Galooterati:

For twenty-plus years I've believed that I once saw a sales display of
Sandvik files that included "coarse bastard" files. Not really possible
in the traditional system, where the sequential cuts were coarse,
bastard, second cut, smooth, dead smooth, dead-dead-smooth (mostly no
longer made). Well, I've seen it again! OK, not quite, but close enough
for government work. The Highland Hardware catalogue that arrived
yesterday fell open to a page that included objects described as "Coarse-
cutting bastard wood rasps." I don't know if any of my elation is
transferrable---
but for years I've believed but also been wondering if I really did see
those "coarse bastard files."

Tom Conroy Berkeley


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Tom, 

Unlike coarse, bastard, second cut, smooth 
and dead smooth, coarse bastard is not a 
sequential grade for files:  it's a job description.
Things are not pretty when you find it in a 
sales display!

(ducking and running!)

Gary K
Close to the weather system near Buffalo NY, USA
where we've had gusting winds above 60 mph
(about 100 kph, Jeff)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Conroy" <booktoolcutter@y...>

> For twenty-plus years I've believed that I once saw a
> sales display of Sandvik files that included "coarse
> bastard" files. Not really possible in the traditional
> system, where the sequential cuts were coarse,
> bastard, second cut, smooth, dead smooth,

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