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Show HOME IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY AND ECONOMY KEEPING TOOLS SHARP Before you start on this season's fix-up projects, it's a sharp idea to consider this fact: sharp cutting tools are not only faster and easier to use, they are also safer. Because dull blades on cutting cut-ting tools have to be pushed harder, they are more likely to slip. These hints on sharpening sharpen-ing are from Cooper the Toolmaker, the maker of such quality tools as Boker knives, Wiss snips and Nicholson saws and files. To sharpen most hand .. tools you'll need only a ten-:- inch Home and Garden, file., L. ., ...For heavy-duty worka: grinding wheel and an oilstone oil-stone may be necessary. The cutting edge on a wood chisel or plane blade has a bevel ground along one edge. When sharpening, the cutting edge is filed or ground to the original shape of that angle or bevel. , Mastering the knack of maintaining a uniform angle against the tool blade isn't difficult, though it may take some practice. Before start- Once you master the knack of sharpening sharpen-ing tools, it's a snap! ing to sharpen the tool, study its bevel. Then, apply the file, or place the tool at the proper angle against the . grinding wheel and maintain thisangle. . ... . '.. , . . . jr.. .With,,; a;' sharpening" fUeY you're now done. If using a grinding wheel, next lubricate lubri-cate an oilstone with a liberal amount of oil and let it soak in. Place the beveled face of the blade flat against the stone, then lift the handle han-dle slightly until the edge is in full contact with the stone. Move the tool back and forth with even strokes without varying the angle of contact. Do this first on the coarser side of the stone, than on the fine side. Over one million people from all fifty states and over 40 foreign countries 'have visited Ashley National Na-tional Forest.' Many fhousands"'of " cattle, sheep, and horses graze on the Forest's ranges during the year. Lodgepole and ponderosa pine, Engelmann spruce, and Douglas fir comprise and supply lumber for construction for posts for the rancher, poles for powerlines, trees for beauty and shade and nature's myriad purposes. |