[TheForge] Hot cut

[Dave]

I believe it's the opposite ... 60d for hot cut, 30d for cold 
chisel.  Reason being that the sharper angle would dull too quickly in cold 
steel, while it would pass through the softer hot steel much easier.

Dave Brown

At 07:30 PM 2/25/03, you wrote:
>I believe the "usual" grinds are 30 degrees for a hot cut and 60 degrees 
>for a cold cut.  I don't
>really remember ::where:: I learned that tidbit - but it seems dead on 
>from a practical use point
>of view.
>
>Franklyn D. Garland