RE: [lace] Pricking card

2010-06-01 Thread Sue
Re: it has a sheen that can make it less easy to find pinholes accurately I always use a pan scrub (the ones with sponge backing) to rub off the shine - problem solved. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Pricking card and cereal boxes

2010-05-28 Thread Claire Allen
Jacquie wrote And another example would be architects linen which was obviously never made for needle lacers. Now that's something I have experience of :o) I rescued a roll from going in the skip at work when we were clearing out the store room. It hadn't been used in Drawing Offices for

Re: [lace] Pricking card and cereal boxes

2010-05-28 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I understand that it's what is used for electronic circuit boards. However, many years ago in the late 1960s when I worked in a lab for Ministry of Defence in Woolwich Arsenal testing papers and boards we used to test something called 'glazed board' which used as casing for ammunition

Re: [lace] Pricking card

2006-09-19 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Back in the late 1960s I worked for MOD in Woolwich Arsenal testing papers and boards. We quite often had glazed board which was used for cartridge cases in for testing. After all tests were completed and satisfactory any excess was disposed of - I could have brought home loads of pricking