

(
7)Fort
hef
inal
fini
shi
ng,
use12mm smoot
hfi
l
e.

Pr
ecaut
ions:

(
1)Sel
ectf
il
easpert
hewor
kpi
ece.

(
2)Weart
hesaf
etygl
asses.

(
3)Bal
ancet
hef
il
ewi
thbot
hhands.

(
4)Thef
il
eshoul
dnotbeheat
ed.

(
5)Don'
tappl
ypr
essur
ewhi
l
emov
ingbackt
hef
il
e.

(
6)Hol
dthej
obt
ight
lyi
nthebenchv
ise.