[NAGDU] Nail grinder question

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Leslie, the motion is back to front, from someplace to the tip.  I do most of the work near the tip.  My question is how far back people before the tip.
Tracy


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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Nail grinder question

Hi Tracy. I'm not sure about the correct way to use my nail grinder. Can you explain what you mean by going from front to back? what's the correct motion if you want to make the nail shorter? So wore off the tip of the nail.
Leslie Hamric
Cello and Braille Music Teacher

> On Feb 18, 2024, at 1:57 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I've been using a nail grinder for around 25 years now, but now I 
> have a question.  I mainly work on the tip, raising it up a bit, but 
> also taking some strokes from the back to the tip to take off the bit 
> growing on the side. The instructions say to go from back to front as 
> well.  But, especially on my old dog Krokus, the bit at the back seems 
> a bit pointy and is very close to the pad, and it's hard to fix it 
> because I don't want to scrape the pad.  So I wonder if there's 
> something odd about Krokus's nails, or if I've been making a mistake 
> and shouldn't make any strokes from back to front, or maybe very few.  What do other people using the grinder think?
> 
> Igloo's nails are more curved than Krokus's, and I can do the whole 
> growing part without getting close to the pad, but I don't want to 
> gradually get into the same problem with him.
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
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