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Mike_Presta
MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483 |
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Posted: Nov 18 2011 at 6:22am |
Our family will all be here for Thanksgiving, which includes
a two-year-old and three infants (all about 8 months old), so I’ve been busy
trying to “baby-proof” the house and preparing for all of these houseguests at one
time. It’s been a very long time since I done any work, and even
though I’ve got all tools required to do nearly anything, it’s been so long
since I’ve used them that I can’t find most of them. (Which is probably just as well, since I
probably won’t remember how to use them anyway.) Some of the ones that I can find are rusty
and “froze up” (just like me) and need some attention before they will work
(also just like me). I’m telling you all of that to tell you this: I also could not find my big old roll of
emery cloth. (For those of you that may not be aware, “emery cloth” is a
sandpaper-like material used for removing rust from metal parts, “dressing”
steel or machine components, and for a variety of other uses, and has been a
staple in my tool box ever since my dad introduced me to it, way back when I
was a lad.) So I went over to the local
hardware emporium last night to buy a new roll.
I couldn’t find it, and the sad part is that the first four employees
that I asked had no idea what I was talking about. Granted, they were all younger than I (isn’t
everyone?) and I must add that they seemed knowledgeable in the help that they
were providing other customers. As I was
on my way out, I saw an older employee (not as old as I, but who is?) in the
tool department. I asked him if he knew
what “emery cloth” was, and he looked at me and replied “Of course! I used to be a machinist!” I asked if they carried it because the others
that I asked had no idea what I was talking about, and he said that he’d never
seen it there. We looked at each other,
he shrugged, I shook my head, and we both began to chuckle. |
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VietVet
MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008 |
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Communication with the younger people works that way on topics such as vinyl records, reel to reel tape decks, decent music, muscle cars, old electronics, reel lawn mowers, the use of turpentine to clean paint brushes, port-a-walls for that instant white-wall tire look, fender skirts on cars, fizzie drink tablets, "Drink your Ovaltine" and many other out-ot-date topics. Like your emery cloth (grandpa use to keep it all the time in the toolbox), the younger set don't have a clue what was used in the past. Mike, you old codger. Time is passing us by. (Young people probably don't know what an "old codger" is either).
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409
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Don't know what grit/grade you were looking for, but often times the plumbing department carries strip emery in small rolls. Usually about 120 grit, I believe. |
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viper771
MUSA Resident Joined: Mar 16 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 221 |
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Come to think of it, I think I bought a roll of emery strip myself about a year ago. As 409 said, I found it in the plumbing dept at Lowes I believe.
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