[TheForge] Hot cut

Wed Feb 26 14:27:01 2003

I guess it depends on how you're measuring, but usually chisel angles are the 
edge itself. So a 30deg angle is smaller, therefore sharper.

-Marc

Quoting Dave <[email protected]>:

> 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
> 
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