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  • Finally the sides of the teeth are rubbed lightly with a slipstone to remove the wire edge.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

  • A good method is to rock the gouge on its axis with the left hand, while the slipstone held in the right hand is rubbed back and forth on the edge.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

  • It is then whetted on the flat side of a slipstone, Fig. 83, the bevel already obtained on the grindstone being made slightly more obtuse at the edge.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

  • Then the concave side is rubbed on the round edge of the slipstone, care being taken to avoid putting a bevel on it.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

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