today I'm going to make a 2 inch chisel I'm using this big gouge as a guide for for the blade I'm using mild steel I'll attempt to forge the socket then have a crack at Forge welding this piece of 1075 steel for the cutting edge and for the handle I've got this piece of black wattle I should've forge welded the socket together like on this old gouge I didn't leave enough material to overlap any of it to do that so I'm just going to weld it together with the TIG welder but before I do that I'm going to work on the other end of the chisel I'm going to clean up a piece of 1075 steel and forge weld that to the cutting edge I'll use a few tack welds to hold the 1075 steel in place then I'll put it back into the forge I haven't tried forge welding before I'm not that confident but fingers crossed it works out if it doesn't I'll just grind it off and try again I start with gentle blows until I'm confident it's welding together here I'm taking a couple of hits with it on its edge to see if it comes loose it seems to be fine so I'll start forging it out with heavier blows I was hoping to get a bit more done but as it's getting dark I'm going to call that a day the first job of the day has
to be coffee and then I'll get into the workshop I'll start cleaning the seam of
the socket ready for welding I decided to use the MIG welder rather than the TIG it's not the prettiest weld but with a bit of grinding each should be fine the whole of the back is just about flat there's a couple of low spots but I'm not too worried about that the main area where the high carbon steel is is perfectly flat there is a small crack in the forge weld just in this section here but the rest of it seems perfectly
fine I've checked around the edges and it seems to be just where the high
carbon steel feathers into nothing this is just for my personal use so I'm happy enough with it and I'll learn from it and do better next time now the back is flat I'll continue to grind the rest of it that's enough grinding for now I'm going to put it back in the Forge and heat treat the edge and while it's in there I'm going to make a few adjustments to the socket next I'll temper it in the oven and it only just fitted in there I'll put it in for a couple of hours at 210 degrees C and then back to the grinder and clean it up a bit more I'm slowing the grinder down to avoid it getting too hot and ruining the temper while I grind a bevel for the cutting
edge and I'm constantly dipping it in water to keep it cool as well I'm using a 120 grit belt and the angle of the bevel is 25 degrees that will do for now I'll start making the handle then finish the sharpening at the end but before I do start the handle we had a visitor on the property that I thought I'd share with you I'm really not sure why it was out and about and it was quite a surprise to see it because it really should be hibernating this time of year I've always wanted to try this out the wire was a bit stiff and not ideal but it did do it and it looks pretty cool I only gave it a few light taps and I was expecting to remove it to refine it a bit more but I couldn't get it back off so I reckon that means it must be a good fit a chisel like this would be used for
timber framing I don't really do any of that but it will be useful for anything
that needs paring even though it may not be the most used tool in the
workshop I reckon we'll definitely get some use and I absolutely love it I really enjoyed the project I was happy with it the whole way but when I put the handle in there it just felt fantastic and I was pretty excited about it hopefully you enjoyed the video if you did please like and subscribe thanks for watching and I'll see you on the next one
