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Road trip finds, Skimpy - bandit571 - 03-26-2018
Well, before all that excitement over the weekend...had a road trip. Stopped at a little place, and spent ..$5
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But these had a few "Good Bones" to them..
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The "bent" one even had a readable stamp on the socket....And was 1" wide...the 3/4" chisel needed to loose that mushroom....
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Took a while ( and a chunk off a knuckle..
) found a couple loaner handles. The 3/4" chisel had a surprise...once cleaned up, a stamp appeared on the blade. T. H. Witherby. The wide chisel was made just down the road, at Union Hardware Co. Both are from Torrington, CONN, USABacks are flat..
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The Witherby will go nicely with my 1/2" wide one..
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Maybe I should work on building a set of these? Should be decent enough chisels...
RE: Road trip finds, Skimpy - johndi - 03-27-2018
Those look great. How do you deal with the mushrooming?
RE: Road trip finds, Skimpy - Admiral - 03-27-2018
(03-27-2018, 04:26 AM)johndi Wrote: Those look great. How do you deal with the mushrooming?
I just grind off the outside flush with the socket, then use a plumber's reamer to smooth the inside of the socket. You can lose a bit of the socket and still have enough "meat" there to hold a handle securely.