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A very good substitute for an oilstone is to be made very cheaply with zinc and emery. Get a piece of zinc about 8 in. by 2 1/2 in., and tack it at the corners to a flat piece of wood; then use a little flour emery and oil, and rub the tool on it as usual. Fig. 450 shows a cheap and efficient form of carpenter’s hone, which is an excellent substitute for the oilstone. It consists of a strip of sheet zinc A, stretched over the wooden mount B, and screwed down at each end lengthways of the grain. To use the sharpener thus made it is necessary to sprinkle a little flour emery on the zinc, and moisten in the usual way with oil. For general purposes it will be found very handy, and will do the same work as the oilstone does in less time, but it will not leave the edge in quite such a finished condition as does a good oilstone. C, Fig. 450, shows a cover for the stone.

Fig. 450.—Oilstone Substitute.