Hardening and Tempering a Chisel

Tips and tricks for hardening and tempering a chisel! Although I show the hardening and tempering process for a hot cut chisel, the same process could be used for tempering most hand tools made of either water or oil hardening material. The video is a thorough walk through on how to prepare the metal, harden the tool by quenching in oil, and tempering the tool.
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[@Al-ms6me]

your wife held the camera almost as steady as if it was on a tripod so kudos to her for that and kudos to you for a very informative and details video. cheers mate

[@Thedoug369]

Probably has a camera with stabilization or the camera is in a gimbal.

[@shanejohns7901]

The bond you're developing with your wife in making these videos is simply beautiful in the truest sense. Congratulations to both of you.

[@jessalva3073]

The best video about hardening and tempering yet, I could see the colors very well. Very well explained with no fluff and I’ve seen a few videos but this one is the best and the assistant did a great job too. Thank you very much.

[@karentoler1084]

Thank you for the simple and we'll explained process. I am 60 years old and just getting started in Blacksmithing. I will be using a coal forge like you when I get things set up. Thanks again.

[@Colin56ish]

Brings back a lot of memories. Hand made tools seem to inherit a part of you that shop bought just never has. Thank you and God bless you both for continuing this great Traditional skill that is being lost with our young people.

[@im4d4ever]

I can't thank you enough ... yesterday was my first time ever work with steel, and I successfully could hardened my 75 yo old man's favorite ancient wooden handle screwdriver set ... he is so happy, and I'm so thankful ....

[@parthasarathikarthigayan8367]

Though India had the oldest foundry and good blacksmiths even today, their art is not to be seen in towns now-a-days. I have enjoyed your blacksmith's techniques. The pains you are taking to define how the fire heats up slowly the iron is quite appreciable. The technique you impart like which part of the chisel to be treated first and how that has to be achieved is great. Thanks for your educative spirit to propagate the ancient art that man had ever blessed the world with. Carry on!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Parthasarathi Karthigayan thank you so much for your great comment and your encouragement! God bless you and all that you do!

[@parthasarathikarthigayan8367]

Christ Centered Ironworks Thank you.

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[@678friedbed]

thats because india is still stuck in the 1800's for the most part.

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[@kendalkenny1843]

The most informative of all vids I've seen, and that's hundreds. "Praise the LORD".

[@izbiz671]

Why isn't this more than a million views?......this makes a lot of sense

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

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[@jerrybohn4848]

I liked and enjoyed watched learning how to temper tools, I also enjoyed hearing your wife's comments in the background.

[@bishnoyrai3573]

Thank.u.nd.ur.beloved.wife.2.give.a.gr8.knowledge.about.hardning.nd.quinching

[@LockBits-ts6eo]

I learned this as an apprentice back in the 70's, but still learned things watching you, thank you.

[@JeffreyFrazee]

Thank you. I do a lot of hand tool woodworking out here in West Africa where we still plow with hand forged plows behind a couple of cows. I was digging up a garden bed yesterday with my hand forged daba (short-handled hoe). May we live above reproach. Though our neighbors may accuse us, they will see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. Let us live simple lives and work with our hands. Great video. I agree with all the previous comments about how useful and well presented it was.

[@billnowlin9148]

I have to assume that you are a Great Blacksmith, but it is obvious that you are a born teacher. Thanks for the clear concise format!!!

[@hightowerone]

He's not a teacher, what you're seeing is the Lord helping him/us out. ✌♥️

[@johnhenkel1828]

I just recently started forging and have been watching hours and hours of videos, but after watching your video I think I finally understand what is going on when hardening and tempering a piece of metal. Thank you so much.

[@kennybarlow8558]

absolutely great job of explaining the process and he videography was top notch as well! wish I had found your demo sooner as it answered a lot of important questions and the video was able to reveal in true color exactly what you were referring to. Job well done!

[@lanceleavitt7472]

What a fantastic video. I wasn't doing something wrong, I was doing everything wrong. Thanks for the great info.

[@e.clayton6067]

I've never gotten so much information off of a video I appreciate your thoroughness

[@mikovera158]

Thank you so much for sharing us your knowledge. Its a great honor to recieve such a gift of knowlege. With great explanations that can easily be understand. A perfect demonstration, can easily be followed. May this knowledge be shared and be scattered.... Thank you once again keep up this good work.... GOD BLESS!!!!.....

[@johnstory1717]

Good camera work,clear concise instructions repeated enough to stress and clarify importance of steps 5 thumbs up.

[@zimbozimbo1598]

Learnt just what I wanted to know. Thanks from Zimbabwe

[@indianatone218]

Excellent thanks for showing us .respect to your camera lady she's important too .Ant from Wales UK.

[@dumisaninyathi12]

Great stuff. You make a natural born teacher. Very clear lesson. Thanks.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

+Dumisani Nyathi thank you sir very much! God bless you and thank you for watching

[@t0mn8r35]

That trick with the magnet is really interesting. You learn something new every day...

[@stevejenkins8880]

A really excellent demonstration of the annealing process. Your approach was better illustrated (thanks Jessica) than what it was in my blacksmithing class. In my mind the process was a bit vague but I've got it now. Kudos, Roy!

[@adkviking69shofner98]

Thank you love the live format

[@papahajek5383]

I was drawn more by the name (Christ Centered Works) than by the content. I machined, welded , and heat treated metal in a casting foundry for over 40 years. Been a Christian for about the same length of time. Nice job.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Papa Hajek, glad to have you on the channel. We're partial to our business name too :) Have a blessed day!

[@jonathanwilliams4348]

Being Christ centered in everything that I do in life is my goal; so I very much like the name of your channel and I'm subscribing immediately !

[@jdleigland1317]

A bit wordy, but very very informative and on point. An excellent starting point for developing your own technique for tempering, keeping in mind that color perception varies from person to person. Good Show!

[@generalprinciple5921]

Great video. Very informative and practical. Thanks.

[@dmcjustabloke3341]

Very informative, you took me back almost thirty seven years to the class room with my old metal work teacher.. Very good.

[@jonsmith2265]

Loved this video, wish I had watched it many years ago when I started out as a gunsmith!

[@tomswift26]

Perfect, just what I needed to know simply stated. I'd really like to make a few chisels and gouges in a rustic style, and this lets me know the method.

[@jeremyoshea7941]

A man like you really teaches every part of the p process!

[@vulixirus]

Hey, I'm a welding student, but I'm making a chisel in class tomorrow for our metallurgy unit. This was super helpful and informative! The directions my instructor gave out were very confusing, much easier with visuals :)

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mohammadjawadafzal1941]

Hello Dear. Thank you for such a wonderful information gathered in this short video for NON-TECHNICAL people like me. I have watched this video twice by stopping and understanding. Very informative. CHEERS and THANKS.

[@m3m437]

I'm looking forward to trying this myself. A lot of guys make heat treatment seem complicated. This seemed to take some of the mystery out of it. Thank you sir.

[@stickom]

Fan-tastic! Thank you 🙏. (an amateur horn player here, I got to bend the one inch thin brass tubing to replace dent slide, the horn is old can't fine the slide on ebay, so I bought torch, butane, tubing, and I am going to anneal let cool at the bench, then fill with water, ice it down and bent... then if that works, I will heat again and cool in oil to make it resonant! It is a project, but I am about to do anyways,..)

[@H2OMANLV]

Great job in explaining the heat treating process. That's something i never fully understood.

[@timbarkes5300]

This helped me understand temper and hardening so much more than others I've watched. Love your videos.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Glad it helped :-)

[@singhaya.]

I like the way you teach its simple and detailed thanks a lot sir

[@daniellanier9090]

Brings me back to my first set of stone carving tools that I made from tool steel.Knowing how to temper your tools is very important.The water vs oil was very interesting info.

[@waltparkhurst2494]

Thank you Roy for sharing. Great video. And you answers some question I was searching answers for. Thank you and God bless.

[@victorcastle1840]

Old man, just starting and you did the best job I have seen explaining the grain structure and what is happening as you heat and cool. GREAT Video and explaining critical stuff. Just subed

[@gichehasimon]

That was very comprehensive information about forging. video format is excellent . Give us more videos on forging knives using coils spring. I might train myself using my back yard old coils spring

[@atomik5674]

You have a fine teaching method. You're film style is perfect for your intent and I start to better understand the nature of metals, and tendencies of their properties. Thank you

[@danielstumpf8125]

It is a good idea to heat your oil up to around 130 degrees for a better quench. Room temp oil does not draw out the heat as warm oil. I did like your video and your techniques.

[@Sethemiah]

Fantastic videography! and fantastic information. even with everyone out there putting up smithing videos, yours has been the most informative, without any of the extra superfluous information to chew your way through. And the channel name was a big draw!

[@scotthicks8338]

Thank you for showing and describing the color change simultaneously. I'm not very good at seeing colors, so your description of what was happening while I was watching was very important to me.

[@johnmood5653]

Very nice work. I do so appreciate your efforts at keeping the colors as true as you can so we see the colors we're going to see since accurate temperature measurements are tough and expensive to do, as well as the magnet crosscheck. WELL DONE SIR!

[@jekjr909]

I greatly appreciate your in depth details and explanations of how to harden and temper. I used this exact tutorial to make a couple hand tools and they all work phenomenal! Thanks for the help Roy! God bless you and your home as well as craft!

[@martincurran5189]

This is very well presented Logan is right do not change the way you teach

[@murphymmc]

You could heat your quench oil up and boil off the water as it will vaporize long before the oil gets to boiling, nice and slow. Most steel needs about 75 degrees past non-magnetic, tool steel does behave differently. Nice tutorial, well explained.

[@Nel_Drey]

Absolutely satisfying

[@16autisticklowns]

"My wife is shaking her head 'yes', I couldn't do this without her" supremely cool

[@masoodpic]

Very good camera work, and very good teaching, simple and not wordy, Thank you.....

[@av8scuba]

I appreciate the closeup so we can see

[@BAD_BOYS_OF_KARACHI_93]

Thanks for great information bro 👍

[@karmicmessenger]

Actually this is a rare video which clearly shows the color change on the tempering stage and the importance of gradual temperature increase. Well done. Great camera work.

[@bl0p3z01]

Great video, at first glance, I thought the video was long but then watching I realized you were explaining the process instead of just "stating" the steps. Thank you.

[@HDSME]

Fantastic! Thank you!

[@frederickgent9160]

Great video , best I have seen on hardening tools . Thank you

[@brianritchie4782]

Very clear and detailed thanks

[@gchandrasegaran3899]

Step by step demo on the process of hardening and tempering.SUPER!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

+G Chandrasegaran glad you enjoyed the video thanks for watching

[@liegesaboya8265]

By far , the better video in the subject Ive seen to now ! Congratulations from Brasil !

[@Hamid-az]

Complete learning. Thank you ❤

[@duncanwalker7380]

Best teacher I've encountered online to-date

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thanks Duncan. Glad you find the videos informative.

[@mechrojo]

Thanks so much for sharing this very informative section. Details in your presentation is appreciated. Viewing from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

[@Ben-be1nn]

Never knew the way to harden and temper. Very well explained. I didn't know you could temper in the forge. Thank you for being so informative and taking your time to explain what you are doing.

[@MinionsSmithy]

Roy and Jess, thanks for all you do! This how to was extremely helpful, and clear and concise!

[@chriskelly9653]

Great job !

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Great video

[@louiscerny5921]

Great video. I'm new to blacksmithing and really appreciate your work. You're easy to follow and understand. I'm learning a great deal from your posts.

[@logwilky208]

Very well taught! Do not change your teaching format It is rare

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

+Logan Wilkerson thank you very much! I don't plan on changing me anytime soon :-) what you see is what you get. Thank you very much for the great comment God bless

[@albertpicar6596]

Logan Wilkerson is

[@chetanpanchal5517]

Thanks for such a elaborate description,l love watching being a born blacksmith

[@bdj3683]

Very Practical approach. Concise. Technically correct.

[@thomasjewell503]

A lot better demo Roy!!! I now have a much better understanding of hardening and tempering

[@directorofnothing6010]

Great video. Funny you mention hardening with a rosebud torch tip. Since I've hardened cheap cold chisels in that manner before building my forge. If they sprayed some nice sparks on the fine side of the bench grinder, I'd harden them. I also concur with others..don't change your teaching style. You're gifted at teaching for sure.

[@Dogsparker]

Excellent, detailed information. It's great that the colours showed up very clearly on the camera. Thankyou.

[@ricardoaquino1562]

Great explanation!, thank you very much!

[@EBooy-uw3pm]

A nice video. the story of the magnet is new to me. I will definitely try it.

[@jeremyoshea7941]

The most educated know some how how to get there point across, point sound like a theory, but you get my point ! Learned so much by this video.

[@arieltechnologies5430]

Excellent video. Thank you!! God bless.

[@richardhintonracing]

Very well explained.

[@MiguelOliveiraColinaApiarios]

Excellent demonstration of empirical knowledge! In search of the sweet point... You really got to do it over and over again to get it well done... Great vid sir. Cheers!!! Congrats from Portugal!

[@danielrhoades7780]

Excellent video!

[@gemunujayasinghe618]

Sir , thank you so much for sharing your knowledge . I am from Sri Lanka .

[@davidmarshall8857]

Thank you before I was blasting heat now you tought me to slow down a little. Thanks.

[@Lantlady]

Awesome video. Very helpful and well explained. Thanx a million. Great close-ups and no disturbing noise and good camera work.

[@jimmylaplante1700]

Cool by the side of the fire 🔥

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Yeppers 😉

[@branni6538]

Extremely informative. Thank you.

[@jeffbarkett366]

Really great video!! Appreciate you showing the steps used and explaining things! Keep up the great work!!

[@paulwharton3488]

Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate this process so thoroughly. I think I finally understand it.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Paul Wharton your very welcome! God bless and happy forging!

[@craigseprodi5686]

Good tips

[@adeelkarlie2724]

Hi sir. Very informative and helpful. Thank you so much. From Cape Town S Africa 👍

[@xbrakx]

Just sharing some basic knowledge like oil vs water quenching while doing your vid makes this video great. Thank You.

[@ictibso]

best vid ever for hardening and tempering! hope to watch more and all the best!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

+René VdB glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for taking the time to watch it all God bless!

[@gasparlesznik9686]

Very good video. Great format. Thanks.

[@marlondavenegapatan3947]

brilliant! 1st ever vid with complete and understable explanation! with a wife that's understand wat male wants!

[@featherman51]

Great video. Thanks for your knowledge,

[@kenswitzer4133]

Thank you and you Wife Sir. I too have watched many videos but your attention to detail is one of the best I have seen. I just subscribed and will keep watching.