Ergonomic File Handle
© Frank Ford, 8/28/98; Photos by FF, 8/28/98
This is a tool I made for rough leveling frets when I'm working with the pre-1934 Martin bar frets. They take a lot of leveling with a file, and my hand began to fatigue, even in the days before arthritis. . .
It's a double-cut mill bastard, with the tang broken off. I glued a wooden "spine" on one side with epoxy, and made a molded grip that fits my hand perfectly:
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