allen long
05-13-2014, 5:55 PM
Some weeks ago we were talking about 1/16th inch chisels. Thought I would try my hand at making a few. They were ground from Narex chisels. The wider of the chisels is from a Narex mortise chisel. The second picture shows she inserts in the handles which are brass and bloodwood. The item to the far left is a birdcage awl reground from a hardened rod used in a floppy drive. The handheld countersink to the right is my own design. The countersink business end is either US or European manufacture (I forgot which). I specifically chose the countersink manufacture with passing these down to my sons. You can see better pictures of the birdcage awl and countersink in the later pictures.
The shorter of the three chisels was actually a beautiful long grind (Think of Lie Nielsen shape). However it snapped off during heavy-handed tryout. These all wound up slightly under 1/16th inch after polishing. Amazingly, the Mortise chisel was originally full length and I was able to pound a through-mortise through a 7/8" cutoff from an oak stair tread. The thing looked like a Katana sword before I shortened it and put it into a new handle. What good is it? Not sure actually, but at this length it is pretty robust and I likes it . . . .
Kind Regards . . . Allen
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The shorter of the three chisels was actually a beautiful long grind (Think of Lie Nielsen shape). However it snapped off during heavy-handed tryout. These all wound up slightly under 1/16th inch after polishing. Amazingly, the Mortise chisel was originally full length and I was able to pound a through-mortise through a 7/8" cutoff from an oak stair tread. The thing looked like a Katana sword before I shortened it and put it into a new handle. What good is it? Not sure actually, but at this length it is pretty robust and I likes it . . . .
Kind Regards . . . Allen
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7408/14176817551_5357b79f9c.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/13993450759_27572e7fbe.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5483/12313017193_b7bb6ed98c.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7353/12313016923_db567948d1.jpg