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
"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
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" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>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
>
>
>
>
>
It was somewhere outside Barstow when "Tim Zimmerman"
<[email protected]> 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.
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 02:49:41 GMT, the inscrutable "Tim Zimmerman"
<[email protected]> 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.
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