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CHISEL sa CARVING TOOL sa CHISEL ACCESSORIES & JIGS sa CHISEL SHARPENING sa CHISEL STORAGE sa COLD CHISEL sa LATHE TOOL xx CARVING TOOL xx TOOL Make a small, special-purpose chisel by regrinding a twist drill and fitting with a wooden handle. Making your own tools (knives, chisels, etc.) from old files, hacksaw blades, and other high carbon steel. Includes instructions on forging and tempering steel, grinding and sharpening chisels, fitting handles, etc. How to secure loose metal hoops (sagariwa) found on the handles of Japanese chisels. An explanation of hardness in woodworking chisels. Advice against re-creating the hollow on the back of a Japanese chisel. Bench chisel challenge. Experts compare nine popular brands of 1" bench chisels. Edge tools. Essential hand tools that every shop should have. A guide to planes, scrapers, handsaws, chisels, and spokeshaves. Tightening the metal ring or hoop around the top of a Japanese chisel handle. Using a chisel. General paring guidelines and tips on horizontal, vertical and angled paring. Mortising magic. How to select and use the mortising chisel. In praise of the chisel. Advice on features that make a good chisel and a summary of chisels designed for specific tasks. Instructions on how to use eight basic types of chisels for cutting, chipping, routing, ripping, prying and bending. Wood chisels. Their care, the various kinds, and the proper use of chisels. How to choose the right kind of chisel for the job. Simple guide keeps mortising chisels perpendicular to the work being mortised. Mortise chisel guide helps guarantee that the first cut is straight and level. Japanese hand tools. An introduction to Japanese saws, planes and chisels. Using tools. Wood chisels. Tip: Use a copper pipe cap to protect chisel handles. Get the most from the simplest of cutting tools. Tips on choosing, sharpening and using the wood chisel. How to use and sharpen wood chisels. Tip shows how to protect the hand holding a chisel from a misplaced hammer blow. Tips on making your own chisels from scrap steel found in auto leaf springs, spring-tooth harrows, bed rails and other high-carbon steels. Plans for a mortising chisel are shown. Jig for putting the sweep (bend) into homemade chisels and gouges. Chisels, and how to pare. Master the grip and stance before tackling joinery, especially dovetails. How to "set" the hoops on the handle of Japanese chisels. Tips on determining which steel tools to buy (such as chisels) by looking at the Rockwell C index. Tip: Make covers to protect chisels, knives and auger bits from the thumbs and fingers cut from old gloves. Testing wood chisels. A test of 11 different wood chisels is reported. Tip: Use molten lead to form a pattern of the socket when replacing missing chisel handles. Tips on retempering an old chisel. Paring chisel basics. Warm-up exercises teach an essential skill. Using paring chisels to finish dovetails and tenons, chamfering, flattening endgrain, etc. Make leather sheaths for chisels from old leather belts. Tip: Make covers for your chisels, gouges, and other sharp tools from "Plastic Dip". The socket slick, a giant chisel that allows a delicate shaving to be taken, even in situations where it's impossible to use a plane. Method for securing hardwood handles to socket chisels when the taper is undersize. Modify an ordinary beveled-top chisel to do a better job of cleaning out the corners of dovetails. Chisel handles to order. Handles you turn yourself make tools a pleasure to use. Making handles for both socket and tang shown. Three everyday chisels. How bevel-edge, firmer, and mortise chisels take care of most chopping and paring needs. Shop made chisel customized for removing the waste when cutting dovetails. Bench-chisel review. A user test of 17 different half-inch chisels. Some tips on determining the quality of a used chisel prior to purchasing. The proper use and maintenance of chisels. A description of basic techniques, sharpening and storage. Tip: How to pry the broken end of a gouge out of the wooden handle. Overhead transparence master helps in teaching about struck tools (chisels, punches, wedges, etc.). Japanese saws, chisels and planes now available. Tips on their use. Woodworking chisels. A review of the various styles available, tips on their use, and choosing a whetstone to keep them sharp. Tip: Make a paper sheath to cover chisels, gouges, wood turning tools, etc. Made from wrapping paper and glue, it will keep your tools sharp. Tip: Heat metal ferrules before trying to put them onto wooden tool handles. Tip: Making your own brass ferrules for the wooden handles of chisels. Make a hand pad out of leather for use when tapping small chisels with the palm of your hand. Tip: Convert round chisel handles to octagonal handles to prevent the tool from rolling off of a bench. Simply plane the round handle to an octagon shape. Tip: Wipe carving (cutting) tools with a soft cloth and paste wax to keep natural chemicals present in wood from dulling your tools. Make your own square-nosed chisel for finishing off shoulders and flats on wood turnings. Make it from a regular mill file using a small grinder. Turn ordinary steel wire into special purpose tools for delicate jobs. Includes knives, chisels, files, gouges, punches, and scribers. Self-hammering toolholder. A slide hammer is mounted on the shaft of this holder. Tool bit is interchangeable. Use as a punch, chisel, engraver, extractor, etc. Hammer is slid against chunk to provide a controlled "hit". A chisel holder that will take up to 40 tools is built from scrap pine. Includes small drawer for honing stones, etc. Make a hexagonal mortising chisel by grinding down a wrench socket. Tip: Use an empty matchbook to protect the cutting edges of wood chisels. Workshop minicourse. Working with chisels. Chisels. A review of the finest chisels available from around the world. Chisel basics. Using the tool of choice for fitting, trimming, and shaping wood. Make a wooden mold and cast your own plastic trays to hold sharp tools like chisels and gouges. The plastic is a closed-cell rigid foamed polyurethane which you mix up and pour into the mold. It expands, fills the mold and hardens into shape. A look at the basic sets of hammers and chisels, punches and wedges for the home shop. How to choose the right tool to do the job safely. A description of chisels, skews, gouges, fluters, veiners and parting tools and instructions on how to keep them sharp. Old chisels. An overview of the various types and their applications. Tips on identifying high-quality used chisels. Making chisels and gouges from high-carbon steel (like that found in old auto leaf springs). Requires only two propane torches for heating the metal. Rescuing flea market chisels by turning and mounting replacement wooden handles. Tip on making a corner cutter (butt chisel) from an L-bracket that has been sharpened and fitted with a handle. The mortise chisel. Advice on selection, sharpening, and use. Adapt a square edge chisel for paring inside the acute angles of dovetails. Chisels and gouges. A guide to what's new, including tips on what to use and when. Essential jigs. Simple bench top accessories to make joinery more exact. (1) Sawing jigs (bench hook, miter box, side guide for making angled cuts like those required by dovetails). (2) Planing aids (shooting board with wedges for trimming compound miters, miter jack, and donkey's ear shooting board). (3) Chisel miter guide. (4) Hand brace and bit boring guide. Make a hooked chisel for woodworking from an old screwdriver. The basics on bench chisels. How to square rounded corners, pare tenons, and remove glue squeeze-out. What woodworkers need to know about chisels. Keeping them sharp and some chores where they come in handy. Bevel-edge chisels. A shop test of 24 different general-purpose bevel-edge chisels. The Japanese edge. Laminated steel yields a superior cutting edge. Tips on selecting, using, and maintaining a Japanese chisel. The boatbuilder's essential edge tools. An overview of planes, spokeshaves, and chisels which are particularly useful for the builder of wooden boats. Wooden case for your favorite chisels doubles as a working display box. Can be adapted for knives, book, etc. Know your chisels. Identifying, sharpening and using firmer chisels, paring chisels, and mortise chisels. Some tips. Chiseller's delight. How to restore rusted chisels and equip them with new wooden handles. Tips on heating and tempering tool steel, such as found in chisels. How to make your own narrow mortise chisels. New life for old tools. How to make and install new wooden handles on your chisels. Japanese standard-size chisels (Oire Nomi). Part 1. A description of their design and how they are made. Japanese standard-size chisels (Oire Nomi). Part 2. How to tune, sharpen and use the Oire Nomi. Tools of the trade. Part 4. Chisels. Breaking into steel. How to make your own "handed" chisels for cleaning up dovetail housings. Chisel templates (guides) for cutting a stopped chamfer and a miter. About old chisels. How to refurbish old chisels, and some alternative uses for spare ones. Improvised tools. Making a marking knife, keyhole saw, bradawl, beading plane, and dovetail-trimming chisel. The beginning woodworker. Wood chisels. What kinds are available, how to use them and how to sharpen them. Tip on using a guideblock to make sure the chisel is at 90-degrees to the work piece. Using a wood chisel. Making common chop and paring cuts. Hand tools. Series on how to choose and use hand tools. Part 5. Chisels and Gouges. See-through rack for wood chisels and lathe chisels is made from wood and clear plastic. Tip: Apply a small metal screw-on cap to the end of a wooden chisel handle to prevent splitting. Make your own paring chisel from an old file or tool steel. Tip: A coil spring inserted into the handle of a chisel will keep the tang securely held. Should also work for files and other tools with tangs. Tip: Simplify removal of wood with a sharp chisel by pre-slicing grooves with a rotary tool and cutting disc. | |||||||||
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