File. A hand tool for cutting metal, wood, ivory, bone and all other hard substances except stone.
File-card. A wire-brush for cleaning files.
Fillet. A curved piece for filling in a corner.
Fillister-head. A screw-head that is cylindrical and contains a screw slot.
Firmer-chisel. A stout carpenter’s chisel that is used for cutting out mortises and similar heavy work.
Fit-strip. A projection usually about an inch wide that is intended to be fitted to bed the piece properly and save bedding the whole surface of the piece.
Fixture. A device for holding work in an exact position, true with some one face, hole, or pin, as the case may be.
Flat-chisel. A wedge-shaped machinist’s chisel.
Flat-drill. A drill whose body is rectangular in cross-section.
Flatter. A swage for flat surfaces.