Homemade Chisels!!

[SquidLYF]

Hey guys! Thinking about making some of my own turning chisels and it got me wondering what chisels some of you crafty buggers have made/customised, so post pics and maybe a description here! Ill do the same if i ever get around to making any...:rolleyes: Cheers, Max.

[dai sensei]

See my travel chisels here: http://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/my-travel-chisels-151195/

I added a few more to the set though :rolleyes:

[BobL]

If you do a search in the

HOMEMADE TOOLS AND JIGS ETC. (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f44/)

Forum that should reveal a few and it will save folks reposting stuff that has already being posted.

[SquidLYF]

Very nice Dan, quite envious!:p

And thanks Bob! Pretty new around here and didn't realise there was a dedicated section, off to have a little looksy! Cheers, Max.

[chuck1]

skews, scrapers and parting tools! I used boliert S600 and Mcjings tool steel! oh and a power hacksaw blade for the thinest parting tool!

[michael_m]

I recently bought a decorating elf, but instead of spending the $50+ on the coving and point tools, I made my own from a couple of Gary Pye HSS blanks (~$12 total).

[BobL]

And thanks Bob! Pretty new around here and didn't realise there was a dedicated section, off to have a little looksy! Cheers, Max.

I just realized you referred to Turning Chisels. In that case you are much more likely to find these in the "Woodturning - General" Forum.

[spankingpigeon]

Is the elf just a length of steel with a hole drilled in the end and then you slide a carbide burr into the hole ?

[michael_m]

It's got ball bearings and a magnet in there as well, but fundamentally yes. The burrs are HSS, not carbide, as far as I can tell.