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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000091.txt from 2005/04

From: John Worrall <johnlily@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] knife sharpening
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:24:28 -0400


On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:02 PM, Grace Tice wrote:

> AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I'm just soooooo glad they don't play
> the oboe and aren't on the list with us. Although, if we could teach
> 'em to make reeds, they sound like they have the time to figure it all
> out and tell us how to do it just so. ;^}
> Grace
>
>

No, seriously-

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=33004&cat=1,43072
use the above with a flat plate glass

and

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?
c=1&p=32983&cat=1,43072,43080&ap=1

dress a hard felt wheel with the green honing compound, use the 'jig'
mentioned in the original post, and a few seconds gives an unbelievable
edge for finishing reed tips.
Still working on the problem of getting a power grinding wheel into the
gig bag, though, for touching up the knife on the road.

John

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