I had always thought that you should try to keep it square by compressing the ring so both sides of the gap would be touching on the grinding wheel. But I recently saw someone only doing one side. I admit, my fingers would have liked it better but I don't see how you can keep the filed end square like that. I had a devil of a time even keeping it square anyway. I guess you would only have to file one side and since the other side was untouched, it would remain square.

 

JCB,

If you could be certain that the side you ground/filed was a perfect radial after you finished, you could get away with filing only one side. That, of course, is presuming that the original ends were perfect radials to begin with.

I would prefer to dress both sides, assuring a good fit regardless of the final angle left at the ends. But I think you already knew the answer to that one...

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i only file one side, my ring filer does a pretty good job of keeping the end the same as long as i take my time and set it up before i start. if you've never filed a ring before it doesn't take much to increase the gap.

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