| Project by Gumnut | posted 08-11-2012 08:10 AM | 4844 views | 3 times favorited | 10 comments |  |
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The wood show here has just passed and they needed entries for the competition so I entered this set of chisels in a box very quickly so a few mistakes considering I had two weeks to make the box.
The chisel blades are made using an angle grinder and thin steel cut of blade to cut up sections of a power hack saw blade that is 1.6mm thick, these make wonderful marking knives and miny chisels but are time consuming to shape because they are so hard, I used a grind stone and water to start off with then sharpening stones up to 4000 grit.
The handles are made from York Gum (Eucalyptus loxophleba) I think and is a very hard wood to turn.
The box is made from Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) with some Vavona (Sequoi sempervirens) veneer for a bit of decoration. But mistakes happen and the book match line was too obvious so I made up a wooden chisel out of silver birch / York gum and Queen Ebony to inlay and hide the join of veneers.
The hinges are from BC specialties http://www.bcspecialties.com/c-24-hardware.aspx
that I removed the stay to fully open up the box.
A set of magnets inserted into a strip of wood and glued down and some sued leather cover helped the chisels stay in place but I still need to add a lift out strip of leather so fingers dont get cut.
The finish is spray laquer and waxed up.
Hope you like my miny chisel set.
-- Peter, member of the Fine Woodwork Association http://www.fwwa.org.au/index.htm
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TRYPHON974
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#1 posted 08-11-2012 09:10 AM
Very nice!
HalDougherty
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#2 posted 08-11-2012 10:24 AM
Great looking box and chisels! Did you win?
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Gshepherd
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#3 posted 08-11-2012 11:00 AM
Now what can be better than homemade tools?? Good Job…...
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#4 posted 08-11-2012 11:23 AM
Nice,
Good luck on the contest. Looks like a winner to me.
Steve
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HillbillyShooter
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#5 posted 08-11-2012 11:58 AM
Great job and very nice recovery on the book match line. I really admire your ability to make your own tools—especially a set of chisels that have their own unique sharpening challenges. Good luck on competition.
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David Kirtley
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#6 posted 08-11-2012 05:03 PM
Nice. I am not familiar with some of the tool profiles. What are they intended to do?
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Jim Jakosh
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#7 posted 08-11-2012 09:39 PM
Sweet box!!!!!!!!!..................Jim
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Boxguy
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#8 posted 08-12-2012 06:15 AM
Peter,
You are elegant even in your simplicity. You can’t help yourself. The magnets are a nice touch. I liked the inlay and the beautiful redwood burl veneer job. It is lovely. I try to make even my shop jigs attractive. It adds to the pleasure of working in the shop and lets me take pride in what I am doing. What a nice and useful set of chisels. May you use them with joy.
One question: what kind of tang did you put on the blades and how are they fastened into the handles?
-- Big Al in IN
Gumnut
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#9 posted 08-12-2012 08:55 AM
Thank you again for your encouraging comments, unfortunately I did not win but the other boxes were excellent.
I think you could call these chisels box makers chisels because they come in handy for inserting hinges and all sorts of things, I use them most weekends.
Al you always put time into your thoughts and I appreciate your comments and thoughts.
-- Peter, member of the Fine Woodwork Association http://www.fwwa.org.au/index.htm
David Kirtley
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#10 posted 08-13-2012 12:42 AM
That is the best thing about making your own tools. You get to make what fits your needs.
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