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Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 8/13/2012, 6:35 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set (Malcolm Schweizer)

: Hello John,

: I am not sure why suddenly they rusted when they have made it quite
: some time where they are, which is in a wood-drawer toolbox,
: felt-lined drawers, with a silica gell pack in the drawer . . .

A trick I used before my workshop got properly sealed was to store all my tools in a cabinet will a well-fitted door and a nightlight in the bottom to expel humidity. That tiny amount of heat kept them all rust-free for years.

I don't have a large chisel inventory like some folks, having lost all my old tools in a fire. I have just a set of 3, Japanese, from Lee Valley Tools. They are nicely ground, take an excellent edge and hold it well. Plastic handles admittedly, but they are tough. They were not expensive either . . .

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Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/13/2012, 2:29 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
John Abercrombie -- 8/13/2012, 3:06 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/13/2012, 3:22 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Bill Hamm -- 8/14/2012, 12:57 am
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Deano -- 8/13/2012, 3:14 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/13/2012, 3:33 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Deano -- 8/15/2012, 8:47 am
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
John Messinger -- 8/13/2012, 4:03 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/13/2012, 5:46 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
ancient kayaker -- 8/13/2012, 6:35 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/13/2012, 6:54 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
ancient kayaker -- 8/13/2012, 7:39 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
John Abercrombie -- 8/13/2012, 8:20 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Ken Blanton -- 8/13/2012, 6:12 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/13/2012, 6:33 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Bill Hamm -- 8/14/2012, 1:32 am
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/14/2012, 5:29 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
John Abercrombie -- 8/15/2012, 12:19 am
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
John Abercrombie -- 8/15/2012, 12:21 am
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Bill Hamm -- 8/15/2012, 1:47 am
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
John Abercrombie -- 8/15/2012, 10:24 am
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Ken Blanton -- 8/15/2012, 3:24 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
John Messinger -- 8/14/2012, 3:14 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/14/2012, 5:20 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Kirk Briggs -- 8/19/2012, 5:05 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
John Abercrombie -- 8/19/2012, 7:51 pm
Re: Tools: Looking for input on a good chisel set
Kirk Briggs -- 8/19/2012, 8:57 pm