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The Gritty Details Here is a table of the relative grit sizes of the different standards used. CAMI is the American Standard, and for a long time is was the main standard. The European standard, FEPA, is more precise, and so FEPA graded sandpaper tends to work faster than CAMI. JIS is used for Japanese […] My method of sharpening is to make two extremely flat surfaces that intersect. This intersection is the edge. To make a flat surface flat the first time, I grind it on a flat surface with an abraisve powder. The flat surface I use is a slab of annealed O1 tool steel. The Japanese would call […] Sharpening is the key issue for using hand tools for wood work. If you cannot sharpen, then hand tools will not perform for you. Sharpening is a simple task. It is pretty easy to get an extraordinarily sharp blade. It does not take long to sharpen a tool, and it does not require years of […] At one time I posted an article about Chicken Feeders. These feeders have worked out fairly well, but the measurements were not ideal. Feed was scattered, and the water on some of them did not flow as deeply as could be desired. So here are the updated dimensions, that for adult chickens, small and large, […] This is Carl, named after Bill Murray’s character in Caddy Shack. This poor girl is a survivor. She is much smaller than the rest of the Ameraucanas, she has had trouble getting enough food since she was a chick. When we got her, as a tiny chick, she had a broken beak. Carl has […] |
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