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The filing clamp (as a precision mechanical tool with a handle clamp ) is a tool for clamping and holding smaller workpieces.
The filing clamp is similar to the vice , but it is not fastened to the workbench, but held in the hand to enable the workpieces to be turned and turned when filing, soldering, etc. The filing clamp consists of two jaws, which are held apart by a spring and for clamping the workpiece with the help of a clamping screw, which can be turned by turning one
Can be tightened wing nut, be pressed together. Often a spring ensures that the jaws open by themselves when the screw is loosened. The joint with which the two arms are connected is flat in some models, so that the filing clamp can also be clamped in a vice, with the handle clamp a handle is attached to the joint.
The filing block is also used to keep the deformation when hot bending steel pipes as low as possible. After the pipe has been heated, the filing block is clamped to the hot pipe. Usually this is only used for black threaded pipes up to DN 25.
The filing block is often used by locksmiths , watchmakers , mechanics , joiners or joiners and by plumbers to sharpen hand saws. In lead type it was used to edit individual lead letters , for example to adjust their thickness with a file .
Small stick cocks are also often used for processing / sharpening fish hooks and for making "artificial flies" for fly fishing .