emery cloth
Americannoun
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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
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.
Fine flour of emery cloth is the best article to clean the exterior of the barrel.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
Nelson could always manage to spend an hour or so quite contentedly with wrenches and pliers, oil cans and emery cloth and a nice big bunch of cotton waste.
From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Barbour, Ralph Henry
If a polish is desired, this can be obtained by holding a piece of emery cloth tightly around the work as it revolves.
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.
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