Simonds SIM73243500 Magicut Flat Multi-Cut File 10" American

The Simonds SIM73243500 is a Magicut flat multi-cut file, American pattern, 10 inches.

Reading the multi-cut against the conventional files in this range shows what the tooth form actually buys.

A conventional double cut file has two crossing sets of teeth forming individual points, and it removes metal by having a great many small cutting edges. That works on steel. On aluminium, brass, and soft alloys it fails, because the material smears rather than chipping and lodges between the teeth. The file pins solid and then scores everything it touches.

A multi-cut tooth form takes bigger, cleaner bites with an open geometry that lets chips clear. It cuts soft metal fast and it does not load.

The unexpected consequence is speed. Because a multi-cut file is not fighting its own clogging, it removes material considerably faster than a conventional file of comparable grade in the same material. Anyone who has filed aluminium with a bastard file and then tried a multi-cut is startled by the difference.

The trade is surface finish. Bigger chips leave a coarser surface, and finishing still wants a fine conventional file.

At 10 inches this is the general working length.

American pattern denotes the trade files rather than the finer numbered Swiss system.

Fit a handle.

Brand

Simonds

SKU

SIM73243500

Category

Hand Tools

Weight

0.44 lbs

Dimensions

10.00 x 1.00 x 0.25

Price

$23.95

Availability

In stock

Rating

3.63 / 5.0