BS 498:1990

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Materials
4 Types and dimensions
5 Tolerances
6 Performance
7 Finish
8 Packaging
9 Marking
Appendix
A Performance tests
Tables
1 Dimensions and tolerances of flat files
2 Dimensions and tolerances of hand files
3 Dimensions and tolerances of halfround files
4 Dimensions and tolerances of round files
5 Dimensions and tolerances of square files
6 Dimensions and tolerances of threesquare files
7 Dimensions and tolerances of warding files
8 Dimensions and tolerances of knife files
9 Dimensions and tolerances of blunt heavy mill saw
    files
10 Dimensions and tolerances of mill files
11 Dimensions and tolerances of taper saw files
12 Dimensions and tolerances of double ended saw files
13 Dimensions and tolerances of bandsaw taper files
14 Dimensions and tolerances of blunt saw files
15 Dimensions and tolerances of reaper files
16 Dimensions and tolerances of cabinet rasps
17 Dimensions and tolerances of halfround wood rasps
18 Dimensions and tolerances of flat wood rasps
19 Dimensions and tolerances of round wood rasps
20 Dimensions and tolerances of horse rasps
Figures
1 Nomenclature for files and rasps
2 Flat file
3 Hand file
4 Halfround file
5 Round file
6 Square file
7 Threesquare file
8 Warding file
9 Knife file
10 Blunt heavy mill saw file
11 Mill file
12 Taper saw file
13 Double ended saw file
14 Bandsaw taper file
15 Blunt saw file
16 Reaper file
17 Cabinet rasp
18 Halfround wood rasp
19 Flat wood rasp
20 Round wood rasp
21 Horse rasp

The nomenclature of types, materials, testing and marking of rasps and files in current UK production.

This British Standard specifies requirements for materials, testing, marking and packaging for rasps and engineers’ files of the following types.

1. Engineers’ files as follows:

   flat files;

   hand files;

   halfround files;

   round files;

   square files;

   threesquare files;

   warding files;

   knife files.

2. Mill files as follows:

   blunt heavy mill saw files;

   mill files.

3. Saw files as follows:

   taper saw files;

   double ended saw files;

   bandsaw taper files;

   blunt saw files;

   reaper files.

4. Wood rasps as follows:

   cabinet rasps;

   halfround wood rasps;

   flat wood rasps;

   round wood rasps;

   horse rasps.

This specification does not cover steel files of high alloy content normally described as “high speed steel?? files.

NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.