[TheForge] Re: Learn something new every day...

[Bruce Freeman]

Thanks, Mike.  Now that I see them I think I've seen
some before.  I might even HAVE one!  I'll have to
check

Bruce

--- Mike Spencer <mspencer at tallships.ca> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> Andy> I was speaking with an old railroad retiree
> the other day. When
> Andy> he started out, the method for cutting rails
> was to score them
> Andy> all the way around with a large helved chisel
> and then smack the
> Andy> rail on the side, resulting in a <poink>...
> one rail becomes
> Andy> two.
> 
> Bruce> Okay, now I'm curious what is meant by a
> "helved chisel".
> 
> Aubrey> I've picked up a couple of those chisels at
> junque stores over
> Aubrey> the years, but I never knew that was how
> they were used....but
> Aubrey> they are a little big for most of what I do.
> 
> Here's a couple of pics, probably of the sort of
> chisels Andy's
> informant is referring to:
> 
>    
> http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/temp/index.html
> 
> FWIW,
> - Mike
> 
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