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I would have to say don't file a plated tip but I have several copper tips that I have reshaped many times to get a nice sharp point for hardwiring decoders & the smaller guage wires.  My iron also does not have a screw on tip, it slips into the iron and tightens down with a set screw. I use some heat transfer paste (like on the heatsink of your computers CPU) to help transfer the heat to the tip quicker & more uniformly.
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