george wilson
09-27-2010, 10:14 PM
These were made back in the 70's,and aren't very large. These were just something I doped out in a few evenings in the shop because I like making things out of Turkish boxwood. The chisel is 3/32" thick,made from a 6" jointer blade. The cranked neck gouge is made from 01 drill rod.
The mortise chisel was hand pushed. I used it for cutting the narrow mortises in bass wood keyboards for the pins they pivot on. I needed the small cranked gouge for a carving I was making at the time.
The gouge was formed by drilling a deep hole in the 1/4" drill rod,and filing and grinding half of it away.
The handles are Turkish boxwood,turned round,and filed octagonal,a variation of the London pattern handles. I don't know if I'd make them again. I like them,but haven't decided about the raised mouldings near their turned front ends. They are not intrusive on the small sizes of these handles. They were shellacked with Super Blonde shellac. As you can see,shellac does get ground in dirt into it,so now I don't recommend its use. It was available in the shop at the time,so I used it.
The ferrule on one needs to be replaced.
They worked fine,and I used them often in the Musical Instrument Maker's Shop.
The mortise chisel was hand pushed. I used it for cutting the narrow mortises in bass wood keyboards for the pins they pivot on. I needed the small cranked gouge for a carving I was making at the time.
The gouge was formed by drilling a deep hole in the 1/4" drill rod,and filing and grinding half of it away.
The handles are Turkish boxwood,turned round,and filed octagonal,a variation of the London pattern handles. I don't know if I'd make them again. I like them,but haven't decided about the raised mouldings near their turned front ends. They are not intrusive on the small sizes of these handles. They were shellacked with Super Blonde shellac. As you can see,shellac does get ground in dirt into it,so now I don't recommend its use. It was available in the shop at the time,so I used it.
The ferrule on one needs to be replaced.
They worked fine,and I used them often in the Musical Instrument Maker's Shop.