I Make Chisels out of Old Drills with Epoxy Handles

[@pootnikalexander]

I am so glad you documented the time you still had all your fingers! You have beautiful hands, protect them!

[@ronbianca1975]

I am glad to see you still have your fingers, they come in handy at times!

[@pavlik6]

Wow its a miracle that you got all your fingers. As for the work- WOW!

[@NickGranville]

Great work. I had to fast forward the parts where you used the table saw. Please use a push stick etc. Wood can easily catch and it’ll pull your fingers into the blade - and then they’re gone.

[@makeitlikenew]

I promise I won't do it again. Thank you 😊

[@pretengineer]

This was exactly my thought. I've watched so many woodworking YT videos and I have never had a wincing reaction like I had when I saw the grab between the blade and the fence. The engineer over safety in me felt like I was in trouble for letting it happen! But I still have to say, your work is beautiful and your attention to detail shows your love for the craft. I'm glad I stumbled across your content! I just hope your future videos continue to show all ten fingers ;)

[@wallaceknifeworkshomestead]

Me to!!@@pretengineer

[@zekeabercrombie3583]

For gods sake man, use a push stick on that saw.

[@rickschneider3887]

Great work! Word of advice, use a push stick with a notch in it to push the wood through when it is so close to the table saw blade! Your hands are very talented and I dread thinking of something slipping on you and you loose a finger or two! Great ideas and craftsmanship! Please be safe!

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you for your praise. I promise I won't do it again, it's really very dangerous. Good luck to you.

[@pathallock7868]

I echo rickschneider3887. Safety first bro!!😊

[@WHEREVER-I-ROAM]

​@@makeitlikenew YOU GOTTA BE PROFESSIONAL AND NO PUSH STICK WAS SLOPPY AF

[@witness4Him]

​@@WHEREVER-I-ROAMdid you have to be so harsh? Let those without sin cast the first stone. Be kind dude.

[@seetheworldfrommyharley]

​@witness4Him look at his name ends in 420 so he was sloppy and unprofessional with his comments. Bless his lil stoner heart

[@krisfreyermuth935]

Simply Astonishing, Gorgeous work! I'm doubly impressed you did it without a Lathe!

[@diytoptricks]

You’ve inspired me to look at my old tools in a whole new way

[@finbarscanlonwolf]

Very nicely done. No point wasting good steel. And the fact they have the size still left on. Very handy. And the handles you made are beautiful as well. 👍🇮🇪

[@TheMetamarx]

Like the way you repurposed the spade bits. One suggestion would be to place the numbers on the other side that way you can get lots more years of use out of them.

[@MAKSAVELLO]

Великолепная работа !!!👍👍👍

[@ryandetzel6530]

Great idea definitely!!! Another great idea is changing methods on the table saw. I agree with others here but my missing 4 fingers made me comment. Nice chisels 👍

[@CrucialHerm4n]

Love these chisels. Ditto for the previous tablesaw comments. No more snide comments from me about my cheap old second hand lathe, after watching your drill+sandpaper method.

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

I made a two wheel grinder/buffer out of a very ancient motor, a very long 1/2" bolt, and 2 sealed bearings. Works great. I also made a wood moulding cutter out of 1/4 hp cooler motor and the cutter spindle from a jointer. Amazing what can be made with some ingenuity.

[@Harrytaylor2732]

My guy just reinvented wood turning 😂 lovely end product 👌🏼

[@carlosmacmartin4205]

Bravo 👏 Beautiful work!

[@Mbee640]

Fantastic work, but please use a push stick when using a table saw.

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you. Okay 👌 🫢

[@obfuscated3090]

Recycling bits into views is highly profitable. Slick idea.

[@NilsHeine-g6r]

Great ideas and craftsmanship

[@kristian5515]

Nice result - tablesaw madness!

[@norm5785]

Very nicely done. Thank you for sharing

[@hohenstaufen.1010]

In one word “ AWSOME “

[@alanrichardson7244]

I’m really impressed. Thank you for making this video. Very inspiring.

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you my friend 👍🤝

[@garykooienga9990]

Very handy to have a set of these for times when the expensive Japanese chisels would be at risk.

[@johnphilippatos]

Ok, kudos to your patience and resourcefulness for creating these chisels, but there are a few things I'd like to point out. First and foremost, keep your hands away from the table saw. That is, if still you want to keep using your fingers. Second, in order to have a quality chisel, the rod must go all the way to the top of the handle, otherwise either the handle will break, or the hole that keeps the rod inside the chisel will widen with the hammer strikes and the chisel itself will be dismantled from the handle, possibly causing an accident in the meantime. Furthermore, it is a good idea to use a metal plate on the top of the handle that will be connected to the rod, in order to create a metallic area for the hammer to hit, and also use a metallic ring that will surround the area of impact, strengthen it even more. Third, you never use impact on the edge of sharp tools and upon the flat surface of ball bearings. You should have steadied the rod on the vice, and hit the handle instead, in order to press the rod inside it. All in all, it was a really nice try, and the oil dip was the correct approach. And to catch ahead on the guys that will provoke me to show my own video on making chisels, I proudly state that I'm completely useless when it comes to handcrafting, I just own a 60 years old wholesales warehouse, so I do have experience on how a quality tool should be made, used and treated. Cheers.

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you for your comment and constructive criticism. I have learned my lesson about safety when working with a saw and will not take such risks again. It is indeed very dangerous. I completely agree with your comments and will definitely take them into account in my next projects. I wish you all the best.

[@johnphilippatos]

@@makeitlikenew All the best to you too my friend. Stay safe and creative!

[@inspectorgadget6510]

Thanks for giving me something else to add to my to do list. Very cool idea. I use paddle bits a lot and never thought of this.

[@makeitlikenew]

👍🤝

[@yopage]

Lot's of great ideas in making the chisels. Now I'll be looking out for the older drill bits with the best steel.

[@ILuv2learn]

Very creative and the result is beautiful tools. I would have loved to see you carve some wood with them at the end. When you were pouring the epoxy I thought "Ahh, he is going to put them on a lathe." You knocked my sox off when you rounded them off in your hand with a drill and sand paper and it worked! Thanks for the video, I liked it.

[@christownsend7602]

Very interesting. I have to agree with the comments about push sticks though. Had the end of my thumb sewed back on after an encounter with a table saw. Not that much fun. Otherwise, keep up the good ideas.

[@davidbowden8362]

You can still count to 10 in this video, I hope it won't be 8.5 in the next one. Great idea and beautiful end result.

[@joegiotta7580]

I hope you annealed them after quenching. They would be super brittle otherwise. They look really nice. Cool idea.

[@makeitlikenew]

So, of course, I let the metal go. An hour at 180 degrees Celsius

[@autumn5592]

Temper, not anneal. Annealing them would make them as soft as mild steel.

[@davestinyworkshop]

A beautiful way to recycle those spade bits.

[@alanpreston3111]

I have been scrolling past this for a few days now , but so glad I watched today . Amazing work and a beautiful outcome.😎👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@JOEZEP54]

Great repurposing and workmanship! Adding another 👍 to the thousands already received. Stay safe, Joe Z

[@miteytuff1]

Very nice. It would be neat to use clear epoxy in order to see the texture of the wood within.

[@makeitlikenew]

It would be nice, maybe next time I'll do this👍🤝

[@AmazingSmart-ngth]

Thanks for sharing, great idea

[@alexanderguestguitars1173]

Good to see you hardening and tempering them. My only reservation with making chisels out of spade bits is the fact that the quality of steel is generally very low. There's probably not much carbon in the alloy. That's why I modify mine to get different diameter holes and different shapes etc - because they are very easy to file. I'd be very interested to see how long the keen-ness of the edges lasts. I have to say I don't think it would be very long. They would probably dull after about 5 minutes use. Nice polishing job though! And as a professional (cabinet maker and luthier) I shudder at you pushing those little blocks through the saw holding them down with your fingers. One little slip..... (Pleeeeeeeease) just make a couple of push sticks and use those instead. Push the end with one and hold the side of the block with the other. If you slip with those it's just a bit of wood damaged. Only other thing is, you use the back of the chisel as a registering surface. So you rest it on a flat stone, and hone the whole surface. You put a honing edge on both the ground edge (correct) and on the back. Honing the cutting edge on the back is a classic mistake made by rookies. Yes it may be sharp, but you have to hold the chisel at an angle to get it to cut. Most of the time you need the back of the chisel to lay flat on the surface of the wood, so you can pair with it. You can't do that if you have honed (and polished) the back face too. If you do some serious woodwork I think you'll soon find the limitations of these, in design and construction. 10/10 for effort though!

[@ShannonFreng]

You beat me to mentioning his risky saw table practice. indeed, not good example, at all.

[@autumn5592]

Spade bits, generally aren't made with super high carbon content steels, but it is by no means bad. The cheaper ones will be made with something like a 0.5-7% carbon content steel, which is plenty good for a chisel. The more expensive ones will have something like S2 which is a tough steel (doesn't break easily at higher hardness.) The reason why a file eats them so easily is because they are tempered back more. Twist drills and the sort can be left harder, because they have relatively low shear forces, but a spade bit, imagine if that was as hard as a chisel or knife, it would just break/snap at cutting portion. So it's as hard as it needs to be for the purpose, not that the steel is bad. Once appropriately hardened for the task, it will be pretty good, and last a good while too.

[@alexanderguestguitars1173]

@@autumn5592 So what was the carbon content of the steel in those specific spade bits in the video then? Got figures from any manufacturers, or are the figures you quote just what you 'presume'? Good quality chisels are made from good quality steels, for example Narex chisels which use a cryogenically treated HIGH CARBON chrome manganese steel. Hardened to about 59 HRC. Other chisel manufacturers employ similar alloys for their chisels. I very much doubt that that is the type of steel employed in cheap-as-chips spade bits. Why would Narex go to the lengths of using this specification of alloy, when spade-bit steel is "plenty good enough for a chisel". I can tell you don't use chisels on a daily basis like I do.

[@aMayonnegg]

This really does look like a good idea. To make them last longer, he should've swapped the bevel, putting the cutting edge on the flat side instead of the stamped side. Other than that, well executed.

[@BobBlarneystone]

They're ok for light duty. But NEVER saw wood like this guy did.

[@terryrogers1025]

Fantastic piece of craftsmanship and ingenuity to boot, nicely done, thanks for the video.

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you 😊

[@LucillenRory]

Loved your woodturning on a budget! even i could do that ! wow they turned out great and the handles are just beautiful.

[@Old52Guy]

A great idea that I will have to try. Thanks!

[@PaulBoyall]

Great chisels but was not enjoying your hand next to the table saw blade 😬

[@irvingzisman8949]

You can sharpen drill bits like these with a file. Cool chisels, though.

[@shlomogorgonzola2689]

Exactly. But then you would‘nt have another shiny making of video… 😊

[@irvingzisman8949]

@@shlomogorgonzola2689 oy vey!

[@stevenlimbach3827]

Amazing.....that you still have your fingers !

[@dfu1685]

Just Beautiful and resourceful! Again, just Beautiful!

[@luisv7117]

wow wow I really like this idea thank yu

[@johnduffy6546]

Loved your beveling jig!

[@johnroberts3723]

Great idea and a lovely job.

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you my friend

[@benobrien6656]

Simply amazing. Beautiful. You are gifted..

[@robertodebeers2551]

Excellent video.

[@eustratiosmavrogiannakis1755]

Fantastic. You gave me a very good idea. Thank you.

[@waveydaveydiver]

That’s such a great idea. Awesome thank you!

[@lawrencenannes4260]

Craftmanship❤but pls safety first with that circular saw😮

[@makeitlikenew]

🤝😉

[@kick-assmr.5845]

Хорошая работа. Мастеру-уважение! ЛАЙК.

[@ОлегКокшаров-ь8ъ]

Отличная работа👍По меня так можно из стамесок изготовить прекрасные резцы по дереву, перековав режущую кромку в небольшую дугу.

[@mrhot6shot]

Wow really nice chisels that you made from scrap. You did an excellent job, but watch your fingers. You know they have a tool to push the cut pieces out from behind the blade.👍👍

[@paulfernandez2695]

Que buen trabajo!!!. Me gusta tu cuidado de los detalles en el afilado. Aprendí algo nuevo. Gracias

[@DFmusician]

Nicely done

[@markluke8447]

Awesome work, great idea.

[@lawrencemerkel632]

If the maker of the chisels had a lathe he could had turned so cool profiles on the handles. Neat project

[@jacobjimenez3243]

Thts gangster! Well done sir

[@bosal2559]

Hello my Lovely Very Good Very Nice your Working and your Channel Thanks so much my Lovely Goodbye next time 🌹❤️

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you my lovely 😊

[@guyosborn615]

Thank you for the video and no stupid music

[@samdang5246]

Great work!

[@PAUL.72]

fantastic idea fantastic work,,cheers

[@MadhoojK]

wonderful work

[@nuetral2374]

They look great 👍🏻

[@gotchyaass]

Just something to think about. As u sharpen it eventually that engraved number will mess with carving edge. If u were to sharpen it the opposite way leaving the number up. It wud never affect ur edge.

[@dredunav]

yup, looks like theay are made just for the youtube, not for anything real, also sharpening with buffing off edges says a lot..

[@louisarmstrong8863]

Absolutely genius ! it's great when making something and the finish product in the sense of achievement 100% top marks.

[@assisjaimedeoliveira5042]

Thank you so much! Congratulations!

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you sir🤝

[@JohannesC-c9k]

What grit are you using, I thought you were going to put the handles in a lathe.

[@DNwoodfurnituredesign]

Amazing very nice good work Have a great video

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you my friend 😀

[@cmjudco]

Those are beautiful!!! I want to make some now!! I am going to keep my eyes peeled at thrift stores for what look like junky paddle bits! Great idea and thank you for sharing this cool video!!

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you for your wonderful comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I wish you all the best for the future.

[@josedejesusmonroy4634]

Estoy de acuerdo con la apreciación de los demas compañeros. Con lo que no los acompaño es que ninguno te dijo de lo expuestos que estuvieron tu dedos de perderse por tu imprudencia. Produciste unas excelentes herramientas ☺️

[@makeitlikenew]

😉🫢😊

[@josephtowers5959]

Absoluta imprudencia.

[@gustavopazoscanlla7090]

No seas gracioso. Hacer un video donde se utiliza imprudentemente la Sierra de mesa te puede costar los dedos. Muy mal video.

[@robbievarnadoe8502]

@@gustavopazoscanlla7090 got a friend that does the same thing and he is already missing parts of 3 finger's I don't let him use my table saw unless he uses a push stick I always tell him I sure do miss hearing you play the guitar

[@guyosborn615]

Verdad!

[@tonywilkey4369]

Nice job would they not be too brittle, should they have been tempered after oil quenching?

[@Iazzaboyce]

When you've cut your hand off you can epoxy a push stick to your stump... Nice chisels.

[@christianvalenzuela225]

Great work!❤❤❤

[@MASI_forging]

Beautiful. You have done a great work👏👏

[@thierrydelassegue]

Bravo très astucieux le coup des manches !

[@ГалинаБогдан-ь2к]

Молодець справжній майстер ❤

[@CarolineHawkins-b3k]

Neil Paskin shows how to make a good jig to cut tool handles from square blanks - look up "Pask makes handle jig". Your chisels look great!

[@AandB1998]

A great repurpose of old tools! Unorthodox and possibly a bit dangerous at some points but nicely done!

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you 😊

[@Україна-с7п]

Неперевершено!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@samgentry470]

Beautiful

[@chicagopete3516]

I loved watching the video! Can you please tell me about the torch you used.

[@fayiznalu8411]

very creative thinking..!!!

[@randy3972]

Nice job, well done, do you still have all your fingers? not very good practice for table saw.

[@Gus0046]

Buen vídeo para aprovechar la herramienta en otras funciones. Te quedo muy bien. Te felicito 🙂

[@JoseFlores-qo2dn]

Trabaje con uyudante porfa

[@pawelmorawiec6228]

Super to wygląda. Mam pytanie, jaki to gatunek drzewa

[@ZappninLLP]

Beautiful !

[@blackhorse2947]

American ingenuity………… Bravo mon Capitaine

[@joannarobert2585]

wow! great skills.........

[@a.p.369]

Nice job. I woud use crystall clear epoxy, so you can see the steel between the wooden parts. But a question: Do you don't like your fingers? You are to close to the saw blade. If the wood kicks back, your fingers will be in the blade faster than you can realize what happend. I could imagine it will ruin your day. Next time yous a push stick.

[@pavlosflemetakis8460]

Great work thanks I would like to know what kinds of liquids you use Your answer will be much appreciated

[@makeitlikenew]

Thank you 🙏 🤝👍

[@eduardosergiosergio1238]

PARABÉNS ! TRABALHO NOTÁVEL DE REQUINTE E PRECISÃO

[@gee3883]

Turned out great, although they are easy to re sharpen.

[@КуликовАлександр-ь9ф]

Хорошая работа.

[@DANY-kh6ki]

temi tanto x tus dedos...😢...tu trabajo d reutilizado d esas herramientas es espectacular el resultado..💪👍🤗

[@makeitlikenew]

I won't do it again, I promise. Thank you for your comment.

[@tawdsaurora]

just beautiful pieces , Great work on them was a great video I really enjoyed it!

[@chrisstaylor8377]

Use an oil stone to sharpen them as you would any chisel

[@johnsmith-p9n]

SWEET MAN !!!

[@empoweryou1]

Your next project should be a custom push stick for the table saw.