Posted by dave2 on January 20, 2009 at 06:58:03 from (139.139.35.70):
In Reply to: Cold chisel posted by Larry59 on January 19, 2009 at 21:00:42:
Matt in WA said: (quoted from post at 22:00:42 01/19/09) Why do they call a "cold chisel", a cold chisel?
I have always found this a very useful tool.
I know there are a lot of machinists that visit this site. Is it because it is cold forged? Thanks for all your answers in advance.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago, there was no distinction.... a chisel by any shape or form was just a chisel.
Then, one Cold, Cold day Bubba and Marcel was out working on the car and had a bunch of chisels in the toolbox. When they set the toolbox up on a snow bank to get it closer to the car, a few of them fell out on the snow/ice. Later on, Marcel told Bubba to get him a chisel. Bubba started fishing and handing until Marcel got frustrated with getting the wrong one and pointed to a big fat one laying on the snow and said "that one ya dummy". Bubba grabbed it and, not having any gloves on, yelped "dam! that's a Cold Chisel......
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