I recommend wearing a wrist band of some sort (similar to what boxers wear) when using the chisel to minimize possible pain on your wrist/hand area when using the chisel... I have experienced the pain you get (and the damage your bones receive) when not having anything to support your wrist.
Did you think about starting at 180 grit then gradually work up to 1000-1500 grit. The compound & polish to look damn near CHROME!?! I like shiny stuff though 🤷🏻♂️. Nice work man 👍🙌🏼👍
Sometimes the struck end is heated to a higher tempering color, such as blue, to make it softer and less likely to chip when struck. You did a fine job of hardening and tempering. Using oil to quench with unknown steel type was smart.
I think not knowing the blend of steel to start with meant that the whole heat treating process might have just given me a case hardening. I plan on using this for stone work, which didn’t affect the edge anyway, so that should be less destructive to the edge.
Excellent work sir
2:12 dat cold-shut fishmouth 😵
Really though, excellent work, I love the geometry of the final piece!
I recommend wearing a wrist band of some sort (similar to what boxers wear) when using the chisel to minimize possible pain on your wrist/hand area when using the chisel...
I have experienced the pain you get (and the damage your bones receive) when not having anything to support your wrist.
So elegant!
3:31 why the magnet?
I think it's to ensure the chisel cannot be magnetised? That's my best guess. I wonder how doing that even worked...
@@MrLuigiBean1 it could be. only the master can illuminate us
It's to gauge temperature, when the steel hits its curie temperature (the point at which some materials lose their magnetism) it can be hardened.
When the steel reaches the correct temperature, it loses it's magnetic capability. Here's a good summary: threeplanes.net/toolsteel.html
Ohh! I understand now! Thank you for explaining it to me and the others reading this!👍
Poor Anvil...
good job
Did you think about starting at 180 grit then gradually work up to 1000-1500 grit. The compound & polish to look damn near CHROME!?! I like shiny stuff though 🤷🏻♂️. Nice work man 👍🙌🏼👍
Sometimes the struck end is heated to a higher tempering color, such as blue, to make it softer and less likely to chip when struck. You did a fine job of hardening and tempering. Using oil to quench with unknown steel type was smart.
Is that piece of metal off a craftsman bandsaw?
Nice.
Thanks for sharing that, well done
I want one
Nice
After so much hardwork it costs only 3 dollar 🤔
How about a nice wood chisel
You could have tempered the end to reduce warping. I know, I’m just an obserever but you could have done it is all I’m saying.
P.S. It could have also reduced the chipping issue.
I think not knowing the blend of steel to start with meant that the whole heat treating process might have just given me a case hardening. I plan on using this for stone work, which didn’t affect the edge anyway, so that should be less destructive to the edge.
This was as far away from actually forging a chisel as it gets, technically speaking I guess you did use heat, hammer and an anvil but..........