Pecking Question
Hey all, SO I'm currently working on making some ax/adze heads out of granite, and on the pieces I have, there is quite a bit of material to reduce. I started out pecking, but today I ground down part...
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Dr. Errett Callahan in his expertments making axes and celts concluded that pecking removed material four times faster than grinding. That is, 15 minutes of pecking equaled 1 hour of grinding. What...
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Thanks Hummingbird Point! I'm just using this one big piece of chert which, due to its size and weight, tends to work faster, as well as a really thick and concretey "biface" I made when I was worse...
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Peck the entire surface then do a shorter session of grinding. What happens is you make lots of divots, cone shaped depressions from Pecking then when you grind it off you are grinding off just the...
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Thanks for the help Caveman! I usually just spend about 10-20 minutes pecking a day because I don't have a lot of time, so it'll probably seem like it'll take longer to finish. I'm using a piece of...
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Well, I tried out alternating between pecking and grinding and it actually went much faster than just pecking! It took me 10 minutes to get how far I usually get in 30. Still have a ways to go before...
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