Cape Cod Bob wrote:
z
> Why do you say that? According to Marples, they use t he same steel
> on both the blue wood and yellow plastic handles, and the latter are
> non-breakable.
Blue chips don't have wood handles. It's some kind of slightly rubbery
plastic stuff that's supposed to be virtually indestructible.
I've beaten the hell out of mine. I think they say they will withstand "a
few blows with a hammer or unlimited blows with a mallet."
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FOW wrote:
> Mine too !Sharpen them hollow grind then you don't need a hammer to beat
> the hell out of them.
I chiseled out some 2.5" deep 3" square mortises in red oak. I bored out
most of it, but there was a lot to clean up, and I had to use a mallet.
(Not a hammer.)
I usually just use hand pressure though, and they're plenty sharp.
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Buy the Marples blue chips instead.
"John Soto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anyone know of a good online retailer carrying the Marples Yellow
> Split Proof Chisels ?
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:59:10 -0500, John Soto
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Anyone know of a good online retailer carrying the Marples Yellow
>Split Proof Chisels ?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Marples+chisel%22+split
should help...
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On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 02:56:07 GMT, "FOW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Buy the Marples blue chips instead.
>"John Soto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Anyone know of a good online retailer carrying the Marples Yellow
>> Split Proof Chisels ?
Why do you say that? According to Marples, they use t he same steel
on both the blue wood and yellow plastic handles, and the latter are
non-breakable.
Mine too !Sharpen them hollow grind then you don't need a hammer to beat the
hell out of them.
"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Cape Cod Bob wrote:
> z
>
> > Why do you say that? According to Marples, they use t he same steel
> > on both the blue wood and yellow plastic handles, and the latter are
> > non-breakable.
>
> Blue chips don't have wood handles. It's some kind of slightly rubbery
> plastic stuff that's supposed to be virtually indestructible.
>
> I've beaten the hell out of mine. I think they say they will withstand "a
> few blows with a hammer or unlimited blows with a mallet."
>
> --
> Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
> http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
>