Sunday 12 October 2014

When heat treating is off

One of my chisels is going blunt really quickly. On closer inspection, I saw that the edge was rolling which means the steel is not properly hardened. This is probably the result of inaccurate tempering. I'll have to harden and temper the chisel again. It's difficult to get a good picture of the rolled edge but here is my attempt.

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