half-round file

British  

noun

1. engineering a file having a semicircular cross-section

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Example Sentences

It will be seen, however, that unless for some special purpose, the pitsaw round or half-round file will be found to answer the same purpose as the tumbler file.

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In using a half-round file to cross file it should at each stroke be swept first from right to left, and after a few strokes from left to right, so that the file marks appear first as in Fig.

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Eight courses of cuts are required to complete a double-cut rectangular file that is cut on all faces, but eight, ten, or even more courses are required in cutting only the one rounded face of a half-round file.

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It will be found that in a smooth, half-round file 1 inch in width, about twenty courses are required for the convex side, and two courses alone serve for the flat side.

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But in both cases it is best, when filing, to occasionally ease out the corners with the edge of a half-round file, for reasons which will be explained presently.

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