From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Leon Fisk"  wrote in message news:10k0pn7$2naa$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:02:00 -0500   
   "Jim Wilkins"  wrote:   
      
      
   > I'd try to find them a froe to split shingles but haven't seen one   
   >for sale and my attempt to forge one from a leaf spring didn't come out   
   >well   
   >enough.   
      
   I repaired, welded an original (antique) froe up for a neighbor that had   
   abused one a bit. Cracked the loop for the handle and cracked spots in   
   the blade...   
      
   To make a modern version I figured a flat mower blade would   
   be a good start and just weld a split piece of pipe on the end for a   
   handle loop. Split the pipe, crush one ended a bit to form a slight   
   taper. Angle grinder to shape the cutting portion of blade...   
      
   You can still buy new and used ones on ebay...   
   Leon Fisk   
   Grand Rapids  MI   
      
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   I wanted to give the museum one that was or at least looked 200 years old.   
   The sources here are drying up though I did recently find a "defective"   
   Champion rivet forge blower that needed only a bearing play adjustment.   
      
   At noon the TV showed a froe in use at a county fair. They are meant for   
   abuse, beat on one end and twist the other. Mine was OK except at the handle   
   end where I filled a defect with mild steel and could no longer trust   
   hardening and tempering that highly stressed area. I left it straight and   
   use it like a machete. It splits narrow kindling well enough.   
      
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