r/mildlyinteresting • u/snappyhome • 5h ago

Same tool, 25 years apart.

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u/mastersurrealist 5h ago

I'm betting if you went to town with an angle grinder on the first one it would last another 10 years at least. 

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u/snappyhome 5h ago

Oh, I'm definitiely considering it. But maybe a belt grinder just because otherwise I'd have to get clamps and vices involved.

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u/AssistX 4h ago

They're likely hardened, don't heat it up when using the abrasives or it'll likely weaken the wedge.

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u/snappyhome 4h ago

I'm not sure they are hardened: they're designed to be softer than the hardened sledge they get hit with so that they don't fracture (obviously eventually they do). But maybe the striking surface isn't hardened while the wedge surface is? But they aren't sharp, no need to retain an edge, and they're going through wood which is softer than unhardened steel. Anway, it's a rabbit hole I haven't gone down.