Thread: HUUUUUUGE Lesson Learned Fom First Restoration Attempt

@Skinflint - Glad you're ok! If you haven't seen the movie series, "Final Destination" you may not want to...

Dang that sucks. This is why I do everything by hand.

Been there, done that! Only takes once and one never does it again. Glad you survived.

I bought an MJ Higgins maybe 6/8 for $2 with a broken and cracked toe, thought I'd take my first crack at reshaping and create a shorty.

Got through the grinder alright but couldn't resist taking a flap wheel on a dremel to some rust on the blade to save some handsanding.

A little into it and "pop". In a split second the blade shattered and a chunk hit my shirt. Took a deep breath and lifted the shirt and no damage.

Another good tough lesson, 100 year old rusty thin hard steel is brittle and fragile.

I am pretty disappointed that the Higgins is now beyond repair though, even though it was broken when I got it.

Put all the warnings and stickies you want but I think we all really only learn by trying, and sometimes that doesn't go well.

I should add that happened a few minutes before I posted to this thread, and as soon as the blade popped I remembered this thread.