emery cloth
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Should you want to polish metal, you’d do well to work with emery cloth.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
As it was, he had to stop every minute or two to rearrange the worn emery cloth and bind it in place anew.
From Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
The coarseness of emery cloth is indicated by letters and numbers corresponding to the grain number of loose emery.
From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.
A tiny bit of oil stone, a file, or a piece of emery cloth are all good for this purpose.
From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.
Next comes fine emery cloth to smooth down and remove the file marks.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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