Air File--A new tool

[scmhogg]

Yesterday, a friend bought me an Air File at HF.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=1704

I have always hated having to sand the inside of cutouts or inside curves. This little gadget with 3700 strokes per minute, takes away material in short order.

I have wrapped sand paper around the flat file and it seems to work great. I am going to make some different shaped wood paddles with rod stock epoxied in the ends. I will then glue sandpaper to the wood.

Not bad for $16.

Steve

[Hellrazor]

Nice idea. I wonder what 40grit would do on something that fast...

[BobSch]

Nice idea. I wonder what 40grit would do on something that fast...

I don't know. But keep you fire extinguisher handy...

[Pappy]

That could be one of the gems in their inventory.

[Stytooner]

I do like the idea of this tool. I find though that filing is a finesse type job for the most part. I use a grinder and a 1" belt sander most often. These don't always get where I need and then I do break out the files. I can see where grabbing this might be a good idea. I'll have to keep my eye out for that. Thanks.

[dlminehart]

Now, if I only had a compressor that would handle 8 cfm!

[billfrommich]

Now, if I only had a compressor that would handle 8 cfm!

Does anyone know how this tool would perform at a reduced air supply -either correct pressure at reduced CFM (if that' physically possible) , or correct CFM at reduced pressure (more likely)? Are the stokes per minute reduced or the stroke force reduced or both? I don't see either as being that bad a tradeoff as I see this tool being used with finesse more than brute force.

[scmhogg]

Bill--My HF compressor is only rated at 4.9 cfm at 90psi, and the file seems to work great. I have not tried at a lower psi yet.

Steve