Dovetail chisel

Cool, how did you do the hardening?

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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William R. Duffield on the Cohansey

>I could find lots of uses for something like that (even though I probably wouldn't bother for HBDTs). It would find a handy place with my carving tools. How do you make your bolster? Do you solder it on after you've rehardened the nail?

That's fine, thanks, Andrew.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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Dennis

>Not hard, i weld the 2 nails together then weld a spacer or just grind the weld. The smithy part i do when we have our outside fireplace going here in south Forida, hehe not too often and then use my small anvil and put them in oven to temper.

Would like to spend some time with somebody like Todd and see if i could forge weld the two nails together and not have to weld.

I had a need for a small mortice chisel and then made the swan neck to match....3/16 wide and they work. Fun to do and doesnt cost much other than time.

Dennis

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Crown skew chisel

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>Picture of a Crown skew chisel (one of a pair, left and right), courtesy of my scanner.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Very clever!

Derek

>Maybe Lee Valley could start producing & selling them?

Re: Dovetail chisel

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>Rob,

Thanks for the note about the drawbacks of the skew chisels - I think I will wait for the LN dedicated model.

Re: Dovetail chisel

Mark Harrison -- in Sydney, Australia

>Talk about synchronicity. I was just rambling on about this very topic a moment ago in another thread above this!

I have the 1/2" pair. I would rate them as sucks like a tornado! So soft I folded the point over pairing softwood end grain!