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Steel Wool: Shavings Pulled from Wire
Steel wool is a bundle of very fine, flexible, sharp-edged steel filaments, described as a new product in 1896. It is made from low-carbon steel in a process like broaching: heavy steel wire is pulled through a toothed die that shaves off thin, sharp strands. It is graded from coarse 4 and 3 to super fine 0000, whose fibres are about 25 μm (0.001 in) thick, and is used to polish wood and metal, clean cookware and sand surfaces.
Intermediate
Factory process
Instructions
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Pull the wire through the toothed die
Pull the wire through the toothed die
Pull heavy low-carbon steel wire through the toothed die. Each tooth shaves a thin, sharp strand off the wire.
Materials for this step:
Steel Wire1 as requiredTools needed:
Steel Wool Shaving Machine2
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Gather and grade
Gather and grade
Gather the strands into a bundle. The grade, from coarse 4 to super fine 0000, depends on how thick the strands are cut.
Materials
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Tools Required
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