single-cut file
Britishnoun
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The "mill file," a very common form, is a flat, tapered, single-cut file.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
The work is rotated considerably faster for filing than for turning, and the entire surface is filed by a flat, single-cut file, held as shown in Fig.
From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.
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