On Thursday, November 24, 2016 at 11:55:10 AM UTC-5, Leon Fisk wrote:
On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:03:45 -0700
"Bob La Londe" wrote:

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The rest all looked to
me like precut keystock to me. Slightly rounded edges and a squared off end
with slightly rounded edges. Out of curiosity I grabbed my spring punch and
hit several peices of it with the punch, and then I went and got that lathe
bit and hit it with the spring punch. They all got a very tiny divot or
punch mark, but the mark seemed to be the same size on all of it.

Maybe try bending a piece. HSS doesn't bend very well (snap!) and most
tool steels don't either (shrug).

If you meant that in the onomatopoeic sense, and if it shrugs, it probably won't cut very well. d8-)


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Happy Thanksgiving, Leon and all.

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