My dentist and periodontist both use a very small light attached to the bridge
of their eye glasses, and run by a battery pack on the belt. I have never seen a
set up like that before.

Cheers,
John

John M. Johnston
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-----Original Message-----
From: OldTools [mailto:oldtools-bounces@s...] On Behalf Of Don Schwartz
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:44 PM
To: oldtools@s...
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Perfection in thick stock

On 2017-01-17 5:49 PM, Erik Levin via OldTools wrote:
> Mark Pfeifer noted (off list):
>
>> >I have a really inconvenient double-jointed arm doohickey that has a 
>> >fixture on the end with a 6” magnifying>glass and a light bulb……and what I
realized a couple weeks back is that my sharpening skills haven’t eroded.>I
wasn’t seeing the wire edge by naked eye under regular lighting. Now I sharpen
under the dohicky and suddenly I’m a talented edge producer again.

Along with the optivisor and prescription safety glasses, I have found that LED
tubes and spotlights arre incredibly helpful at the sharpening bench.

Don

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