Stanley 750 snapped..
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I’m making a chest of drawers for underneath my tool chest because my wood was only big enough for one drawer and I wanted more practice making drawers and more space. Anyway this is black walnut and my 1/2″ Stanley 750 made in the USA snapped after being struck with a regular walnut mallet. Has anyone ever seen or heard of such a thing? Or maybe can tell me how this could’ve happened or been prevented?
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You must be logged in to view attached files.15 October 2015 at 11:54 pm #131373There’s got to be a first for everything in life, I suspect there was a hairline crack in it to begin with. The good news is LN produce replicas of them but it must hurt to have the original bust up on you. Also Stanley a few years ago started putting them out in production, write to them first and see if they will send you out an replacement. They have lifetime warranties I believe.
16 October 2015 at 6:07 am #131383I’ve heard of chisels breaking, but usually when you are trying to lever wood out of a mortise or something – not from simply striking straight down with a mallet.
I had an older Marples that fractured on the edge when I was chopping a mortise. As Matt said, levering out the waste is the most dangerous time. Paul mentioned recently in a video (Bow Saw, Part 1) that dragging the chisel on the bottom of the mortise may also lead to a fractured edge. In my case, I was lucky; it only cost me about 1/8″ (2mm?) and some time.
I bought a few of the LN replicas and absolutely hated them because the chisel would separate from the handle unexpectedly which would cause a sharp blade to fall towards my feet and hands. I tried the various tricks on the web mentioned by others to fix this, but none of them worked (hairspray, etc.). Eventually, I followed Paul’s advice and glued the handles into the sockets with West epoxy. That has worked so far. With the handles glued in, I like the light weight and balance of these chisels for fingertip work like housings and dovetails. I’m not sure I’d buy more, though, given the grief and their high cost. West epoxy is expensive, too.
Can you grind a new bevel on the broken chisel you have? It looks like there is a lot left. These chisels are tool steel all the way up, aren’t they?
Yeh I think they’re tool steel all the way up I’ll grind a new bevel it’ll just have to be a dwarf to the other four haha. Lost 5/8 Worth of chisel. Wow i thought they hand fit and finished those. But I guess they can still come loose from hand tight I made the handles for mine and I think two of them would do that come loose sometimes just wouldn’t compress tight inside. I stuffed a couple thick shavings folded up in there to act like shims and that has held up so far. Yes west system is very expensive. Luckily my chisels only came in around 120 for the five with one handle to copy from.
Thanks fellas for your feedback.
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