Chip carving knife from an old saw blade
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2015
- I really like to use German chip carving knives. I experiment with making one of these out of a circular saw blade, first softening it to work it, then re-hardening it after I'm done.
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Nice experimentation Matthias. As for the hardening & tempering, 1) heat the steel to cherry red (at this point it will be non-magnetic), 2) immediately quench vertically in oil, moving it up & down in the oil, 3) draw out the temper by baking it for a few hours at about 300-400 degrees F.
Man your neighborhood is just amazing, yard sales with grinders, wood in junkyards, awesome!!
I admire your craftsmanship. Your videos are very interesting. Thank you.
I make kitchen knives from old concrete circular saw blades. The steel is pretty good and they hold an edge well. My latest has become the wife's favorite.
I really enjoy your thrifty approach to problem solving. I really hate to see people throwing money at projects instead of thinking up solutions.
Hello Matthias, and great video. I just discovered your videos here and watched a lot of them so far. I've always loved woodworking, and am starting up the hobby again; so I say thank you for the inspiration you give me. I always used hand tools mostly, but just built a large shed in the backyard and getting some good power tools and fixing it up real good. I got a nice table saw recently and already built the sled from your video. Excellent videos and a real joy to watch and learn from.
Those carving knifes are awesome tools! The hardening process is a difficult job to get it right! Nice build and video!
thank you for briefly explaining why/when to heat and cool quickly or slowly.
Sometimes making something is less about how useful the thing is and more about what you learn from the process and the pleasure you derive from it.
I use a chip carving knife also, its made in the US by Warther Cutlery. I do find it very useful but considering how much I spent on it, making your own seems like a great idea!
I've got an old-fashioned straight razor that needs a handle. I hadn't figured out how I was going to rivet it in there, but your softened-nail trick is perfect!
Mind blown. I have been watching your videos for the wood working videos. Now you are making knives?! Look out Man at Arms! Matthias you are great!
I've never seen a plasma cutter in action - that was amazing! Nice project too, even if I'll use an angle grinder to cut. Thanks.
Another must watch video from Matthias.
Matthias your work is wonderful
Dont dispose of that "mistake" just grind it again on the other side and although it wont be the absolute perfect shape it will still work.
This is definitely on my to-do list. Thanks Mathias!
That's how it's done! :) Great job!
I've never seen you work with metal that much so this is pretty interesting.
Great project. I always wanted to try to make a carving knife.
Old saw blades do make very good knives. Any time you can make your own tools you end up getting new ideas for other things and you learn even more in the process.
Oh, a Wet Wheel grinder! I used to work the assembly line for the company that made those! Who knows, I might very well have assembled that one!
The Sawblade are out of spring Stell. Only the Tip oft an tooth ist tooling Steel. You can harden spring steel but it will not be as hard as tolling steel, it is even more difikult to harden properly (spring steel) because of the lage selection.
Hope my rusty english is not to bead.
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Schöne Grüße aus Österreich :)
I got into chip carving over the summer. Bought one knife from Woodcraft and then made a few more out of a circular saw blade. I just used a grinder to shape it though.
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+Edan Coll Doh! That would have fit perfectly with this video! :)
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Congratulations on wasting your money.
the DiResta shave, very nice idea, beautiful execution.
i badly need that knife! It's available in online shops but not in the market here in our place and it is pretty expensive so I searched on how to make one and ended up here. But heck! ordering in online shops is cheaper than following the process on this video. Haha!
I made a chip carving knife several years ago, was going to learn chip carving, never did. I use the knife on almost every project that I do.
Great work. I like your vids because you remember what it's all about. HAVING FUN
I tried making a few of these a couple years back and struggled with getting the tang to fit properly - the blades were 5160 and perfectly heat treated but I ended up unhappy with a burned fit, and trying to carve the recess out by hand was nigh impossible. Now that I have a table saw, I can employ your method of shaping the tang to match the recess.
Simple you are a genius handworker
WHAT!!!? No dragons to fend off in CANADA!? ahhh the simple life...
Nice way to repurpose an old blade! Something a lot of folks do with carbide-tipped blades is cut sections out them with the carbide tip to use as a lathe parting (or sometimes turning) tool.
that is a bad idea for many reasons, lathe tools are super cheap, even carbide tools, which are hardly ever actually needed. all you need for most basic stuff is some 3/8 cobalt stock and a bench grinder to make any lathe tool you could possibly need.
Nice build and video, Matthias.
Very nice idea to use a saw blade.
+Patrick's work shop Agree 100% Re-purposing is the way to go!
+Patrick's work shop I was happy to have one that wasn't carbide tipped. As in, it's the steel that did the cutting, so hopefully it's a steel that's good at cutting.
+Matthias Wandel As a novice knofe maker I would definately recommend using a magnet to get it up to non magnetic heat when hardening. Also always temper the steel for about 2 hours at 200 C or 400F just for safety, I think in a little used blade it makes little to no difference, but there is a chance that when dropped the tip will snap off. just my 2 cents on it
Matthias Wandel- knife maker extraordinaire!
very cool,I was gonna do the same thing this weekend.
I've used a broken band saw blade to make a carving knife based off of one of those small Japanese type and it heat treated correctly and held an edge well (since that is what the original steel was designed to do). Also you could make literally hundreds of small knives from a broken band saw blade.
Enjoy your videos, keep up the good work man
4:23 I'll just take that out of your junk. One man's trash… Great topic for a video and very concisely presented.
Lol, I read it as "cheap carving knife from an old saw blade"
I'm curious how this will stand up. Hopefully you do a follow-up some time in the future.
With the blade soft it should be trivial to resharpen. So maybe not a bad thing depending on how you use it.
Oh crap. About to watch matthias's videos for hours yet again. Everytime he uploads something this happens. I', not complaining though :)
Awesome work dude!
that was a fun project to watch..thank you
Awesome, Matthias I project I can do LOL... And has a bonus, I just started to learn chip and caricature carving.
looks like a sturdier knife than the one I made from a hacksaw blade. Next time I decide a circular saw has had it, I'll have to remember this project. Though of course we don't all have plasma cutters...
I actually bought one of these. Now I'll try make my own
I saw a video from ClickSpring showing how you could modify drill bits to drill metal with little risk of it snagging.
It involved grinding down the rake angle to 90 degrees or something...
Nice project... I've viewed a few videos about hardening that say you just need to heat the metal until it is no longer magnetic then quench it. Used motor oil seems to be an excellent quenching medium too. It will light on fire when you drop the metal in so be careful of that... Enjoy....
+Paul Bialozor Non magnetic is 1414 degrees F
You need to be in the areas of 1500 degrees F
so "a shade of red hotter"
Used motor oil is not the best, try canola oil instead.
I love these videos.
Great idea for old saw blades.
Very cool.
Carving knife from an saw blade!? Great idea, i will copy!
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great tip, to check you have got the right temperature for the heat treating use a magnet, when it looses it's magnetism you are there.
I am pretty sure someone has said this but just in case.
That blade is the carer for the tungsten tips, its the tungsten that is hard and makes the cut, the body of that blade is common mild steel, it wont harden because its low carbon.
I’m pretty sure others didn’t say this because they realized it wasn’t a carbide tipped blade.
3:31 NAILED IT
Looks great!
The best circular saw blades to use for knives are the ones without carbide. An old unusable handsaw is good too.
Nice! Well done.
this project really stuck with me, so I'm saving old blades to make one someday.
you should have a go at cold/warm grinding old hss planer blades into carving knife shapes, super steel
Ignore the spoingle comment. He must be an expert at everything. I enjoyed it thank you
hey bud i love your channel and i look up to you as a master wood craftsman but how did you get so creative with all those crazy things you build? did you go to architect school. your imagination to see such awesome projects is something else . keep up the good work
There nice & I've got some old blades thank you
nice work! thank you
Great work!
Was waiting to see blacsmithing on this channel!
"we are the stagmer brothers of Baltimore knife and sword...."
i mostly recomend oil when hardening metal after heating it up :D but looks good
Now I have something to do with that little pile of Dad's old saw blades! Thanks.
+hassleoffa Heat treat 'em properly, and maybe you can make a bit of money to buy some new tools, eh?
That's not a bad idea!
Another great video.
Very good your project
great one Matt
Bravo, well done.
Practical as always.
I going to do this too, thanks
I didn't know plasma cutters were a thing.... looks like a bad ass sci fi weapon
Gosh, I hope you didn't throw that other blade away. The two pins will hold it in place. Just reshape it a bit on the end. Excellent video.
Plasma cutter... FTW!!
0:40 notice the sparks that are formed when grinding high-carbon steel.
Good use for an old saw blade
Matthias, I have been a fan of yours for a long time. I enjoy your videos. You do a great job. I just thought you would like to know your hard work is appreciated. Keep up the good work.
I remember my father making carving knives from old hacksaw blades.
I'm surprised you didn't build the plasma cutter out of wood first haha
Very nice!
Use the old hacksaw on wood, it has an excellent steel. You can do without hardening.
+Дмитрий Островитянин Much too thin
Nice knifes
Scrape the corner of a file along the blade, if it skates along and doesn't leave any scratches or marks, then it's too hard and needs tempering. You can also do the first hardening at more of a straw yellow color for more hardness.
try quenching it in brine. you might get better hardness. cheers.
Good job!
Great video.
great video
Great video. I know what I will put on my project list. thanks.
the steel in a tipped blade will be nearer to mild than tool, it needs more carbon to harden it for knife sharpness
Great video
Thanks
Muito util valeu por compartilhar d+.
Nice job
do you get everything from yard sales and junkpiles? I've only seen 2 yard sales in my life and nothing interesting.
+KanagJ When yard sale shopping, you have to visit at least 10 before you find anything.
2 things
1 if you normalize or aneal (I dont think that's spelled right) the steel then you dont have to take care to keep it from getting hard and
2 if you cant harden and temper the knife then you can just be very careful of the temperature of the steel and not have to worry about it and still get the same results. This is best done using hand tools to eliminate of the risk of overheating the steel
pretty cool
To prevent cracking after hardening You need to anheal the blade at around 250 degree C. (Dark brown, but NOT blue).