On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:30:09 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
brought forth from the murky depths:


Larry Jaques wrote: (clip) If they're too far gone, get out your hardfacing
rod and weld new area to sharpen. Gosh, I can't believe some of you guys
throw these away...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Larry, I tried hardfacing the cutting edges on my dykes, but now I can't
open the jaws. Should I have welded the two sides separately? ;-)

You forgot the first rule of toolmaking, Leo:

1) Make sure you are smarter than the tool you are working on.


OK, to repair that, set your laser flashlight to the smallest
pinhole size and...


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