According to Dave Hinz :
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:02:29 +0000, DoN. Nichols wrote:

And any file used on rotating work in a lathe
*must* have a handle, because there is a risk of the end of the file
getting caught on a jaw of the chuck,

Yes.

and the file being driven, tang
first, into your chest.

How could it possibly do that, when you're standing off to the side as
you should be when doing this sort of work?

Because the presence of the handle is a secondary safety feature
to be used in addition to the standing to the side. When someone is
focused on the work, it is possible to forget the proper safety
precautions. Having two things protecting the user is better than just
one.

MLA makes kits for building a die filer, but that needs more
tools than you currently have.

Do you have a link for MLA? Google finds me references to them but no
site directly.

You've already received that from someone else, so I won't
duplicate it.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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