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I worked on a 150 year old chisel today #17880712 12/07/22
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,361 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,361 WA rain forest	I made a 7 degree handle shaped forging fixture out of RC29 4140 steel. I pounded in the temporary handle and then hammered the chisel sideways on an anvil [ railroad track]. I put the chisel on a magnetic square and ground the edge on a CBN abrasive disc. I made the real handle out of a Maple table leg. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

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Re: I worked on a 150 year old chisel today Clarkm #17881480 12/08/22
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,907 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,907 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	That's some good chit.

Re: I worked on a 150 year old chisel today Clarkm #17882028 12/08/22
Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,983 North Central Ohio H HunterShooter58 Campfire Regular
HunterShooter58 Campfire Regular H Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,983 North Central Ohio	NICE WORK! I Learned a long time ago to Separate My Want's from My Needs! A man's Gotta Do What a Man's Gotta Do! Know Thy Self! TRUMP DID WIN!!!

Re: I worked on a 150 year old chisel today Clarkm #17882206 12/08/22
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,677 MOGC Campfire Outfitter
MOGC Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,677	That's cool! Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Re: I worked on a 150 year old chisel today Clarkm #17883272 12/08/22
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 2,915 north east fla 4 44mc Campfire Regular
44mc Campfire Regular 4 Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 2,915 north east fla	great work, old stuff is cool

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Re: I worked on a 150 year old chisel today Clarkm #17889300 12/10/22
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,688 Journeyman Campfire Regular
Journeyman Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,688	Awesome stuff, Clarkm You can no more tell someone how to do something you've never done, than you can come back from somewhere you've never been...

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