A metal file has become clogged with filings...

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Question 1 of 270705eccef9bbacbc34ba4d451fb

A metal file has become clogged with filings and should be cleaned with a file __________.

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A metal file has become clogged with filings and should be cleaned with a file __________.

🔍 Key Concepts

• Proper hand tool maintenance in a marine engineering or deck workshop • The specific name of the small brush-like tool used to clean metal files • Why options like oilstones and dressing tools are used for other tools (not files)

💭 Think About

• Which option names a tool that is designed specifically to remove metal filings from the teeth of a file? • Think about what you would use to clean a file without changing its shape or dulling its cutting edges. • Which of the other options are normally used to sharpen or true up a tool’s surface, rather than just clean it?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice is a specialized tool for cleaning file teeth. • Eliminate any tool that is mainly used for sharpening (like stones) rather than cleaning. • Make sure the tool you pick would not damage or reshape the file’s cutting surfaces during normal use.

Question 1 of 27070

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A metal file has become clogged with filings and should be cleaned with a file __________.

A

scraper

B

card

C

oilstone

D

dressing tool

Question 1 / 270705eccef9bbacbc34ba4d451fb

Question 1 of 270705eccef9bbacbc34ba4d451fb

A metal file has become clogged with filings and should be cleaned with a file __________.

Back

Question 1 of 27070

Q

A metal file has become clogged with filings and should be cleaned with a file __________.

🔍 Key Concepts

• Proper hand tool maintenance in a marine engineering or deck workshop • The specific name of the small brush-like tool used to clean metal files • Why options like oilstones and dressing tools are used for other tools (not files)

💭 Think About

• Which option names a tool that is designed specifically to remove metal filings from the teeth of a file? • Think about what you would use to clean a file without changing its shape or dulling its cutting edges. • Which of the other options are normally used to sharpen or true up a tool’s surface, rather than just clean it?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice is a specialized tool for cleaning file teeth. • Eliminate any tool that is mainly used for sharpening (like stones) rather than cleaning. • Make sure the tool you pick would not damage or reshape the file’s cutting surfaces during normal use.