I found a local seller of these, does anyone know about them or where I can read up on them? The website contains zero info about anything they make
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. Any experience?thanks all,
Alex
Footprint chisels?
Apr 28, 2004
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Hi AArDvarK,
Footprint were for many years the standard issue chisels used by the Royal Air Force workshops. They're a reasonable middle-of-the-foodchain chisel.
They don't work straight from the box - the backs need quite a bit of flattening before you've got a sharpenable chisel. Once they're fettled, they take and hold a pretty good edge.
Cheers,
Frank
Okay thank you, I suppose fettling would be lapping?
Originally "fettling" was the removal of moulding lines and flash from iron castings.
Nowadays it has become a general term for any sort of "sorting out" required by anything from a chisel to an engine.
I found Sears has them, online only. These are true bevel edged made in Sheffield, take a look:
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think I'd buy these before I'd buy the Marples blue chips. Good price for a 9 peice set but who knows if the metal is the famous "sheffield steel"(?).
Alex
I got a set a couple months ago. I think they are ok.
dave
AArDvarK wrote:
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I think I'd buy these before I'd buy the Marples blue chips. Good
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