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I was taught the file cuts on the push stroke and to raise it slightly on the return, not drag it, that would get you yelled at from the teacher

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Doing my apprenticeship quite some time ago now we were certainly rapped over the knuckles if we were seen dragging a file over our work, one little dag, especially if you were getting close to dimensions would scratch the hell out of it & no amount of polishing with a good wet & dry would get it out!
Had the file card handy all the time to keep our files clean.
Same with the hacksaw!
You don't have to ask why

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