OT: Re-tempering cold chisel?

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Posted by David Sherman on Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 5:27PM :

I have a nice little good-quality Proto cold chisel which has started getting dull way too fast. I think I burned the edge sharpening it on a grinding wheel. Any advice on how to re-harden and temper it so it'll be as good as new? I'm afraid if I just heat it red hot and quench it in water, it'll be too brittle. Maybe it needs to be hardened and then tempered or maybe just hardened, or maybe it's oil-hardening rather than water-hardening steel. Anybody actually know how to do it properly?

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Re: OT: Re-tempering cold chisel? - HWooldridge 2:52PM 05/21/2004

Re: OT: Re-tempering cold chisel? - Joe Lorenzino 10:56PM 05/21/2004

Re: OT: Re-tempering cold chisel? - Jeff in N. Texas 8:10PM 05/20/2004

Re: OT: Re-tempering cold chisel? - Gordon Maney 7:43PM 05/20/2004

I hurt it. - David Sherman 8:15PM 05/20/2004

Re: OT: Re-tempering cold chisel? - Willy-N 5:46PM 05/20/2004

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