07-06-2012, 04:34 PM
Hello All,
A Die Filer is used to do any of the miscellaneous Filing Jobs that you can think of, so yes, it can be used to deburr parts if you wish, but back in the day the primary use was for filing clearances onto pressing and punching tools and dies, as the table can be set to accurate "Draw" angles, One simply colours the surface with Dye chem (or similar) mark out and scribe the finished profile, set the draw angle and hold the workpiece against the moving file until the line is "split" and there you have it the form, finish, draw angle done and ready to go.
At "Toolmaker school" we were taught that the most suitable direction for the machining marks to be left on the punch or die is "Parallel to the tool Stroke" apparently the tool will last much longer while giving a much better finish than tools with the machining marks running perpendicular to the stroke direction, when using a die filer the marks are almost always in this better orientation, where when finishing with an end mill for example the marks are almost always perpendicular, I use my Trumpf nibbler with a file held in the ram as a die filer when finishing tools such as these, I have also used my slotting head on a Milling machine to hold a file for the same purpose.
After heat treatment of a punch or die you can use a diamond file to refinish the edges.
Other uses,
Squaring the corners out of rectangular holes cut with end mills,
finishing/sizing internal key-ways in bores,
etc
Best Regards
Rick
A Die Filer is used to do any of the miscellaneous Filing Jobs that you can think of, so yes, it can be used to deburr parts if you wish, but back in the day the primary use was for filing clearances onto pressing and punching tools and dies, as the table can be set to accurate "Draw" angles, One simply colours the surface with Dye chem (or similar) mark out and scribe the finished profile, set the draw angle and hold the workpiece against the moving file until the line is "split" and there you have it the form, finish, draw angle done and ready to go.
At "Toolmaker school" we were taught that the most suitable direction for the machining marks to be left on the punch or die is "Parallel to the tool Stroke" apparently the tool will last much longer while giving a much better finish than tools with the machining marks running perpendicular to the stroke direction, when using a die filer the marks are almost always in this better orientation, where when finishing with an end mill for example the marks are almost always perpendicular, I use my Trumpf nibbler with a file held in the ram as a die filer when finishing tools such as these, I have also used my slotting head on a Milling machine to hold a file for the same purpose.
After heat treatment of a punch or die you can use a diamond file to refinish the edges.
Other uses,
Squaring the corners out of rectangular holes cut with end mills,
finishing/sizing internal key-ways in bores,
etc
Best Regards
Rick
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