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Yes, the Thiers pic clearly shows the sparks running in the opposite direction - I used it to show the technique as you can see from the posting, not the direction of the wheel, but as far as wheel...

Yes Mike, Grace was the woman who featured on a lot of videos about walking and talking a knife, pinning, etc. She seems very capable!

Regards,
Neil

I don't think you would enjoy it as much as you think, Mike! Those old grinding wheels were rough-hewn sandstone, normally at least 4 feet in diameter. They were taken in at the back of the mill,...

All of the early grinding centres, whether in Germany, England or France, made use of the wheel running away from the grinder.

The wheel sat in a trough ('trow') that was lead-lined and contained...