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Chisels broke
I bought four sets of chisels from a used place. The kind with a light green
see-thru handle and a black trim - no brand. It performed fine for a few weeks until a pearl sized chip came off in sections from the tip of the green handle which I did not notice earlier. I was chiseling against the grain of the wood, not along the grain as instructed from a book. But, I've chiseled against the grain with a 10-year old Stanley (with a non-see-thru plastic handle) without problems. The problem is that a few of the green see-thru chisels have 10-15 percent chips gone from its plastic striking surface. Since that day I am more careful. I'm not sure whether I had used a wrong hammer or whether I pound them too hard. What's the best way to repair these tool? Thanks |
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id get a rubber chair foot or something and stick it over the end.
and a wooden mallet or rubber for striking. randy "Tim Zimmerman" wrote in message m... I bought four sets of chisels from a used place. The kind with a light green see-thru handle and a black trim - no brand. It performed fine for a few weeks until a pearl sized chip came off in sections from the tip of the green handle which I did not notice earlier. I was chiseling against the grain of the wood, not along the grain as instructed from a book. But, I've chiseled against the grain with a 10-year old Stanley (with a non-see-thru plastic handle) without problems. The problem is that a few of the green see-thru chisels have 10-15 percent chips gone from its plastic striking surface. Since that day I am more careful. I'm not sure whether I had used a wrong hammer or whether I pound them too hard. What's the best way to repair these tool? Thanks |
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"Tim Zimmerman" wrote
I bought four sets of chisels from a used place. The kind with a light green see-thru handle and a black trim - no brand. It performed fine for a few weeks until a pearl sized chip came off in sections from the tip of the green handle which I did not notice earlier. I was chiseling against the grain of the wood, not along the grain as instructed from a book. But, I've chiseled against the grain with a 10-year old Stanley (with a non-see-thru plastic handle) without problems. What's the best way to repair these tool? Hi, This message was already posted, unless you don't mind replying again. There was an internal ISP error which caused a mirrored post that is beyond my control. The actual post is here. http://snipurl.com/daib |
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On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 02:49:41 GMT, the inscrutable "Tim Zimmerman"
spake: I bought four sets of chisels from a used place. The kind with a light green see-thru handle and a black trim - no brand. It performed fine for a few weeks until a pearl sized chip came off in sections from the tip of the green handle which I did not notice earlier. I was chiseling against the grain of the wood, not along the grain as instructed from a book. But, I've chiseled against the grain with a 10-year old Stanley (with a non-see-thru plastic handle) without problems. The problem is that a few of the green see-thru chisels have 10-15 percent chips gone from its plastic striking surface. Since that day I am more careful. I'm not sure whether I had used a wrong hammer or whether I pound them too hard. What's the best way to repair these tool? I'm with xrongor. Crutch tip 'em, use a wooden mallet, but I'll add one more extremely important thing: Give them to SWMBO and buy a REAL set for yourself. ================================================== ======== I drank WHAT? + http://www.diversify.com --Socrates + Web Application Programming |
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It was somewhere outside Barstow when "Tim Zimmerman"
wrote: What's the best way to repair these tool? Either just ignore it, or saw the end of the handle a little shorter, but giving you a flat surface. Then get a wooden mallet for driving chisels. |
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