Fascinating metal removal using chisels. These days a mill and an endmill are the "usual" way to go. This is very interesting to see the metal flow like clay under pressure. Thank you.
My first chisel was made in school in 1968. 3/4 inch octagon tool steel. Cut a 52 Packard in half with it and never sharpened it. Wish I still had it, probably the best tool I’ve ever had, and there have been thousands!
Slick!!👍I guess you have to try and find one of those old hand grinders at a flea market or yard sale? I remember one being around when I was a kid, sixty some years ago. 👀
Hi. Your video is very interesting and informative, I have always had chisels but never fully understood the phrase “cold chisel”. In you video it looks like you have made your own chisel styles. Is the pretty straightforward, I have some old files, and very old spanner’s which must date back 40 years or more. How would I go about preparing these to be repurposed as chisels. I like the ideal of creating a finer type chisel, as I have some copper panelling which would look great with some profile carved into it. And I agree chiselling away makes more sense that trying to file a piece down. Thanks CC
Actually you're in luck I have just reposted and updated a few of those videos so if you go to my channel page and check out my latest videos you'll find all the information you need
Thank you for the video. I never looked at cold chisels that way. I just grind them then cut the nut off the bolt. Carving never crossed my mind. I ran across your video by chance as I am learning to forge things. Obviously, you make your own chisels, what type of steel you use? Chisels are on my list to make but not exactly sure the difference between a hot cut and cold cut chisel and why they are different. I will look to see if you have a vid on hot cut chisels. Thank you again.
hot cut is literally that, its used to cut hot steel ...theyre not as hard as a cold chisel and often not as sharp. You can make a hot cut out of many materials , even mild steel if you only have a couple of cuts to make but a cold chisel needs to be sharp and pretty tough to work well at all.
Something you might want to try is picking up an old splitting maul, cutting out the eye and welding on the appropriate size shaft to fit the Hardy hole in your anvil. I used a bit from a jack hammer that works pretty well. Although I forged down the shaft a little bit more than I needed to so it's a little wobbly but still works fine.
A common practice is to use coil spring salvaged from cars for thinner stock. Larger stock from trucks. Even larger stock is from train cars. Other than that I've seen S-7 as well as H-13 used. 4140 and 4360 are often used for Hardy tools including Hardy hot cuts. I'm sure there will be others who differ from the above mentioned steels. But more information is more knowledge. Blessings abundant Sir and I hope this helps some. Crawford out 🙏🏻🔥⚒️🧙🏻♂️
Hi. Dennis has a series of 3 videos about tool making, including chisels, well worth a look if you haven't already seen them th-cam.com/video/ZYO06j9Lgg8/w-d-xo.html Have fun
Denis, like cferguson6688 below, I assume that you made all of these chisels in your shop. Please tell us, either in these comments or in a future video, what materials you recommend for tools like chisels. (If you choose to make a video on materials useful in the shop, you could attempt to cover all recommended materials for all shop-made tooling or even everything you make in your shop.) When you make a cold chisel, do you "heat treat" them before use to improve their toughness and edge-holding ability? 40 or so years ago, I used the cold chisels I had at the time to cut the welds and large rivets that held my CJ-2A together (primarily the heavily worn suspension brackets). I found that the sharper the chisel, the better it cut, but at the cost of having to continually resharpen them. Those chisels weren't anything special, quality-wise, but if I knew what material(s) to use, I'd try my hand at making some higher quality cold chisels in my shop.
I make all my tools with recycled spring steel, so that is the only type of steel I'm familiar with. You can find the videos your looking for by going to my channel page and clinking the playlist link.
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I always love your take on chisel work, Denis. You helped me out a lot with realizing their versatility! I recommend your videos often.
Fascinating metal removal using chisels. These days a mill and an endmill are the "usual" way to go.
This is very interesting to see the metal flow like clay under pressure. Thank you.
My first chisel was made in school in 1968. 3/4 inch octagon tool steel. Cut a 52 Packard in half with it and never sharpened it. Wish I still had it, probably the best tool I’ve ever had, and there have been thousands!
Omg I LOVE that hand cranked grinder. I must have one! I am not a luddite, but at the same time i am no fan of the overuse of power tools.
Thank you for the videos they are always informative.
Excellent little working guide Denis
thanks for sharing
Very cool love your stuff
Knowledge
Muito obrigado por esse conteúdo tão especial! 😎👍
Slick!!👍I guess you have to try and find one of those old hand grinders at a flea market or yard sale? I remember one being around when I was a kid, sixty some years ago. 👀
Hi. Your video is very interesting and informative, I have always had chisels but never fully understood the phrase “cold chisel”. In you video it looks like you have made your own chisel styles. Is the pretty straightforward, I have some old files, and very old spanner’s which must date back 40 years or more. How would I go about preparing these to be repurposed as chisels. I like the ideal of creating a finer type chisel, as I have some copper panelling which would look great with some profile carved into it. And I agree chiselling away makes more sense that trying to file a piece down. Thanks CC
Actually you're in luck I have just reposted and updated a few of those videos so if you go to my channel page and check out my latest videos you'll find all the information you need
Thank you for the video. I never looked at cold chisels that way. I just grind them then cut the nut off the bolt. Carving never crossed my mind. I ran across your video by chance as I am learning to forge things. Obviously, you make your own chisels, what type of steel you use? Chisels are on my list to make but not exactly sure the difference between a hot cut and cold cut chisel and why they are different. I will look to see if you have a vid on hot cut chisels. Thank you again.
hot cut is literally that, its used to cut hot steel ...theyre not as hard as a cold chisel and often not as sharp. You can make a hot cut out of many materials , even mild steel if you only have a couple of cuts to make but a cold chisel needs to be sharp and pretty tough to work well at all.
Something you might want to try is picking up an old splitting maul, cutting out the eye and welding on the appropriate size shaft to fit the Hardy hole in your anvil. I used a bit from a jack hammer that works pretty well. Although I forged down the shaft a little bit more than I needed to so it's a little wobbly but still works fine.
A common practice is to use coil spring salvaged from cars for thinner stock. Larger stock from trucks. Even larger stock is from train cars. Other than that I've seen S-7 as well as H-13 used. 4140 and 4360 are often used for Hardy tools including Hardy hot cuts.
I'm sure there will be others who differ from the above mentioned steels. But more information is more knowledge.
Blessings abundant Sir and I hope this helps some.
Crawford out 🙏🏻🔥⚒️🧙🏻♂️
I actually have a couple of maul heads laying around. I thought about that for the hardie. @@williamemerson1799
Hi. Dennis has a series of 3 videos about tool making, including chisels, well worth a look if you haven't already seen them th-cam.com/video/ZYO06j9Lgg8/w-d-xo.html Have fun
je suis épaté par le travail que vous faites avec les ciseaux, mais je souhaiterai connaitre votre méthode de trempe, merci
Denis, like cferguson6688 below, I assume that you made all of these chisels in your shop. Please tell us, either in these comments or in a future video, what materials you recommend for tools like chisels. (If you choose to make a video on materials useful in the shop, you could attempt to cover all recommended materials for all shop-made tooling or even everything you make in your shop.) When you make a cold chisel, do you "heat treat" them before use to improve their toughness and edge-holding ability?
40 or so years ago, I used the cold chisels I had at the time to cut the welds and large rivets that held my CJ-2A together (primarily the heavily worn suspension brackets). I found that the sharper the chisel, the better it cut, but at the cost of having to continually resharpen them. Those chisels weren't anything special, quality-wise, but if I knew what material(s) to use, I'd try my hand at making some higher quality cold chisels in my shop.
I make all my tools with recycled spring steel, so that is the only type of steel I'm familiar with. You can find the videos your looking for by going to my channel page and clinking the playlist link.