bralex
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2003
- Location
- Alexandria, VA
This isn't as nice as that hammer someone posted a few weeks ago, but...
This is the rock nipper I built; when you get a mineral specimen that's just a bit too big, and is too fragile for whanging with a hammer (my normal behavior) you want to nip it. I've only seen these for a couple of hundred bucks, this cost me about $25 or so. Not real pretty; I used just about an entire welding rod on the nut, for example.
Oh, the "for now" is because I already want to modify it. 1/4" chisels seemed like a good idea, but they are too small. I'm going to redrill the holes and use 3/8" chisels.
Let's see if I can put these pics in...
Rock Nipper
Close Up
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This is the rock nipper I built; when you get a mineral specimen that's just a bit too big, and is too fragile for whanging with a hammer (my normal behavior) you want to nip it. I've only seen these for a couple of hundred bucks, this cost me about $25 or so. Not real pretty; I used just about an entire welding rod on the nut, for example.
Oh, the "for now" is because I already want to modify it. 1/4" chisels seemed like a good idea, but they are too small. I'm going to redrill the holes and use 3/8" chisels.
Let's see if I can put these pics in...
Rock Nipper
Close Up
Hmm, load image directly?
