Ever seen chisels like this? *LINK*

Re: Ever seen chisels like this?

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Oh, I dunno Steve, I guess this one could be an easy enough mistake to make.

Wonder of they'd make good mini carvers for real inticate work?

T.O.

Re: Ever seen chisels like this?

Bob Hackett

>My younger brother is a surgeon and while pawing thru some of the tools in his shop I came across a set of beautiful stainless steel gouges.He told me they were given to him by another surgeon(orthopedics).He also said that he only kept them in the toolbox to impress other WWers as they wouldn`t work in anything harder than pine.Seems the edge just folded and the were just too much of a PTA too keep resharpening.So much for at least this line of pretty tools.

I did like the operating table he was using as an assembly bench though.Power up,down,tilt,and a nifty SS top with a gutter around the edge so even if he spills a can of finish it never makes it to the floor.All the casters lock solid enough so he can use it as an extra bench if needed.

I should have stayed in school.Then again,I get far more shop time than he does.

Mainely,Bob

Nope.

Steve Kubien

>These will be some grade of stainless steel. They are generally a little on the brittle side. Sharpening is the ultimate PITA. Dental tools will not take near the edge that our tools will.

As for being a case of mistaken identity, these do not have a cutting edge of any significance. They are used to dig around tooth roots and bone fragments to loosen the periodontal ligament and thus, allow removal of the tooth. They are merely fancy pry-bars.

I don't know, it just struck a nerve with me.

Regards,

Steve Kubien

Ajax, Ontario

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Quite enough detail, thank you

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>I've got a tooth-cleaning this afternoon. I really don't need to hear about "digging around" with tools like that in the mouth. I have enough neurosis about it, thank you!

Terribly sorry

Steve Kubien

>Sorry about that Bill. I sometimes forget that some people 'have a thing' about going to the dentist, or other doctors. I hope I didn't make things worse.

Again, I am sorry....

Steve Kubien

Ajax, Ontario

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Just playing

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Actually, I'm fine with that kind of thing; I was just playing.

Good news: I got compliments from the hygienist (on my teeth, that is; she sure never would have told me how handsome I am unless she was seeing how many lies she could tell in one day).

... it just struck a nerve with me. !!!!!!

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, Florida

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