Thread: "Bother," muttered Pooh...

Hadn't read this'n when I posted to your thread about need'n a new skew, Skew.
Hope it heals fast, and I vote for you getting them all replaced, too... what with one of 'em breakin'... you just simply can't trust the rest...

Like Norm always says "safety first" Skew were you wearing safety glasses?

This time you were lucky..

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Bother..... anybody got any good tips for Skew?

theres a broken one in that pic

Originally Posted by Waldo

G'day Skew,

C'mon mate you only wrote "bother" because Stirlo might read this thread , what you really said was

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Stirlo????? He is a teenager..... have you heard them talking lately????

Make your hair curl.... (if you still have any)

thanx Cliff... ( wait...i shouldnt be proud of that should I )

cheers

Man that must have been close, glad it didn't do more damage.

If it didn't catch, what broke it? Does the break line show an a defect in the metal?

Originally Posted by dai sensei

If it didn't catch, what broke it? Does the break line show an a defect in the metal?

Yes, it's discoloured about half-way through so I'd say it has had a fine crack for some time. I'd just used the same skew in "plunge mode" to square the ends and cut the tenons. which is pretty heavy work and I guess the fracture just "grew" to the extent that it only took a light touch to break it's back.

I'm seriously glad it didn't do more damage... the potential was definitely there.

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Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Yes, it's discoloured about half-way through so I'd say it has had a fine crack for some time. I'd just used the same skew in "plunge mode" to square the ends and cut the tenons. which is pretty heavy work and I guess the fracture just "grew" to the extent that it only took a light touch to break it's back.

I'm seriously glad it didn't do more damage... the potential was definitely there.

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Skew had a look at my Record set of gouges yesterday after reading this, they have a destinct mark of temper I'll be keeping a close watch on them not to close wnat to give the flying bit room to fly.

Yes, I'm afraid I still can't bring myself to fully trust the dreaded skew chisel. Encouraging (well, in some perverse way) to see that the experts still have their sphincter testing moments with these things. Although, there was obviously nothing wrong with your technique - just bad luck in this case.

That was a real "Skew ChiDAMN" moment, huh?

Wayne