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Record 1 1994-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
CONT

Grinding is necessary when the cutting edge [of wood chisel] has been badly nicked and the nicks cannot be removed by whetting on a coarse oilstone, or when the bevel has become too short or rounded as a result of frequent whetting or careless whetting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
CONT

Lorsque le tranchant d'un ciseau à bois a été ébréché et qu'on ne parvient pas à faire disparaître ces ébréchures par simple affûtage sur une pierre à huile à gros grain, ou encore que le biseau est arrondi ou devenu trop court à la suite de nombreux affûtages ou d'affûtages mal faits, il faut meuler le ciseau.

Spanish

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