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2. Bench grinder - Wikipedia

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   Some grinders for knife sharpening duty are of the wet type, in which the bottom of the wheel runs within a pan of water or other coolant. A tube may also deliver a stream of coolant near the top of the wheel. These grinders are not always called bench grinders, but they are among the class of benchtop grinding machines.

3. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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   The term is based on the word "whet", which means to sharpen a blade, [2] [3] not on the word "wet". The verb nowadays to describe the process of using a sharpening stone for a knife is simply to sharpen, but the older term to whet is still sometimes used, though so rare in this sense that it is no longer mentioned in, for example, the Oxford Living Dictionaries.

4. Knife sharpening - Wikipedia

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   Knife sharpener in Kabul, Afghanistan (1961) The Knife Grinder by Massimiliano Soldani (c.1700), Albertinum, Dresden A railway camp cook sharpens a knife blade on a stone wheel, 1927 Knife sharpening is the process of making a knife or similar tool sharp by grinding against a hard , rough surface, typically a stone , [ 1 ] or a flexible surface ...

5. Scissor grinder - Wikipedia

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   Knife and scissor grinder sharpening a knife on a water-cooled grinding wheel, 2018.. A scissor grinder (German: Scherenschleifer), sometimes also scissor and knife grinder or knife and scissor grinder, for short also knife grinder, is a craftsman who sharpens and repairs blunt knives, scissors and other cutting tools.

6. Sharpening - Wikipedia

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   A roadside knife grinder on rue Faidherbe (11e arrondissement) in Paris. He is one of the few knife grinders who still practise in France. Sharpening tools. A number of blade sharpeners operate a mobile business, [1] [2] traveling to their customers locations, often in highly equipped vehicles. Less common in developed nations.

7. Grinding (abrasive cutting) - Wikipedia

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   Portable power tools such as angle grinders, die grinders and cut-off saws; Stationary power tools such as bench grinders and cut-off saws; Stationary hydro-or hand-powered sharpening stones; Milling practice is a large and diverse area of manufacturing and toolmaking. It can produce very fine finishes and very accurate dimensions; yet in mass ...