<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">David, I've been using a Dremel for years. Great results.<div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Mar 12, 2011, at 8:24 PM, David Boyce wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<font face="Arial">Yesterday I tried hammer filing using a small
Dremel-type tool for the first time. Hitherto, I've always used
home-made sanding paddles. <br>
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I've been meaning to ask for a while, what others do, if
anything, to improve the appearance cosmetically when the top
surface of the hammers is very grubby. I found yesterday that the
dremel tool was quite good for that. <br>
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I am attaching two pairs of before-and-after pics. One from hand
filing, and yesterday's with the little drill. The angle of the
photos makes it look as if all trace of grooves was removed, but
actually that's not the case. Plus, the photos seem to exaggerate
small unevenesses!<br>
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I have read in the past, of using dressmakers' chalk to brighten
grubby hammer topsides, but that seems a laborious process and
somehow slightly distasteful.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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David Boyce<br>
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