Not to mention those of us who are reasonably unintelligent............ William R. Monroe ;-] On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:00 PM, William Truitt <surfdog at metrocast.net>wrote: > What about those of us with unreasonable intelligence? J > > > > *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On > Behalf Of *Joseph Garrett > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:20 PM > > *To:* pianotech > *Subject:* [pianotech] FW: Re: Chisel Sharpening Epilogue > > > > > > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > > Captain of the Tool Police > > Squares R I > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> > > *To: *pianotech-request at ptg.org > > *Sent:* 10/20/2010 9:13:23 AM > > *Subject:* Re: Chisel Sharpening Epilogue > > > > Hmmmm? Sounds like so much horse hokey to me. My system is a 1325rpm > grinding wheel, (each wheel..medium & fine grit is about $40 each) a 1" x > 42" vertical sander and three stones, (a good Arkansas medium, 6" x 2 1/2"; > a "v" slip and a German Razor Stone,[ceramic]), mounted in a long piece of > teak. (Teak coexists with oils better than most other woods) The oil, I > use, is Mineral Oil. No need for the fancy schmancy oils, either! If I > can't sharpen a chisel in less than two minutes, then I've been hitting > spikes and staples with them...which I seldom do!!!<G> All these fancy > schmancy sharpening machines and technicques is pure horse hokey IMHO! BTW, > I freehand everything! I believe I can teach anyone to hand sharpen, as > long as they have two hands and reasonable intelligence. Of course, in a > former life, I was a chef and grew up in the Restaurant industry.<G> > > Regards, > > Joe > > > > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > > Captain of the Tool Police > > Squares R I > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101020/68891ee3/attachment.htm>
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