ClipArt ETC

The Files and Scrapers ClipArt gallery includes 7 examples of tools used to smooth or shape materials such as metal.

A steel instrument, having the surface covered with sharp-edged furrows.

File

A steel instrument, having the surface covered with sharp-edged furrows.

Smooth or dead-smooth file.

Smooth File

Smooth or dead-smooth file.

"Files. a, cotter-file when large, and verge- or pivot-file when small; b, square file (parallel or taper); c, banking or watch-pinion file when parallel, and knife-file when tape; d, half-round, nicking, piercing, or round-off file; e, round, gulleting, or rat-tail file; f, triangular, three-square, or saw file; g, equaling, clock-pinion, or endless-screw file when parallel, and slitting, entering, warding, or barrel-hole file when tape; h, cross- or double-half-round file; i, screw-head, feather-edge, or slitting file." -Whitney, 1911

Types of Files

"Files. a, cotter-file when large, and verge- or pivot-file when small; b, square file (parallel or…

A kind of file with a somewhat curved extremity, suitable for working in small depressions.

Riffler

A kind of file with a somewhat curved extremity, suitable for working in small depressions.

Scraped straight edge.

Scraped Straight Edge

Scraped straight edge.

"A tool used by cabinet-makers in dressing off and smoothing veneers, etc." &mdash;Whitney, 1889 <p>The illustration shows two scrapers working on the wood and shows the form of the edges.

Scrapers for Making Cabinets

"A tool used by cabinet-makers in dressing off and smoothing veneers, etc." —Whitney, 1889 The…

"A wood-working tool with a straight or a curved blade and with one or two handles, used to remove address-marks from packing boxes and in finishing fine woodwork. a. handles; b. blades; c. scraper" &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Collection of Wood Scrapers

"A wood-working tool with a straight or a curved blade and with one or two handles, used to remove address-marks…