Thought this was interesting and everyone might enjoy. It's on page 441, hope the link works.
Popular science monthly - Google Books
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Thought this was interesting and everyone might enjoy. It's on page 441, hope the link works.
Popular science monthly - Google Books
See, I was talking about a contraption like that a few months ago and people thought I was pulling their leg.
Ah, how sweet it is to have the proof :D
I would like to make one but no funds to support that. I would be willing to pay for one, as long as it wasn't outrageously priced (like most strops seem to me).
Great post! I also love the "electrically-operated screwdriver article." Ya can't call yerself a man without one of them there electricity screwdrivers nowadays!
so crocus is the same as? It seems they recommend a paddle strop over a hanging strop?
Crocus cloth is a sanding cloth. I think it might be the same as some of the chromium powders?
It is a very fine form of powdered iron oxide, like jewellers rouge but suitable for polishing iron (the difference is that jewellers rouge is heated to a lower temperature during formation, so it is suitable for soft metals like gold, whereas crocus was heated to a higher temperature, giving a darker powder that was more suited to harder metals like iron).
Regards,
Neil