Brent---
  My Bad!  I thought when you said "shavings in metal are created by abrasive
particles" that you meant to say that's *how* they're created. They're also
created, of course, by very hard and sharp blades, in  processes almost exactly
like those used for working wood.  
  When you write your long-awaited book, consider saying:  "Abrasive particles
create shavings in metal"; while it sounds almost the same, it won't confuse
even a jerk like me. 
  Say, does this mean that abrasives create shavings in wood?  Aieee! 
         
                         as always; your pal gam

If you were Einstein's father, we wouldn't have the bomb." Peggy Hill

--- On Wed, 6/13/12, Brent Beach <brent.beach@g...> wrote:

> From: Brent Beach <brent.beach@g...>
> Subject: [OldTools] Do abrasives take shavings of metal?
> To: "oldtools" <oldtools@r...>
> Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 8:45 AM
> Gary May took exception to "the
> absurdity of your claim that 'shavings are created in metal
> by abrasive particles'"
> 
> Here is a picture of the shavings created by abrasive
> particles.
> 
> http://www3.telus.net/BrentBeach/Sharpen/SamuelsFig0311.jpg
> 
> Sure look like shavings to me. The structure of the metal
> shaving is very similar to that of a wood shaving. Call it a
> chip, call it a shaving. Nothing to get huffed about.
> 
> Brent
> -- Victoria, B.C., Canada
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