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steven c newman
06-19-2014, 5:55 PM
On a recent rust hunt, picked up a couple $1 chisels. Nothing really special about either one. 291586 One was a 3/4" chisel, the other was 1-1/2" wide. Would have liked to have had a handle on it, but owner was a bit rough on it. next day, at another rust hunt site291587Spent $7 for all of this. There is a file stuck in a wood handle. Just a little metal file, nothing really special.....except for that handle..

Got the Treasures home. Knock that handle off the file. Took the ferrel off. A little grinder work to form a cone on the end of the handle. Sized to just start into the end of the chisel. A few good whacks with a mallet291588Now we have a usable wide chisel. Parts were just $2 total. Spent a bit of time sharpening the chisel's edge. Seems to be a nice wide paring chisel. Price was right, too.:D

Frederick Skelly
06-20-2014, 6:59 PM
Cool Steven! I love salvaging stuff like that.
Fred

Charles R Johnson
08-01-2014, 12:58 AM
Love the look of your bench in the third photo. cj