Anybody know where to get screw files cheap. They are expensive from brownells, thats the only place I know to get them, 20 bucks ea. I did a few searches but didnt find anything, not even sure I know the correct name for that type of file.

Billy,

Might try MSC. I havent looked but they may have them. You dont use them much so since you now have a few I suspect they will last you a while.

Billy,
I believe the correct name is

b e l t s a n d e r

jeffe

yeah.......but if I break one of those little suckers I will have to get therapy......you know how cheap I am

LMFAO - well then.....dont do that....If you break one.....just keep using. I busted mine a long time ago. Still works.

You could probably rig something up that you could hook a donkey to but then you have to buy donkey food.

In Texas, we call it Donkey Feed, and your right

Billy, aka cheap bastard, lol. I have not seen them anywhere else. You could buy a mill, I know Mark Stratton cuts his oh a mill, just a tad bit more expensive that the files.

Jeffe, these are for cutting the slots, the sides are "safe" and the edge cuts, 3 different widths available from Brownells. > $20 each

Chic,
billy is so cheap he makes ME look like a big spender!!! LMAO

I told him to send the screws to me, and whatever thickness slitting saw he wanted, and I'd do it for him!!

a mill might be spendy, but me doing it by hand is BAD

jeffe

I was just thinking to say to use a slitting saw.

I just recently discovered there things as I was looking for an easier way to cut the extractor groove on a Winchester M70.

I have not used them yet but that sounds like the perfect operation.

-Spencer

Hey if it helps I've had the same screw slot file for 8 years.

While we are on the subject of cutting screw slots, does anyone use the fixture that Brownells sells for centering the slot in the screw head?

Havent even seen it, damn you, lol. Now I need one.

I aint the only cheap bastard on this thread , I can count more than one.

Ohhhhhhh really??? hmmm........a new machingus....*scurying off to thumb the catalog*

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Originally posted by Bill Soverns:
Hey if it helps I've had the same screw slot file for 8 years.

and its been broken in too for 7 yrs 364 days, you guys are calling me a cheap barstard

Try Congress Tools in CT. There phone number is 1-800-243-2653. That is where I get my files and polishing stones. It seems to me that they were a little less than Brownells. They are good people to deal with. I have been using them for about ten years now.

Michael

Originally posted by Gringo Cazador:

quote:

and its been broken in too for 7 yrs 364 days, you guys are calling me a cheap barstard

*sniff sniff*

Uhh! Did I miss something here? Cheap "screw" files? I found a honey in the personals of the local paper and she has a guarantee and don't live that far away.

Here's a link to the screw slot fixture.

And Alvin Mac will vouch for her too.

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Originally posted by Glen71:
Here's a link to the screw slot fixture.

that's cheaper than i can make it for...

jeffe

quote:

Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Chic,
billy is so cheap he makes ME look like a big spender!!! LMAO

I told him to send the screws to me, and whatever thickness slitting saw he wanted, and I'd do it for him!!

a mill might be spendy, but me doing it by hand is BAD

jeffe

Reminds me of my friend who's half Irish and half Scot. One half wants to get drunk, but the other half doesn't want to pay.

Getting back to the belt sander recomendation, you could get some cheap jewelers files and turn them into screw files by grinding off the side teeth, and grinding down to the screw slot thickness you need.

Then again, sometimes expensive tools end up being cheap in the long run