New skew is magnetic from the factory

[Inspector]

You could keep it the way it is and is it as a pickup tool for all those dropped screws you can't find in the shavings. It seems to be better than the magnetic pickup tools made for the job.

Pete

 

[Phil Pascoe]

He won't be able to drop the screws ...

 

[Alpha-Dave]

It would certainly be good for picking up screws: the dealer asked for a quantitative measurement to compare to the one they have there. This is what I found:

Magnetic tip-test

7x m8 nuts from a single point (32g)




20x m6 nuts from 3 points (43g)

 

[finneyb]

There maybe sharpening issues with the ground particles from the sharpening sticking to the gouge.
Do you feel able to name the retailer?

Brian

 

[NazNomad]

... if I had wanted a magnetism-free chisel I (and all customers) should be willing to pay more for a demagnetising step...

So you have to pay extra for a tool that isn't potentially dangerous (when it should be supplied in a 'safe-to-use' condition)?

I'd drop Trading Standards an email.

 

[Alpha-Dave]

I think that most of the problem I'm having in returning it is that the dealer uses magnetic racks in his own workshop which impart a small level of magnetism to tools which dissipates over time; and so thinks that a tool having some magnetism is not unreasonable; my issue is getting them to believe that this is more than just the effect from a rack. Hopefully this last pics will be convincing. To be fair, It has only been 2 working days since I notified them of the problem.

 

[woodpig]

Having a magnetic tool may help to get a steady chatter free cut on the work piece, I think they should have charged you extra for this feature ... (homer)

 

[Alpha-Dave]

Happily resolved! Thankfully the 'how many nuts can the chisel hold' test was successful and it has been returned for a refund, postage paid. Notably resolved in 3 working days.
The answer would appear to be 'not more than 1, certainly not 20'.
I would suggest that the m6 nut could be a new unit of measure for magnetism, but the we would get someone wanting greater accuracy and trying to use 1/2 nuts.

 

[Alpha-Dave]

Having a magnetic tool may help to get a steady chatter free cut on the work piece, I think they should have charged you extra for this feature ... (homer)

For the first peeling cuts I did, I think it actually might have been beneficial. For the planing cuts it felt like it was dragging, but that may have been fixable with a waxed toolrest. For V-cuts or beads it was a disaster as past about halfway through the bead the flat spine would want to snap into contact with the rest.
I do wonder if edge-magnetised parting tools may be a good thing.

 

[SVB]

Have you spoken to Hamlet themselves, rather than an intermediate dealer that might not want the trouble of an exchange/refund ?

I'd go down this route it it were me and also mention the 'help / advice' :roll: you got from the distributor (who was it by the way).

BRgds

Simon