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Steve Pavey	18/11/2017 20:47:29
369 forum posts 41 photos	Given the price I paid for two of these, plus the fact that they were bought on the recommendation of one Stefan Gotteswinter, this wretched thing shouldn’t really be white elephant. As with any edge tool they (I bought two of them) work fine on brass and aluminium of course, but show them a bit of 316, EN3 or EN24t (which is what I was using this evening) and they have a mind of their own - sometimes producing a reasonable curl of shiny scarf and at other times chewing the metal off as if it had never been sharpened in its life. And occasionally there’s an almighty bang and this happens.
Howard Lewis	19/11/2017 04:41:05
7227 forum posts 21 photos	If there were room for more shelves, I'd fit some more! As it is, my small shop is an animated Rubiks cube, (the shelves are 1" ex bargeborading and visibly bend). With two people in there, it gets crowded. Soon will have to move everything off the plastic matting and sweep up the swarf that is coming up through the holes! If it gets used, it can't be a white elephant, (Those sit on the shelf or in a cupboard while we wonder why we ever got the thing in the first place). Possibly, some of the "Come in handy one day" things qualify? Howard

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