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Get or make a set of parallels for your machine vise. That can be flats of metal precisely ground to different heights, or round stock the same size or a bit smaller than the part you're clamping in the vise. They let you clamp a piece at a particular depth to expose what you want exposed to file or mill off. Then you can use the top of the vise to guide your file AND set your depth of cut. Up here in the US, a set of import graduated parallels can be had for around $40 and on up into the stratosphere. In my machining class,? we were required to make ours from pieces of ground flat tool steel. They come in pairs, one goes pressed up against each jaw of the vise to hold the part where you need it. You'll see Quinn of Blondihacks using them in her milling videos quite often.?

The only way to get better at filing is to file! Practice, Practice, Practice! When I was a kid, and we needed to make stuff, we had a drill press, and an arc welder, hacksaws, files and chisels. And hammers. ;) You can do a lot with just those. I wasn't allowed to use the welder, but got a fair amount of practice with the others. You can watch videos. You can download the Nicholson files company manuals on how to file, and you can watch videos of people doing that, too. Only doing it yourself will actually help you. That said, you did a fine job on your motor shaft! It may not be perfect, but perfection is the enemy of good enough!?

And as you try this stuff, you'll learn things, make things, and buy things that make your work easier, more pleasant, and faster.?

?for example of the parallels I mentioned.???

?an example of ground flat tool steel stock.

You can use drill bits, dowel pins, etc., as well. Also for non-critical uses, any old chunk of flat stock will probably do. you're not building rocket parts, and neither am I. And of course you can stack pieces to get the height you want. Sort of like shimming a lathe tool to the correct center height on a lathe. ;)

Bill in OKC