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25 March 2009, 04:43 PM | #1 |
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What is this and what is it good for?
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25 March 2009, 10:11 PM | #3 |
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That is Elder wood pith. It is a soft wood we use to clean pivots and our oiling picks. You just poke the pivot in, and it cleans any grease off. Very useful, and a must have.
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looks like a potato too me..
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26 March 2009, 05:23 AM | #7 |
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the pic doesn't come up for me - the wonders of mac, i guess:)
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26 March 2009, 05:44 AM | #8 |
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Don't blame the Mac. It works on mine.
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now i can see it. strange.
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29 March 2009, 12:54 AM | #11 |
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You have to wait a second for the pic to load.
I don't think I can order this wood as it will likely be confiscated by quarrantine. My guess is it is something like balsa wood. Quite interesting to have a slice of tree used to clean fine watch parts and tools. Who would have thought that would be effective.
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I, too, thought they were sliced potatoes.
I've never heard of that type of wood. Interesting tidbit. |
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Interesting. I learnt something today
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On this picture you can see I use it for my oiler...
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Very interesting info!!!
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31 March 2009, 03:57 AM | #18 |
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Basically, pith. Some Watchmakers use it to store needle oilers, rest movements on it, wide variety of stuff really. It is kinda like a soft non-marring work surface.
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