Review on 🪑 Optimized Woodworking Furniture Restoration for Automotive Use by Vince Preston

Decorative metalworking includes many tasks that are done with files, from roughing to finishing to the workpiece. Steel files in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and cuts were part of the standard tool set from the beginning apprentice to the master. There's nothing like having the right file for the job. But the best files are expensive. (Not the same, but ask your barber how much they paid for the scissors.) Good sets of files cost more. This tool certainly isn't a replacement for such gems, but it does offer affordable versatility across a good chunk of the range. Although the tool's body is made of plastic rather than steel, the real tool is its abrasive surface. Unlike the shaped and hardened surface of a file, this abrasive is commercially available sandpaper or wet or dry abrasive ranging in grit from 100 (or coarser) to 2000 (or much finer). The work surface, while short-lived like hardened steel, is replaceable. And you can change it to any grit you want while your #2 file stays #2 forever — or until it gets boring. If you're a master mechanic, you snorted and left a long time ago. But I'm a DIY/hobbyist on a budget. For me the versatility of changing the clipping plane at will is very appealing and helps me save the next real file that I think will capitalize on that special moment in a special project, well worth the effort. - wiredweird