Tool help needed // SURFORM \\

I have a "lead file" from 60`s and blade is totally worn out.
Anyone knows the place where to get replacement?

It is 10" SURFORM

 

Sears?

 

From my experience, if they aren't "Surform" brand replacements, they suck, don't cut any better than the worn out dull one you already have, so get the real thing.
I think they were invented to shape partially cured Bondo.
For lead you want a "Vixen" body file.

 

Wow...
That was quick. Thanks Dave.
Never tought it could be this easy

 

I have heard "vixen" before. Where to get those? My surform has worked perfect until now. Anyone knows if sears replacement is worth of buying? It`s very cheap so can it work

 

I think Surform is a British, UK invention and company. So check there also.
Sears is OK IF they are Surform brand, otherwise they are probably Chinese, and won't hold an edge long against lead.

I have some Sears sheet metal shears that cut better then my Wiss brand cutters.
The Surform blades are cheap and the "comparable quality" (not) ones cheaper, think quality and discount sand paper..
I look at surform blades as being "expendables" like sandpaper.

I find pushing them at an angle so the blades "slice" like a bunch of knives works best, and dragging the tool back on the surface, dulls the blades more rapidly, like dragging a blade on a cutting board dulls a knife.

Im still using my Grand Father's Vixen files!

 

Hey,

The "Surform" blades were sold by Stanley hardware, atleast in this
country. I beleve they were first developed for wood working, but
soon found aclaim for shaping surfboard blanks, thus the "Surform"
handle.

I would think they would be as useless as mule cum, for shaping
lead work. A sharp Vixen file followed up with some 80 grit on an
"idiot-stick" would answer for finishing off a lead repair.

Swankey devils C.c.

"Meanwhile, back aboard The Tainted Pork"

 

Yeah, I think one I bought maybe ten years ago was made by Stanley Tools. You might find them in the hardware or woodworking area of a good hardware store.

I think another thing people used to use them for a lot was shaping styrofoam to make the cores for fiberglass surfboards.

 

Glad I could assist