Reply To: Boxwood slips…

[tmac1956]

@tmac1956 wrote:

@david pierce wrote:

Tmac,
Check with GROBET USA, they carry boxwood polishing sticks and the polishing compounds that are used with them. You might also want to check with FALCON and other injection mold supply houses.
david

david:

Once I changed my search to boxwood polishing sticks in lieu of boxwood slips, I came up with several sites. This one has a a good selection:

http://www.artcotools.com/artco-boxwood-sticks.html

Thanks!
tmac

Update… Artcotools calls these sticks “boxwood” but a closer look reveals that they are actually “…made of select white birch…”. Since boxwood isn’t white birch, this appears to be another dead end.

The link that David provided looks promising, but they appear to be a wholesaler. It will take a little more digging to find out who they sell to and if their buyers are selling the boxwood sticks.

You can buy the old boxwood carpenters folding rulers pretty cheap (not the super old antiques, but the ones from the 1970’s) like this one on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-72-Lufkin-X46-Boxwood-Brass-Red-End-Extension-Wood-Folding-Rule-Ruler-/261183825276?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ccfc4e57c

You can break this up into 12 pieces which should last awhile.

just an idea…

Later,
tmac