Cheap file holders

[Yatt]

I heard about this and gave it a try. Works great.


Just drill a hole in a golf ball that is slightly smaller than the file and pound on. They fit into the palm of your hand better than the plastic file handles.


Since I am a golfer and pick up about 2 five gallon pails a season, I should have a good supply.

[M_S_S]

Horseshoers have been using them for years on their rasps, at least out here on the left coast. Ed

[LeeB]

I got more scrap wood than I will ever run out of to make file handles out of. Don't have too many golf balls, although they show up every now and then from all over the 200 acres from when the boy played golf in school.

[SwampDonkey]

I was going to say, I have enough handle wood for 20 men. :D

[7sleeper]

I reuse the ones I have... When a file is dead I take off the old grip and put it on the new file. This has stood, for me, the test of time...

;D

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[petefrom bearswamp]

I make mine out of 1" square stock with a small hole drilled for the file.
This way I can rotate 1/4 turn every tooth which I think helps file life.

[LeeB]

Some of mine are square, some rectangular,and some round. Depends on what's handy. I've even been known to use a small piece of branch.

[7sleeper]

I make mine out of 1" square stock with a small hole drilled for the file.
This way I can rotate 1/4 turn every tooth which I think helps file life.

I always rotate after every stroke.

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[SwampDonkey]

I use a file guide on the brush blades, so I rotate every blade. :D ;)

[Philbert]

Too many pun opportunities here: Do they fit to a 'T'? 'Wood' you recommend them for a guy who 'putters' in his shop?  How do you 'drive' them on? On par with commercial handles?  How do you make a hole in one?

I like the round handle distributing the force over a wider area than the sharp file tang.  But I use a long, conventional file handle, with an extended finger, to help control the angles of the file.  Not sure that a golf ball would give me this type of control.

Philbert

[DaleK]

I thought this was what broken hockey sticks are for?