abused chisel rescued.

PowerTool · 22 Oct 2006

Very nice

Great contrast between the "before" and "after" pictures.

Andrew

woodbloke · 22 Oct 2006

Shouldn't take any time at all to grind out that chunk on the blade. If its taking a long time to grind anything then the surface of the Tormek probably needs to be re-dressed with a diamond dresser. What's the flat side like? If its in the same sort of condition as the bevel side, I don't think you will ever get a really honed edge 'cause of all the pits and dinks in flat side (unless you spend a long time on a course waterstone or diamond stone getting back to clean steel). Nice handle tho' and a real shame that the original owner(s) let a quality tool get like this in the first place- Rob

Alf · 22 Oct 2006

Johnboy":2twqih14 said:
Probably the worst case of chisel abuse I have seen :shock:

You ain't seen nuttin'... :wink:

Johnboy":2twqih14 said:
"Robt. Sorby, Sheffield" and a trade mark that looks like a Kangaroo to me?

Yep, s'right. Kangaroo Works, Wellington St 1860 - somewhenorother iirc.

Johnboy":2twqih14 said:
There is still a chunk out of one corner but I dont have a dry grinder and it was taking ages on the Tormek.

P'shaw. Blasted Tormek ain't no use for tool rehab. Best bet is to grind it square (not at the bevel angle) past the chip then regrind the bevel. Can take a while on the really good old steel, but worth it in the long run.

Lovely handle colour that padauk makes, doesn't it? Nice.

woodbloke":2twqih14 said:
What's the flat side like? If its in the same sort of condition as the bevel side, I don't think you will ever get a really honed edge 'cause of all the pits and dinks in flat side (unless you spend a long time on a course waterstone or diamond stone getting back to clean steel).

Wish some of the chisels I've had were as "bad" as that bevel side - I'd be dancing with delight. Seriously, that chisel isn't bad at all. Probably start with coarse diamond paste and have it flat in reasonable time. It's when you have have to start with the belt sander, than half an hour on the horizontal wet grinder before you even start on the diamond paste that you're taking on serious pitting. Used not to be worth doing, but with the scarcity of good chisels at sensible prices these days...

Cheers, Alf

engineer one · 22 Oct 2006

interesting that you thought it would take a long time on the tormek.

looks no different than some i sharpened for others, who are
site chippies,

last week, managed to get large chunks out
as alf said, just made the wheel coarse using the grader
and in no time was beyond the chip.

6 chisels in an hour aint bad when they are that chipped.
i know it is not 15-30 seconds each, but works for me.

as alf says cut to square, then add edge. much easier.

nice handle though.

paul :wink: