Flat File 3mm - 4mm Wide?

[Fletch Dog]

I’ve been looking for a 3mm to 4mm flat file (not diamond grit). I’ve looked at many a the descriptions mention the hank but not the exact measurements of the file itself.

Any idea? Flat 3mm or 4mm file?

 

[Y.T.]

You can always buy any wider file and have it ground off to have 3 mm width. I grind off my files all the time when I need a file of special configuration. If you grind off a side of a flat file you are getting a benefit of having one side blank. This is useful when you must grind off a surface in a rectangular hole and you do not want to damage a vertical hole surface. The files are cheap on Amazon.

 

[Fletch Dog]

I thought about doing that! I'll give it a try - it looks like the only alternative.
Thanks

 

[Don Case]

Keep dunking it in water to keep it hard

 

[Uwek]

I’ve been looking for a 3mm to 4mm flat file (not diamond grit). I’ve looked at many a the descriptions mention the hank but not the exact measurements of the file itself.

Any idea? Flat 3mm or 4mm file?

Are you looking for 3 to 4 mm width or thickness?
Check out the Pfeil needlefiles

CORRADI-Nadelfeilen

de.pferd.com

the flat is 5mm width and 1,3 or 1,4mm thick, depending on the grid of the file

 

[Fletch Dog]

Width

 

[Don Case]

Aren't the little square files that come with those common jewelers files 3mm/1/8"

 

[Fletch Dog]

3mm to 4mm flat. I just can't locate anything off the shelf. I'll take and bigger one and grind it down as YT mentioned above.

Yes you'd think you could find one. I not as of yet. I even emailed Micro-Mark and heard nothing back.

 

[Fletch Dog]

I took YT’s and ground it down. That worked fine. Thanks for all the advice.