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Posted by spaco on January 30, 2007, 1:02 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'd be interested to hear how this works out.
Pete Stanaitis
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Chilla wrote:
> Temper to straw colour if you want to cut stone ;-) Charles
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> Rusty_iron wrote:
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>> Gday all,
>> The job at hand, sharpen a miners pick.
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>> The work sofar:- made a set of hammer-eye tongs with a ring to hold
>> the pick head while working on it(I can supply a pic if you want
>> one). Drawn out the points on the pick so both are longer and
>> sharpish - its not a surgical instrument, so it don't have to have a
>> fine edge. Hardened both points with an oil quench - I didn't want
>> it to be too hard and brittle.
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>> Ok, so now the question. What colour should I temper the points too??
>> I've looked in my selection of smithing books and can't find an answer.
>> Has anyone here done this job before? What colour did you use and how
>> did the tool hold up after tempering?
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>> Kind regards
>> Rusty_iron
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