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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