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Shop Tip #019
© Frank Ford 2004; Photo by FF

Virtually all files are safer and easier to use with handles. For a small light duty file, like my fret crowning triangular file here, a simple piece of dowel cemented on the tang makes a great little handle, and costs virtually nothing.