Old Files: Rags To Riches

Old files? Quick tip / handy tool!
#TIPBLITZ19
Music: Double Helix - Ethan Meixsell

[@hardcode57]

The correct name for the custom spoke wrench is, of course, a bespoke wrench.

[@leonardpearlman4017]

The WINNER!

[@mikecurtin9831]

Yeah, I think that's one of the worst puns I've ever heard. Did not see it coming. Bravo.

[@davidzachmeyer1957]

That would be a bespoke spoke wrench.

[@Berkeloid0]

Who spoke of the bespoke spoke wrench?

[@DrDamoStrikesBack]

😂

[@NazgulGnome]

"These are dull files. I made them myself." Took me a second to get that one. Especially after Clickspring made his own files for the Antikythera project

[@NZobservatory]

My computer is filled with old files.

[@Qgal5kap123]

Now let's see you make a deburring tool from those!

[@brucepulver8358]

@@Qgal5kap123 you may only be able to make reaming and boring tools out of some of those?!?!?!?!?!?

[@NZobservatory]

@@Qgal5kap123 They are incredibly dull but I like to think I'm up to the challenge.

[@sween187]

Your files are 'in' the computer...

[@Catchcheese]

Ya, I was playing mc then fell into lava, that rage drove me there....

[@NoMoreUsersAvailible]

Visual gag suggestion that seems up your alley: Camera shows you meticulously indicating something into a 4 jaw chuck. Zoom out and you see it's a pencil. You take a tapered cut to sharpen the pencil, then pull it out of the chuck to sketch out whatever you were actually going to show.

[@mannys9130]

I love it. AvE would definitely do this right after saying "What's the point of having the balls of a bull moose if you don't swing em around a bit?"

[@lopezepol75]

I have actually thought about starting an artisan pencil sharpening service. Pencils would be sharpened on a treadle operated stone for maximum hispterness. 25 buck for a resharpen and 50 for an initial grind. Give me a week or two of lead time and you will never have to mess around with one of those tedious electric sharpeners again.

[@inscept8485]

Why would you pull it out of the chuck and lose registration? Just unscrew the chuck, do your pencil work, and put it back in the next time you need to sharpen.

[@einHOCHaufWISEGUYS]

…all this just to instantly snap the tip ofc 👌😅

[@CraigsWorkshop]

@@lopezepol75 Lol. Lead time. I see what you did there :)

[@FrenchGuyCooking]

Never occurred to me that metal lathes could also be used to turn wood :D

[@Nemozoli]

Alex, what are you doing here? Need some wooden handles for your automatic drawers? :D I have used my metal lathe to turn wood, but it gets a bit mucky and it's rather hard to clean out properly.

[@atomicwinter31]

I've only ever cut wood with a metal lathe, and lemme tell ya this. Use rounded hss cutters. I found that insert bits and other types always cut too harshly, and tend to split the wood or make it explode out the lathe. Ive almost died from that lol, too deep of cuts with a cutter, it launches out of the lathe and goes BANG

[@j-man72b72]

"These are dull files, I made them my self" It's these little tidbits that TOT drops all through these videos that make each video a pleasure to watch. I'm glad Tony isn't a proctologist, these videos would be harder to watch.

[@jacobg5122]

That reminds me of something my grandfather used to say every time me and my siblings got our hair cut. "I like your hair, kiddo. Did you grow it yourself?"

[@bluedeath996]

I need a lathe. Can you do a tutorial on how to make one from an old file?

[@dmleach]

"What do I look like, Frank Howarth?" Beats us, we only ever see your hands.

[@RenaxTM91]

Nah, he's done a face reveal way back, I think for 100k subs..

[@davesalzer3220]

My wife just watched you turn wood on your lathe, thanks. Now I’ll be cleaning up sawdust for the rest of my life.

[@APage-hn6cz]

that's your cue to buy another lathe 🤔

[@SmilingDevil]

Dave Salzer well, why did you let her watch Old tony Videos Unsupervised!!! Plus it’s your own fault anyway, since you lied to her about “it ONLY can do metal, sorry Honey” when you bought the lathe...

[@RenaxTM91]

Obviously TOT has a special dual purpose lathe, for metal AND wood. Your little lathe can only do metal, and some plastic if you really need it. If she wants you to turn some wood she's gonna have to make room in the budget for a bigger and better lathe...

[@benharris7987]

My father taught me this except we use the wheel to hollow grind it. It takes a steady hand but yields an extremely sharp tool

[@mikecurtin9831]

That's how I was taught, too.

[@hassmakki]

Tell me you wouldn't give this man a hug for making your day better.

[@Shaun.Stephens]

I wouldn't give this man a hug for making my day better - I'd give him a kiss!

[@BravoCharleses]

I wouldn't give this man a hug for making my day better, I'd give him my hard earned money. And a hug.

[@hassmakki]

@@BravoCharleses as a patreon I do half that already 👍

[@ironken1796]

@@hassmakki Patreon is able to send hugs?

[@bobbyo.8484]

Yup this guy's on point.... pun somewhat intended.

[@mannys9130]

Life goal: Reach the god-tier level of deadpan and sarcasm that Tony has attained.

[@ltheo2000]

You know... one could say you are the Frank Howarth of machining!!

[@JohnnyBravo1977]

Dude you're right, Tony gives me some of the calm that Frank gives in his videos

[@oingoboingo56]

"Paging Dr. Fine, Dr. Howarth, Dr. Fine"

[@SeraphimKnight]

"Keep it cool, you don't wanna lose your temper" -- sage advice to keep at heart, whether working with hardened steel or in daily life.

[@pauldzim]

ToT makes his own straight-edge razors out of old files? What a badass!

[@greg9403]

That is why he never shows his face. After the accident with the homemade shaver.😳

[@physicsguybrian]

@@greg9403 He has shown his face but maybe that was before the shaver incident to which you refer?

[@threepotMR2]

Best hand model on youtube

[@Qgal5kap123]

That's because he uses that avon79 cream

[@ccamen]

Are you blind? he bites his nails

[@johnpossum556]

@@ccamen He does his own nails with that air filer he showed a couple of videos ago. That was his secret.

[@chemusvandergeek1209]

AvE gives him a run for his money, as do both Bosnian Bill and the Lockpicking Lawyer

[@johnpossum556]

@@chemusvandergeek1209 I love the BosianBill video where he picks locks while mountain biking offroad. Now THAT is mad skills!

[@georges8348]

Spoons, spoons , spoons. Why is it always spoons. For God's sake someone make a fork,,

[@jasonsummit1885]

I might just have to try that, I work with stone and that sounds like something I could do.😁

[@emeltea33]

I believe it's because wives keep saying, "I wanna spoon, I wanna spoon." So the men diligently get to work. Turns out the woman just want lay together, maybe for sexy stuff, but probably not. Men figure it out before they start in on making forks.

[@johnpossum556]

I find the pancake/burger flipper to be far more practical when making kitchen tools in the shop.

[@louisvictor3473]

You need to make a spoon first to make a fork (you cut the bits you don't need out of it).

[@UncleKennysPlace]

@@emeltea33" She likes to spoon, I like to fork" is a song by David Wilcox.

[@robg109]

Think we've all been through a spoon carving phase. Nothing to be ashamed of

[@Gogofam123]

Man I love THIS CHANNEL

[@amiaf]

I love that old tony more

[@oneofbillions691]

Your wit is only surpassed by your skill and creativity.

[@charickter]

Haha! Shout out to Frank Howarth! Love the VJO's, Tony!

[@michaela9389]

Enjoyed you throwing a little love toward IPOT with the background music.

[@joshuaadams-leavitt4603]

It’d be more impressive if you made files out of old pocket watches

[@sprinkhole58]

Even more if he made pockets out of old watches...

[@RobertKreegier]

#pocketwatchchallenge2019blitzorama It looks a lot less catchy when I write it down

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

What is so interesting to watch files in an old pocket?

[@bennyfactr6122]

I repurpose my worn files into new files for the nephew

[@d.r.8868]

Hahaha

[@Mr.Sparks.173]

I repurpose my new files from my uncle into windchimes.

[@Flymochairman1]

@@Mr.Sparks.173 Hahaha

[@smorris12]

My old files get used as, erm, filing files. I think I've failed in life.

[@louisvictor3473]

filed in life* C'mon, it was begging to be made.

[@smorris12]

As someone who appreciates a good pun, that was inspired!

[@therealjammit]

I followed what you did and now I have a deburrer stuck in my metal table.

[@bobpiggy3756]

Great tip. My mother's dad used to do custom work for the Johnson Automatic Gun manufacturer. Most if his custom made tools, he made out of files. Because they are so durable, I still use them regularly. Keep up the great work!

[@demonsheadshot8086]

Do you have any Johnson rifles btw

[@alizaib7698]

I don't know why I'm here. Never done machining in my life. Never needed to watch anything like this. But now I'm watching all of these guys videos. Amazing video production is the thing making me watch

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Nice tip and I enjoyed. My grandfather was making these in the 1920's, I still use his today. Thanks for sharing these are great. Your are beautiful.

[@C_HILL_OUT]

I was a supervisor at a shop where a few guys made these then started attacking each other. They were related to each other and all related to the plant manager. I didn’t work there long after that.

[@StefanGotteswinter]

They are also perfect to completely bugger up a perfectly machined part and draw blood from uncarefull-deburr-ers

[@mikecurtin9831]

True dat.

[@laramiejensen5710]

I do the same thing with screwdrivers, also EVERY tool is a hammer

[@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT]

@paul beenis You haven't tried hard enough :-)

[@tomboconklin]

@paul beenis I could be wrong, but I think this is an Adam Savage reference.

[@colinantink9094]

How about a feather quill? Go on. Go hammer a 3 inch nail into Ebony with that. I’d pay to see that actually....

[@jasonsummit1885]

If you need a soft blow hammer, a block of hardwood works great 👍

[@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT]

@@colinantink9094 Each hammer has it's purpose. Your examples are feather light hammers. But I've used a credit card to hammer a plug into a wall hole (my cheap drill was not at hand).

[@tommykj2]

Just made an engraving tool the other day with a broken needle file. Flies, the tool that never stops giving. Great video as always!

[@danielwgk]

Didn't know I was watching a Woodworking channel. You're a man of more than one skills.

[@johnpossum556]

He ain't a real woodworker because of the way he turned that handle. A real woodworker would have had a irish grind gouge and skew cut that baby so fine you would not even want to use sandpaper on it. A little bit of grooviness makes it hold better in the hand.

[@elcheapo5302]

ToT just picked up a whole bunch of incarcerated subscribers.

[@miklov]

With access to a metal workshop and old pointy tools?

[@rextransformation7418]

@@miklov LOL!!!

[@ronwilken5219]

Tony, I needed a deburring tool, a lifetime and two countries ago, to take burrs off large copper coaxial transmission cables. Nothing like that was available and my pocket knife didn't hold a workable edge for long cutting copper. Long story short, I had a 10" triangular file in my tool box. Triangular because you can cut square, rectangular or triangular holes with one file. Round, not so much. Anyway an appointment with a smooth concrete step, some water and elbow grease and the last inch of the file also became a deburring tool. That was about sixty years ago. That tool has, if I remember correctly, never been resharpened and it's done thousands of coax cables, plumbing jobs, lathe work before I got a Noga type, and its now back in my carry tool box waiting to cut my way out of whatever mess I end up in next. Thanks for the video. Best wishes for the Christmas season to you and yours from Canada's banana belt.🤞🇨🇦🍌🥋🇺🇦🕊️🇺🇲💩☃️👍

[@TearthyFlame]

I like this idea using old files for tools and I luved your little handle!

[@benjaminwinn8899]

The Frank Howarth reference made me laugh out loud. Well done good sir!

[@chuckgrenci6404]

My first exposure to these-type deburring tools goes back 50 years when working for my Dad in his machine shop. So simple yet functional. Great video Tony; hope you helped others.

[@FURST420]

You are funnier than most stand up comedians ! Your wit is very entertaining and is what keeps me coming back to your channel

[@ZILAwelds]

Now i need to make one. My daughter watched this with me and now we need to make one of those AND the ice cream scooper

[@AlexOvechkinSucks]

Woah, I also fashioned a pocketwatch out of an old putty knife, 2 paperclips, and a spring from a pen.

[@ke6gwf]

I loved how you used the rasp teeth for the hour hands! Unbelievably amazing work as usual.

[@fullmetalmachinist3679]

Your video editing is absoluting freaking brilliant, I love it! lol So good.

[@BarneySaysHi]

My grandfather once made a chisel out of a dull file. It paid he used to be a blacksmith, the man was really handy!

[@markschweter6371]

I re-ground and honed the triangle file scraper last year, which my grandfather had made, to scrape in a toolpost to fit it's bolt as the bore was too small for a boring bar. Fond memories watching this.

[@Buddy-po4hv]

I'm loving those older videos, ToT you are a true entertainer!

[@stumccabe]

Excellent tip Tony. I've never thrown away an old file - I've probably got over 50 of them!

[@MJ-nb1qn]

I’ll up that to at least 100. Hard to believe, but my wife went to a garage sale today and bought me another file! I have NEVER threw out a file, except at the neighbor!

[@johnchetcuti6518]

Good tips again mate. Love all your videos.

[@lawriealush-jaggs1473]

I made one of those about thirty years ago. It doesn't get used all that often but it has only been sharpened once. I hollow ground mine to a radius of about 200mm, works a treat. Thanks for all the vids, I really enjoy them.

[@miklov]

"Oh great, now I need a deburring tool to make my deburring tool" ← Things similar to this happens to me way more often than it should

[@JBFromOZ]

mate thank you so much for being involved in #tipsblitz19 us small folks really appreciate it :-)

[@MichaelLloyd]

You make files dull too!!! At last! I have something on common with TOT!!! It's s glorious day!!

[@da__kick]

I built one this week from crappy steel and now you made this video. I think, i'll make a new one👍 Thank you for your nice and informative vids. Greetings from Germany

[@Hellsong89]

Remember that it does not matter if your files are dull, you can still sharpen them with ease using for instance citric acid. I went trough all the old files in garage and it was done in two weeks with actual work time of maybe 30minutes over all for washing the removed metal off, drying them with paper or hitting them quickly with a torch and then oiling them. Only ones with serious damage like trying to file hardened stainless steel that rip the whole file surface out, or are covered in paint or such are lost cause. Long as there is still teeth around and you can clean them from crap so acid can do its job you are golden.

[@slackjaw703]

I too had a small boiled linseed oil problem in the early 80s. Nasty habit, one to be avoided. Awesome video!

[@tinkermouse-scottrussell3738]

Great tip Tony thanks for taking the time to share it with us. Play Safe From Elliot Lake Ontario Canada.

[@tonyhewett3729]

Yep I had a tool box full of ground down files used for deburring, scraping and finishing machined parts. A good Engineer will always make his own kit.

[@jimc3688]

Yeah, but what do you do with all those old grinding wheels ?

[@s0584333]

I find your subtle humor excellent.

[@AuditorsUnited]

can reupload this under how to make a nice prison shank?

[@jlucasound]

It would be better to keep the file as it is! More likely to get you out.

[@AuditorsUnited]

@Guy Taylor wait i get to play pool in prison

[@carrotbailey]

John Connor don’t let normies fool you. Prison was the most fun I’ve had since summer camp as a kid

[@jimmytvfclassic]

I was thinking of throwing old files away, but now I have to keep'em... for good!! Thanks TOT

[@thisoldproperty]

TOT dad jokes never get old. Thanks Tony.

[@cdanielh128]

Anytime I have a shitty day, on occasion a good one here and there, I like to hop in here for a laugh. Sometimes the Bill Burr just gets me amped up. I thank you sir. Also my wife can speak to me without my whining about my shitty day so she thanks you! Sometimes I learn a thing. Never stuff. Just things.

[@tomsdreamshopworx]

Man, you crack me up! Great Frank reference, he is awesome. Oh, and nice tool too!

[@waynespyker5731]

My triangular deburring scraper was salvaged from a file tang and a 3 1/2" section having 5/16 flats. I hollow ground the flats on a Gorton cutter grinder 6" wheel. Retaining the last 1 1/4" cross section I thinned the body using gentle arcs to a point. Aluminum was lathe formed to just cover the tang for a tapered handle, small at the front gentle arcing to end with a 9/32" radius fit my hand. Constructed in 1976, I still have it, retired don't have a Gorton to re-dress the hollow grind. Small work would use the front, larger work could be muscled with thicker cross sections.

[@hussssshie]

By the way, thank you very much. Since your videos about files in general and how important is to have good quality files and how to treat them properly, I borrowed some old Swiss-made files from my grandpa. Never enjoyed filing as I do now. I would never have guessed the amount of material a file can take away in 5 minutes. Always used harbor freight level rubbish and thought that it was good enough. Thank you very much for opening my eyes! PS: It's Clickspring's fault as well though 😂

[@ScootyPuff_Jr]

I was really expecting a long winded joke about computer files in there somewhere

[@hussssshie]

How does a MP3 say goodbye? Audios. And how do they say hi to one another? They wav. What foler containing files couldn't be accessed by Obama? "For Biden" How do you call your IT teacher if he stares at little kids? The PDF file. What's the correct protocol two Frenchmen would use to transfer files? Pierre-2-Pierre Half of your files went away? Who let the .docx out?!

[@michael-michaelmotorcycle]

Internet Explorer whoa whoa whoa

[@SurlyMike]

I hate ads, but for you Tony I watch them. I don't watch them as much as I just let them finish.

[@aligulec4528]

5:38 "You're still using your finger to scratch your butt like neandertal? Not anymore!" Man, you're awesome.

[@ryanf5503]

At a wedding; too loud to watch this now; liked anyway.

[@mpc77769]

"Hey TOT, THIS guy liked your video while standing at the altar!" Lol! 😀😀

[@cultusmechanicus8001]

Is the Bride Hot?? common Guy... we need a whole situation Report!!

[@TheAmpair]

You're the groom, you're entitled to point out there's only so many TOT videos in any year. A bit of quiet isn't too much to ask.

[@staxter6]

Your own wedding?

[@ryanf5503]

@@staxter6 No, but my wife wouldn't have been surprised if I sneaked off to watch TOT that day. In fact, I may have...

[@RaysGarage]

Great tip Tony, Thanks for sharing! 👌

[@jdgower1]

Just keeps getting better and better....

[@kailesadler13]

Such an under rated channel

[@SteamGeezerUK]

If you have a farrier nearby, they can be a great source of old rasps. The farrier who shoes our horses goes through rasps like they're going out of fashion, and he gives me all the old ones. When I say "old" rasps, they're no good for hooves any more but they'll still work great on wood, or for turning into stuff like this.

[@RookieLock]

Great tips Tony, Thanks for the inspiration !

[@carabela125]

I got a file inside of a birthday cake. By my next birthday, I should be out of here.

[@pekkasaarinen2902]

And with ToT's tips, you'll have a deburring tool too.

[@SmilingDevil]

...or a decent shank....

[@jimc3688]

Maybe TOT recently paid a visit in the slammer ?

[@yootoob7048]

WOW, "Tip Blitz" were not the two words I heard first. Glad you cleared that up.

[@leartchief]

Dick Pics 2019!

[@mikelikesknives428]

Thank you for another great idea and video.

[@james6028]

i use triangle files to make my scrapers too! i skip the stone and use the grinding wheel to give it a hollow grind

[@albertledesma5173]

That damn YT algorithm got me again. Came on here to learn how to make sourdough starter....3 days ago!! 3 days later, there’s no starter and no bread. Thanks a lot KZbin. No seriously, thanks a lot!! In looking for sourdough starter videos, I had checked my man card at the door. I have now regained it!!

[@ambsquared]

Now I want to find an old rasp to make into a pocket watch.

[@tom18181]

Great to see you do some machining again

[@eeobeeob]

I love this channel.

[@gustavfranklin]

FYI the right file makes not for janky, but excellent knife steel. thanks for one of my favorite channels.

[@bulletproofpepper2]

Thanks for sharing, great work

[@TheTimeshadows]

Going days without new TOT is harrowing; very glad to see another video!

[@curm1778]

The mystery of TOT's cuticles have been solved. He de-burrs them. And, after careful research, I have determined that the rest of his manicure is done by DeWalt Angle Grinder. Man's a total nail-care savage.

[@CraigsWorkshop]

Loved it, Tony!

[@FredMcIntyre]

Thanks for the tips Tony! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@Gadsdentreadlightly]

Love your videos. Thank you

[@dannyl2598]

Thanks Tony. My dad used to turn old files in to scrapers to fit the groovs in furniture that he was refinishing in order to remove crusty paint.

[@Dimalf]

boi i can't get enough of ToT videos, they are curing all my bad mood, any day, any time

[@diddisss]

the pocket watch made out of an old file is pretty cool at 2:44

[@rtkville]

I have a coffee can (remember those) full of old files that I was going to make something out of them, I know I'll make a de-buring tool. Thanks for the motivation Toy

[@MikheilGhvinianidze]

Just became your subscriber. Good humor.

[@michael-michaelmotorcycle]

My ex had a tip blitz 2014 - poor kid still doesn’t know which prison his real dad is in.

[@rambler6891]

😁 I see what you did there...🤣

[@mgpalma]

Groan!

[@MrKclo42112]

hey I have one of those my uncle made ,probably 40yrs ago. it works great for quick sharpening of lawn tools and lawnmower blades, it scrapes them clean and leaves a hella sharp edge

[@SaltCityFab]

What a fabulous and meticulously made prison shank.

[@matthewmoses4222]

Takes me back to my first year as an apprentice :)

[@briansiler6737]

Cool tool, super useful on a daily basis. I have one that i inherited from grandpa tool box. I am a carpenter, I keep that tool in my bags and use it every day. know one has ever claimed to see one before, I have always thought it was home made too. mine is smooth on all three sides and about half inch thick on all three sides and comes to the same point. as well as has the same handle but chrome collar. it is virtually indistructable, as i have used it to score tile and rock, debure all types of metals, chisel through all types of materials and be beaten on with a hammer thats hardened to at least rockwell 55C hardened. and it still holds its edge or will only need a few strokes of the hone stone and it is a sharp as knife again. its great to see its origins, it all makes sense now. grandpa was a machinist for McDonald Douglas Aircraft before i was born.

[@shivtekoriginal]

Man I can only rewatch all your videos so many times between uploads

[@IBWatchinUrVids]

I know, I wish we could get one a day. One a week even!