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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoI did woodworking sculptures with chisels for a bit and even modern steel gets too hot from friction and ruins the tip after a while, I bet it was absolute hell 5 centuries ago.
minus-squareblahsay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThey had decent steel back then but you’re right. They probably had to have a wheel grinder nearby or it would have been painfully slow.
I did woodworking sculptures with chisels for a bit and even modern steel gets too hot from friction and ruins the tip after a while, I bet it was absolute hell 5 centuries ago.
They had decent steel back then but you’re right. They probably had to have a wheel grinder nearby or it would have been painfully slow.