Scott Moore wrote in message news:_9LVc.291892$a24.179307@attbi_s03...
ken wrote:
I started to wonder how tey did things that far back. Like how did
they make files? I've looked around the internet and found just about
nothing. I have only a limited amount of available tim eon computer so
has anybody found an links?

Blacksmithing reached perhaps its purest form in the old west. A blacksmith
wanting to set up shop carried anvil and a hammer or so out to make a new
shop, and made all of his tools from scratch. Sorta like Gingerly, the
first couple of tools were hard to make, but after a minimal toolset was
constructed, the work became easier.

Here is a book that you all might find interesting.

Out of the Fiery Furnace by Robert Raymond,
The impact of metals on the history of mankind

The Pennsylvania State University Press

ISBN 0-271-00441-X
A good read, especially for this group. Bob