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Used a dull chisel for 3 years until a neighbor borrowed it and asked why I was basically hammering a butter knife into wood.
He sharpened it in 5 minutes and the first cut through oak felt like slicing butter, so now I'm mad at myself for all those tear-outs and bruised palms, has anyone else been knowingly using dull tools just because you didn't know better?
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paul2864mo ago
3 years with a dull chisel? Man that hurts just reading it. I did the same thing with a hand plane for way too long before someone showed me what a sharp one felt like.
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vera_palmer4mo ago
That feeling when someone finally shows you what sharp actually does is like night and day. @paul286 bet you never looked back after that first proper plane cut.
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morgan8984mo ago
Isn't it funny how we'll fight through a hard way for years because nobody told us there was an easier one?
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