Hi all !
I was in need of a narrow chisel to work on delicate parts when making guitars so, after having done a bigger
one, I decided to make this paring chisel 4mm large with a regular 25° bevel. It is done, again, with a HSS-C bar 4×4x200mm, but with a different approach inside the handle. Instead of boring as usual the handle to fit the tang section, I decided to cut a short section of the bar and braze it to the remaining lenght making a "T" as you can see in the picture here:
The purpose is to avoid a bolster while mantaining the resistance to the pulling action at the same time; this chisel in intended to be pulled only, no hammer use.
Here is a picture of the inside of the handle (half handle) where the chisel is inserted :
And this is the finished chisel, with a brass ferrule; the two halves of handle are glued together with a tight contact with the chisel body.
any further suggestion is very precious, because I'm going to make also a 6×6 and a 8×8.
I was in need of a narrow chisel to work on delicate parts when making guitars so, after having done a bigger
one, I decided to make this paring chisel 4mm large with a regular 25° bevel. It is done, again, with a HSS-C bar 4×4x200mm, but with a different approach inside the handle. Instead of boring as usual the handle to fit the tang section, I decided to cut a short section of the bar and braze it to the remaining lenght making a "T" as you can see in the picture here:
The purpose is to avoid a bolster while mantaining the resistance to the pulling action at the same time; this chisel in intended to be pulled only, no hammer use.
Here is a picture of the inside of the handle (half handle) where the chisel is inserted :
And this is the finished chisel, with a brass ferrule; the two halves of handle are glued together with a tight contact with the chisel body.
any further suggestion is very precious, because I'm going to make also a 6×6 and a 8×8.