[pianotech] FW: Re: Chisel Sharpening Epilogue

[William Monroe]

Not to mention those of us who are reasonably unintelligent............
William R. Monroe
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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
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:20 PM
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> *Subject:* [pianotech] FW: Re: Chisel Sharpening Epilogue
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> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
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> Captain of the Tool Police
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> *From:* Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
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> *To: *pianotech-request at ptg.org
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> *Sent:* 10/20/2010 9:13:23 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: Chisel Sharpening Epilogue
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> 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>
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