• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year 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.