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265395 Bill Ghio <bghio@m...> 2018‑03‑13 Re: boxed stone
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> On Mar 12, 2018, at 7:08 PM, Ed Minch  wrote:
> 
> I have posted this before but this is about the coolest tool I have.  It is
not a sharpening stone - it is a sharpening rock.  The recess has a piece of
something like pasteboard at the bottom, saturated in oil.  The lid shows the
lead screw holes where the waste was removed with an auger - did augers have
lips and lead screws in 1817?
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/17348545835/in/album-72157652309439462/

Could be a center bit.

Bill

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