Nut Files For Brass Nut Material

[jackasspenguin]

Hi,

This in my first post. I'm new to the site. So, hi everyone.

I'm looking for some nut files for my brass strat blanks. I tried to use some jewelers files but they just dont' do the job. Does anyone know where I gan get some good files.

Thanks a bunch

Johnny

[Flon Klar Guitars]

Stew-Mac and ebay, the usual suspects.

[WezV]

yeah, normal nut files do the job just fine but take a little bit longer - unless you are cutting hundreds of brass nuts you dont need anything else

[low end fuzz]

"IF" you were cutting thousands of brass nuts; what would you use?

[Woodenspoke]

"IF" you were cutting thousands of brass nuts; what would you use?

a. see a psychiatrist.

b. Illegal immigrants.

c. a machine.

d. call china.

[Doug 59]

"IF" you were cutting thousands of brass nuts; what would you use?

As a Silversmith / Jeweller ..... I'd cast them ....

Re the original question. Good quality Jewellers Files will just eat up brass, after all they're made for filing Silver and Gold.

Silver and low carat Gold are a lot harder than brass. Brass is a soft greasy metal by comparison.

I use a number of different saws and files, as well as a grinding stone, to shape my nut blanks, then I use standard Nut Files for the the string slots. As Wes V says, just takes a little longer.

Here's an example of a couple of nuts and the Flat Brass bar they've been cut from.

[Ifixguitars]

I just use my standard nut slotting files. They're by Grobet and are available from Martin. I'd imagine that any brand nut files would do just fine.