emery wheel
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His energy was abrasive, and where it touched the world, it threw off hot, stinging little sparks like an emery wheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under an emery wheel it sent off a shower of hot, brilliant sparks; an acetylene torch wouldn't melt it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Asked how the emery wheel business was now, the General admitted: "Not so good."
From Time Magazine Archive
To eliminate this curvature it would appear that the position of the emery wheel might be reversed, as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Tool or cutter grinding, in which the emery wheel is used to sharpen tools which, from their shape, were formerly softened and sharpened by the file, already largely treated in the preceding chapter. 2nd.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
