Thread: Paring Chisel Batch Order

Originally Posted by Loco1960

DJ,

Mine have arrived - I am quite surprised and delighted by the quality that has been achieved - a credit to TS, you and all the suppliers used. Outstanding and sure to become an heirloom.

Is there any suggested assembly method posted anywhere?

BR,

Loco1960

I agree with the heirloom comment and just hope I can make handles to fit within the heirloom category

Mine arrived safe and sound this morning.
Now to get around to looking at them for a while....then to think about doing something with them for a while......then........


TM

Originally Posted by Loco1960

Is there any suggested assembly method posted anywhere?

As soon as I get mine I will do one. however in the mean term you need to:

Originally Posted by thumbsucker

The ferrule slot is 3 mm x 8 mm. the chisel is 3.35 mm thick, so you need to widen the slot by 0.175 mm from the top and bottom of the slot.

If you were to glue on some wet & dry sandpaper 400 grit to a piece of hardwood or ply or metal that is 2 mm thick. Then you can open the slot.

OR

If you have a linisher you could take 0.175 mm from both faces of the tang. Then pushing the ferrule down the tang, the steel will easily peen the brass in the socket.

Originally Posted by Ray153

I have included some written advice sheets that hopefully will go out with each set of handles, but just in case, here is a precis of what it says for information.

Each has been drilled with a 3.18mm pilot hole to a depth of 85-90mm, some of which will be lost in turning the blank. All care has been taken to drill the hole straight and plumb with the long axis, however, there may well have been some degree of wander, especially in the blackwood and less so in the gidgee.

I suggest that it would be wise to check both the depth and the alignment with a thin skewer or wire before opening up the hole to accept the tang.

Originally Posted by thumbsucker

Ray153 has drilled a pilot hole for us that is 3 mm in diameter, all that needs to be done is to use the 3 mm chisel from the set, to pair open a mortice 8 x 3 mm at the opening, tapering to the middle.

The other option make a holder from pine/mdf/chip board 50 x 50 x 50 mm and to drill a hole 32 mm in the centre (the width of the handle at its widest point), then cut the block in half so you end up with two half pieces. You then place the handle between these two blocks and you can secure it in a vice or with clamps for drilling preventing the handle from spinning (lining the hole with 240 grit sand paper helps to hold it in place). Then you can drill a 3 mm hole 50 mm deep on either side of the pilot hole, followed by some light pairing to square up the hole.

Originally Posted by Groggy

Here are some links for ideas:

Making_Your_Own_Chisel_Handles

Socket chisels

Norse Woodsmith

Thanks for putting all this info in one place - that was going to be my next question too

Cheers

My half set of 4 arrived with some lovely blackwood handles. Wonderful looking tools all round.
I hope to put them together on Friday and post some pics in the other thread once I've ground the bevel on the odd one out, oiled the handles and put them together.

Thanks to TS and DJ in particular along with the many formites who have helped along the way.
All the best
Kevin
PS I'm looking forward to my long set in a few months time

DJ,
Mine arrived this morning and look magnificent! A huge vote of thanks to you and TS for making this happen. I agree with the others, the quality is excellent. Definitely tools that will be around in my shop for a long time.
Acer

TermiMonster has done a small photo post of how he assembled his first chisel. Have a look here.

I got my 20mm one when I got home today. been away to Qld for a few days. Any idea when the other two will arrive? this one looks like it will be great when I can get a handle onto it. Very nice. Thanks for all the work .

peter.

Peter - I will contact Dj to see if he posted them separately.

If he did not, we will send them to you asap.

Originally Posted by Glenlara

I got my 20mm one when I got home today. been away to Qld for a few days. Any idea when the other two will arrive? this one looks like it will be great when I can get a handle onto it. Very nice. Thanks for all the work .

peter.

Great mate.. thanks again.

Glenlara, Dj, only sent one, he must have gotten confused as you were first only down for one, and then did not realise that the other two were also for you. However that is OK, as soon as the spare chisels come to me in Canberra I will send you your two. Give me about a week.

No problems. All the way to lightning ridge and in to the gold coast I was looking for wood to make handles out off on the side of the road.

Good News the box of chisels for the Canberra blokes came today. Having had a cursory chance to examine the chisels, I must confess that I am impressed. The chisels are flat, even the long thin 3 mm are nice, and true, these had me worried. The side landings are clean, and consistent. The finish of the surface grind is on par with Lie-Nielsen's.

My only quibbles is the socket/ferrules seem to be a little over engineered. The x-wall thickness could be made thinner, giving more meat to the handle. However the weight of the socket does shift the centre of gravity of the chisel towards the centre, so it maybe a good thing. Also I will note that the surface finish on the grind for the side bevels, could be better. Its just not bling as it could be.

The handles turned out very comfortable, and nicely sized, with the fat of the bulge sitting comfortably into the palm, with the finger extending towards the socket. The socked does sit loose, however it should not affect the operation of the chisel.

I had a go at pairing with a blunt long 250 mm 3 mm wide chisel. It is simple a matter of holding the chisel correctly. All that is needs to be done is to hold the front of the chisel with your non-dominant hand as close to the front of the chisel blade as you can. If you nibble of as little as possible at a time, the chisel is more then functional, with minimum distortion. Remember that the 3 mm chisel is for the finest of fine work, and will serve you will for this task. If you want to hog away material you may have to consider other chisel options.

I welcome feedback and comments from chisel recipients. If you think something could be better, I would like to know. I know I will have thoughts on how they could be made better, as time goes on.

All that has to happen now is to make another batch to replace the 11 lost, and the six destroyed during the heat treat. So it looks like we will be doing a partial chisels batch order, consisting of at least four sets, plus six long 12 mm chisels. I will also make spares just incase we have anymore duds, second time around.

In the mean time, its time to go to the Wig & Pen. I know its short notice but how does this Saturday Sound????? I will be at the Canberra Wood Show this Sunday at the ANU Stand in the morning, and drifting around the show the rest of the day.

Below is a photo of what came to me.

Thanks TS, DJ & Co
Received mine today and Im absolutely chuffed with them - well worth the wait.
Ill assemble them when I get a chance.
Thanks again