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THE BUBAL NEW-YOBKEB. 
favin Coates. 
TO RENEW THE USEFULNESS OF AN 
OLD GRINDSTONE. 
It is often the case that the farm grind¬ 
stone is in such a sadly demoralized condition, 
that it is an utter impossibility to do a sat¬ 
isfactory job of grinding on it. This need 
not be the case if the owner be willing to 
take a few spare hours some rainy day to put 
it in perfect condition. I have just finished 
such a job, making a new frame and dressing 
into perfect shape an old st ne which hid a 
flat side requiring the removal of three- 
quarters of an inch from the edge, to bring it 
to a perfect circle. There was no expense 
whatever except the price of the few nails 
used in making the frame. 
First ascertain whether the stone hangs 
plumb, by getting some one to turn it slowly 
while you examine it. If it wobbles sidew ise 
while turning, you will ihm have to remove 
the crank pinion and clamps and make a new 
block for the square hole in the center of the 
stone. This should be made with care, and 
the hole should be quite square. For a two- 
inch stone a piece from the <nd of a scantling 
will answer. When of the shape and size re¬ 
quired, draw two lines from opposite corners 
of the block, and the spot where they cross 
will be the exact center. Place it in a vice and 
bore an inch hole straight through Put it 
in the stone, replace the clamps and pinion; 
screw up snug and again test the stone. It 
should run “plumb-.teady.” If it does not, 
any little irregularity car. be corrected by un¬ 
screwing a little and plac.ng pieces of leather 
between the edge of the clamps and the stone. 
Do not be satisfied till it is perfect in this re¬ 
spect. 
Now to dress down the stone: first mark a 
perfect circle on each side of it near the edge. 
To do this, find the side and spot where the 
stone is most worn; then take a scratch-awl 
or any sharp-pointed tool and hold it flat and 
firmly on the frame at the side of the stone so 
that the point will just touch the edge at the 
point most worn. Now turn the stone care¬ 
fully and the point will scratch a perfect cir¬ 
cle and show the part to be removed. Repeat 
the operation on the other side. The stone is 
now ready to be dressed, and all you will need 
is a two foot section of an old scythe blade or 
corn-cutter. Sit astride the frame with the 
stone against your chest, and shave off that 
part outside the marked circles just as you 
would use a drawing-knife on a stick of hard 
wood, aud you will be surprised at the speed 
aud effectiveness of the operation. First 
shave off the corners, then the center, and so 
continue, constantly changing the angle of 
the blade and the direction of the cut, change 
also the part of the kuife used, occasional 
ly, so as always to have a sharp cutting edge. 
Draw the knife with a slanting, cutting mo¬ 
tion, not with a square, dead pull. If 
you have ever tried any other means, you will 
at ouce soe the advautage of this method. 
No doubt some will smile at the idea of cutting 
stone with a knife, but remember “tnetest 
of the the pudding is in the eating”—try it. 
After you have carefu'ly removed all down 
to the circles, there will still be some slight 
irregularities. To remove these, take a piece 
of soft iron as wide as the face of the stone, 
and having some one to turn the latter, hold 
the iron firmly against the face of the stone 
so that each revolution will remove the rough 
places. In a short time the iron will touch 
the stone all the way around, and the job is 
done, and your stone should run as steadily as 
a balance-wheel. Then take care of it. Don’t 
allow it to stand out exposed to the weather 
with one side in tlis water, for if you do it will 
be softer on that side and will wear faster. 
Having your stone in good running order, do 
not fail to attach a treadle, for it will then 
run quite easily, and you can do a good job. 
Do not, if you can avoid it, impress the small 
boy into your service, tor no job is more irk¬ 
some to bun than turning the grindstone un¬ 
less it be operating the old dasher churn. 
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