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Tractor man01/10/2011 21:10:36
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Hi all, I would appreciate any information on filing machines. I have heard of Thiel machines and found some images on the web, but I am sure there are other makes, British perhaps? I am off to collect one tomorrow and when I find the maker I will be able to request information apecifically about that one. I want to use needle files and think I will have to make my own mounts for them.
Regards,
 
Mick
Dunc02/10/2011 02:48:40
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Harold Hall wrote a construction article for a filing machine starting in MEW 161, March 2010.
One of the segments had suggestions for adapting hand files; another had sources for purchasing machine files.
 
MEW 155 also had a die filer on the cover but I don't believe that a formal article with drawings followed.

The Workshop Practice Series #31 also has construction drawings and notes.

Popular Mechanics had an article: "Mechanics of Machine Filing" in the July 1943 issue.
You can obtain it from
http://books.google.com/books?id=RdMDAAAAMBAJ
 
At the same url you can obtain plans to construct several machines: look at Feb 1941, Oct 1947, Mar 1957.
 
Searches on other machining forums, for example, Home Model Engine Machinist & Home Shop Machinist will certainly provide many threads. Don't have an urls, tho'.

 

Tractor man03/10/2011 13:07:06
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I collected the unit on Sunday, it looks like a Milwaukee filing machine but has no manufacturers marks or plates.
 
It also looks like a "New Wonder" filing machine, one of which has just popped up on ebay. If anyone has any information or better yet a handbook for either machine I would be grateful.
 
I am going to strip and refurb the unit so need as much information as possible.
 
Cheers,
 
Mick
Tractor man03/10/2011 13:10:23
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Also any ideas on file suppliers for the type of files involved, I know I can modify handfiles but would love to have some of the "proper thing" to work off.
 
Regards
 
Bogstandard03/10/2011 14:28:23
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I searched for months to find a supplier rather than businesses that would make them, for a price.
 
The place I eventually found to supply me some is here.
 
http://www.victornet.com/subdepartments/Parallel-Machine-Files/2215.html?id=TzmenX8s
 
Go down this post to see how I got to that site
 
http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=43223
 
 
John

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