Swiss Pattern Files
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(800) 990-0559 to place your order.
Swiss Pattern files are used by precision craftsmen for
finishing delicate and intricate parts. Narrow in both width and
thickness, the teeth extend all the way to the edge of the file.
These files offer the finest cuts available. The tapered files
have fine points for delicate detail work.
Simonds offers a wide variety of Swiss Pattern files - Swiss
Precision Files, tanged like American pattern files but
narrower in width and thickness; Round Handle Needle Files,
more slender than Swiss Precision for detail work; Machine
Files, for use in bench filing machines; and Rifflers,
used by die makers, die sinkers, silversmiths and jewelers on
intricate work.
Additionally, we offer four Needle File assortments with our
premium Black Maxi-Sharp® finish. The file shapes, or types,
that are available are:
Round Handle Needle Files
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- offered with or without
plastic handles |
Machine Files
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Bench Machine  |
Parallel Machine  |
Rifflers
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Die Sinkers: in shapes DS-1, DS-4, DS-5,
DS-6, DS-7, DS-8, DS-9, DS-11, DS-12, DS-15, DS-16,
and DS-18 - please request a catalog for full
information on shapes, cuts, and dimensions
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Silversmiths, or Die Makers: in shapes SS-1,
SS-2, SS-3, SS-4, SS-5, SS-6, SS-7, SS-8, SS-9, SS-10,
SS-11, and SS-12 - please request a catalog for full
information on shapes, cuts, and dimensions
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Keep in mind
- Swiss Pattern Files are different from American Pattern Files
in:
| Sharper points |
Variety of shapes |
| Wide range of cut coarseness |
Closer tolerances - both in manufacturing
and in actual usage |
All of this results in higher costs to manufacture and a
higher resale price to the file user.
The biggest difference between Swiss Pattern and
American Pattern files is the fine, narrow point and slender
body. If you are not doing intricate work, and/or don't need the
narrow point, American Pattern files may be used.
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