Fettling materials & tools - what to use & where to find them

Dental abrasive strips. Here utilized back-to-back between forceps and fingertips for lingering solder under/around a freely spinning riser boss. A multi-grade pack in spool/roll form would be more economical than the pre-cut lengths I snagged from that rainforest river shopping site.

 

@snwcmpr

I was referring to the blade.

There is, though, a heavy industrial road-making roller called a sheepsfoot.


Tony

 

@Tony Press
Thanks.

I was replying to a one word post.

 

I have some made from sheep feet. I think that “neat” is old English for cattle.

 

Ahhh… an oil.


Tony

 

Fun etymological diversion, that sheepsfoot neatsfoot. Thank you @Mcbhaine ! Indeed, neat is an archaic term for a bovine animal, I just learned. Newly unpacked patients get a shot of PB Blaster penetrating oil down the pump tube, eventually dribbled back into the “spa treatment” jar for pump cups between massages. The resulting integumentary/petrochemical lubricant cocktail is no longer “neat” of a different sort (straight). This forum is pretty neat-o.

 

I believe the forked tool shown on the previous page is a tack puller. Used in upholstery and is extremely useful around the shop for a myriad of prying jobs.