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Shop Tip #008
© Frank Ford 2004; Photo by FF

Forget about the steel "file card" brush - use any scrap of hardwood to clean a clogged file. Just press a corner down into the teeth, and push straight ahead in line with them. As you repeat the process, you'll be cutting teeth into the wood and the file will come clean with ease.

Unfortunately, this technique doesn't really work on double cut files