hand forged socket carving chisels
Hi all I have small forge and I am currently in need of some carving chisels and want to make them myself rather than spend say $300 + on a set.
I am looking at using and old coil spring for the socket and blades as they are generally 1075 or 1084 hi carbon steel. I am basing my design of Chinese violin gauges but with the profiles I need rather that just a shallow curve. I am planing to make the handles pear shaped and palm sized as I prefer to shave and push rather than drive with a hammer.
has anyone ever gone down this path when making chisels or am I the only one crazy enough to try?
any thoughts would be appreciated. Bellow is an image of the design I am basing mine off
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hand forged socket carving chisels
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Robson Valley
Coil spring and flat leaf spring metals have to be annealed for shaping.
Harden and temper at the end then the final sharpening and honing.
Old story here that pre-62 Volkswagen beetle leaf spring was as good as Ford 1-ton truck leaf.
There's a Youtube of a guy forging a bowl gouge from a BMW coil spring.
Seems only reasonable to have the tools which do the sort of carving that interests you.
Pacific Northwest style tools allow me to do more than all the Pfeils that I own.
25cm to 150cm seems my range, from 4cm to 20cm thick.
Nit picking sorry.
A 62 Volkswagen Beetle has a torrisio bar suspension system,not leave springs.
The bar is around 25 mm thick.
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