053 The chisel modification

[@StavrosGakos]

In todays episode i'm gonna change that piece of junk into extra narrow but strong chisel. I'm gonna use it in my planemaking and woodworking projects. First part of this video was recorded in my buddys workshop. Check his knives on his instagram profile: @bartoszsarnowskiknives Before you will ask - the belt sander was made by PRUSZYŃSKI Company in Poland - more info here: www.beltgrinders.pl Cheers!

[@donlunn792]

Absolutely brilliant. I never knew where you were going with this until the last few minutes. Terrific job.

[@villagecraftingideas1154]

Verry sharp and handle is lovely💕💕💗💗

[@scottanderson2581]

v.nice Stavros looks like a beautiful chisel love how you kept going to the grass to get nice pics man you love that grass excellent vid bud

[@StavrosGakos]

Thanks Scott!

[@thomasgronek6469]

Very nice, I have made custom chisels from old files, some as thin as 1/8 inch, some hollow-ground, and some convex. Your work is splendid Thanks for the video.

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you Thomas!

[@richnewport9549]

What I like about your videos is you use the tools that you made in previous videos. Other guys make the tools and you never see them again.

[@StavrosGakos]

👍👍👍

[@ryandavis7593]

Dear Stavros, I was fortunate enough to have been given one of these chisels some twenty years ago. A very nice antique that was only missing the handle. I made a new one in hickory. It has a very nice tapered socket handle. The hickory came from a place I once worked in Leavenworth Kansas called Great Western Manufacturing. I assembled the sifter boxes for them in Canada hard maple. The sifters hang from about forty hickory dowels. Any defective wood we got to take home. I have numerous plains, tools and benches made from these beautiful materials. One of my benches is on wagon wheels that I built nearly twenty five years ago from hickory obtained from Great Western scrap. They have held up to the test of time. Although they don’t roll to far at a time they have been all across the U.S. having moved with me and my work. Thank you yet again for a beautiful video and the inspiration to get out to my shop. Greetings from the high plains of Texas.

[@StavrosGakos]

Hey Ryan, i have never worked with hickory. Do you have an instagram profile? it would be nice to see your workshop and bench. Today i got dirty my car because i brought some lilac logs, some of them are about 2 meters long and 15 cm diameter :) i have to prepare them for drying. Cheers!

[@ryandavis7593]

@@StavrosGakos Dear Stavros... No I don’t have an Instagram account but I will check to see if a friend of mine does. Please forgive me as I don’t do social media. My workbench is still under construction as this is its second incarnation. I often get distracted doing other projects for friends and family. I no longer take on paid projects as my full time job is as a locomotive electrician and mechanic. Look up Texas Northwestern Railroad or TNW Corporation. As for my shop, I moved a couple of years ago and couldn’t find a permanent home until recently so I rent a storage unit that is way to small. I will find a way to get in touch with you. As always greetings from the high plains of Texas and keep inspiring all of us.

[@DanielWorkshop]

Another superb project. Good job. I enjoyed your video.

[@avianfish8732]

Lovely piece

[@rolfharzem2689]

Super Job and a beautiful Tool. Gratulation

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you Rolf!

[@Ham68229]

If you were to ever start selling the tools you make, I'd be in line to purchase. Your work is just top notch, better than the big brand names out on the market in my opinion. You're a true artist when it comes to making these tools. Thank you for these builds. Great video as always, cheers :)

[@StavrosGakos]

Thanks you! Just Stay tuned on my Instagram profile :) Cheers!

[@labrat7357]

I immediately recognised the traditional paint can opener now you have wrecked it .Never again will it open a paint can. Nice job , thanks for the video.

[@StavrosGakos]

Hahahaha that was funny :) thank you

[@Sig.Valter]

Simple and beautiful 🤩

[@hassleoffa]

Your work is inspirational.

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you :)

[@Mr_Rick]

Outstanding Stavros! 👍

[@petermccuskey1832]

Beautiful work

[@guylabesseuille2716]

Belle modification qui donne un magnifique ciseau pour nettoyer les lumières de rabots. Aussi une vidéo très agréable à regarder. Bravo et merci pour le partage.

[@worklion50]

i hope your children learn these things... the girls included. It might take a while, but, one day they will understand what a master you are! Thanks for the video. I love the format.

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you my friend :)

[@StavrosGakos]

By the way, what's yor name Worklion?:)

[@worklion50]

@@StavrosGakos Greetings, Richard Nolen here. I work with metals, mostly, but, will sometimes cut a piece of wood... just to smell it. ;-)

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

Great job buddy 👍 I like it 👍

[@stanbrackhage]

So much innovation. You should try making a handle from baked maple one day Stavros. Take a piece of maple and bake it in the oven at 200C with foil around it for a few hours. It makes wonderful handle material

[@enricociuppa7093]

before shape it? aluminium foil?

[@StavrosGakos]

Thanks Stan! I was trying something similiar with beech, indeed it looks great!

[@obikornikowo_pl3350]

gorgeous like all yours work

[@StavrosGakos]

Dzięki Obi!

[@JimDockrellWatertone]

You had me guessing right until the end what it's for. Nice job. That boxwood really shines up nice with the higher grit papers.

[@StavrosGakos]

;)

[@pmacedo6778]

Beautiful work! Thxs for sharing

[@StavrosGakos]

You're welcome :)

[@bigpete4227]

That’s bloody lovely mate.

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you Pete:)

[@SeahawkSailor]

Wonderful job. Well made tool, plus an enjoyable video

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you Jeff :)

[@oneshotme]

Looks great!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you!

[@oneshotme]

@@StavrosGakos You are very welcome!!

[@viorsa8200]

Stavros otra estupenda herramienta , sacada de una trencha , un grifo antiguo de metal y un trozo de madera dura de bog , gracias por compartir tanta creatividad y conocimientos , un saludo cordial y por supuesto un gran like desde Narón , Galicia ( España) 🤓 😜

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you!

[@iannesbitt2986]

Wow! That is beautiful.

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you Ian:)

[@luizgabriel3388]

Hey, Gakos! Thanks for the video! Really like this format!!

[@StavrosGakos]

Thanks Luiz!

[@billsutherland7486]

Stavros, yes, you need blacksmith and metal working shops! Great build, an inspired use of an old chisel.

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you Bill!

[@capoteandoeltemporalbrico]

Gran herramienta !! 👌😃👍

[@Karya-z1y]

Wah bikin gagang tatahnya bagus bang 👍👍

[@shawnphillips2556]

And it took me till the very end to figure out what that tool is for. And I use chisels every day. That is amazing!

[@yannis2lhote246]

Beautiful 👌👌 i love your vidéo 👌👌

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you :)

[@robwoodke6592]

Very cool. Do you have a video of you making your plane making floats?

[@StavrosGakos]

@@robwoodke6592 thank you, planemaking cheek floats video os on the making 🤟 i should upload it tommorow. Cheers!

[@cudak84]

Znajome szlifierki:)) u nożorobów:)

[@StavrosGakos]

Dokładnie tak :)

[@StreamHugger]

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this video. I've been thinking of making a narrow mortising chisel from an old crappy chisel. I think this project is within my grasp, although I have to figure out if anyone I know has a furnace I could use. Thanks!

[@StavrosGakos]

You're welcome Scott:)

As usual, beautiful work, Stavros!

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you :)

[@okiwatashi2349]

Great work, and nice video

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you :)

[@jimc4731]

Nice, but how did you know how to heat treat without knowing the alloy? JIM

[@StavrosGakos]

Thanks Jim, i didn't know so we used standard temperatures of hardening and tempering. Cheers

[@dmitrijsokolov1859]

Отличная работа! 👏

[@ОлегНазаров-с6д]

It's a very nice video! Great

[@StavrosGakos]

Thanks Oleg!

[@stanmoderate4460]

Recycling in the extreme!

[@Gus0046]

Muy bien hecho. Buen trabajo 👍

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you!

[@АндрейЛежнин-ы3с]

Я в восхищении!!!

[@nurgle11]

Another video in the same month , that's great thank you :D

[@StavrosGakos]

Are you ready for the sunday my friend? 😎

[@toddmaurer204]

Stavos, I’ve noticed several of your videos where you turn full round branches. Also you use pith in wood blocks. Often this is boxwood. How do you know which species you can do this with, without the wood cracking later?

[@StavrosGakos]

Hey, i noticed only large pieces of boxwood get cracks. I have a lot of small diameter pieces of boxwood and all of them are cracks free.

[@toddmaurer204]

@@StavrosGakos Thank-you for your reply. What I’m hearing is smaller diameter boxwood can be pith in and that other species must be considered on their own merits.

[@slomkaadas9603]

Nie licząc fragmentu z tokarką to wszystko w tym filmie było w moim zasięgu roboczym. Może się kiedyś skuszę zrobić podobny projekt :) Fajnie się oglądało, dzięki!

[@StavrosGakos]

Działaj! Pozdrowienia :)

[@LimitedGunnerGM]

An 1/8” morticing chisel for smoothing the mouths of planes… brilliant!

[@keithgutshall9559]

Could you make one out of some O-1tool steel? The tang would be different ,I think it would work fine.

[@StavrosGakos]

I don't need another :)

[@keithgutshall9559]

@@StavrosGakos I want to make one for myself to use in my shop.A narrow chisel would be very useful for grooves.

[@barkebaat]

A very handsome tool :-)

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you my friend!

[@jamesalsup9135]

Excellent!

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you James!

[@Im-building-stuff]

Great job btw what chisel you are using for metal and wood? I never knew that it's possible to use a wood lathe for brass works with steel?

[@StavrosGakos]

Hss chisels. Brass is soft, regular wood chisels works good on it.

[@Im-building-stuff]

@@StavrosGakos thanks 👍🏻

[@АнатолийВладимиров-ы9р]

The magic of transformation.

[@mattybrookes1]

Beautiful!

[@StavrosGakos]

Thanks Matt!

[@BBruno185]

Superbe outil, merci pour cette vidéo 🐞

[@markchaplain1152]

Awesome!!

[@StavrosGakos]

Thanks Mark

[@tasteapiana]

Very nice!

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you!

[@Myrkskog]

Mr Gakos, I remember you saying you're relatively unexperienced with turning, so a little advice: ease your speed when drilling on the lathe. I was taught to go slow. I'm sure everyone works differently, but in my experience, a slower speed saves your bits from getting roasted in your work. Lovely chisel. I'm now going to hunt through all my junk in the stables for old brass taps!

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you, that was the smollest speed when i was drilling in the brass. It's only simple lathe designed to turn wood :) Cheers!

[@redkin1960]

Good job!

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you!

[@MCsCreations]

Beautiful, dude! Amazing work! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you!

[@jensstolt1656]

Why did you quench it twice?

[@StavrosGakos]

Hey Jens! It was quench only one time at 5:47, at 5:16 it was steel rode to heat up the oil. Cheers!

[@JarlSeamus]

There are certainly easier ways to make a mortise chisel, but that is a very pretty finished tool. What was the final thickness? Looks like 4-5mm?

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you, 3mm.

[@silenthill5794]

No Float build videos ?

[@StavrosGakos]

Yup, no video yet

[@buczo102]

Świetnie wyszło! :)

[@StavrosGakos]

Dzięki Michał :)

[@albertogalvis3463]

En que líquido sumerge el metal al rojo vivo ?

[@StavrosGakos]

Hey, it was engine oil

[@joseignaciotillard6186]

}excellent

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you Jose!

[@RolandLowhorn]

Live to work again

[@joshwalker5605]

lovely video as always, thanks!

[@gershonperry5952]

να έχεις καλό σαββατοκύριακο (miłego weekendu)

[@StavrosGakos]

Dziękuję, również miłego weekendu :)

[@joegee1699]

Stavros! Did you make the two small saws that you use to clear out the waste in your plane bodies? They look a lot thicker than standard saws, like you made them out of a pair of large, old chisels. Thanks for the inspiring content 🙏🚀👍

[@nurgle11]

They are probably plane floats, re the steel source well hopefully he'll reply :D but you could make them from any decent steel, more likely from a thick plane blade as a chisel is typically tapered in at least one aspect.

[@joegee1699]

@@nurgle11 that's what I was assuming 👍 Thanks!

[@What_Other_Hobbies]

Yang Ji 6 days ago Please show us how to make floats and what steel to use. Thanks in advance. Stavros Gakos Highlighted reply 2 days ago One day i'll make that video. Cheers!

[@JankoWalski-uo2br]

Stavros dlaczego na rączkę użyłeś drewna bukszpanowego ? Gdzie zdobywasz drewno bukszpanu ?

[@StavrosGakos]

Cześć, tylko jeden powód przychodzi mi do głowy - bo chciałem ;) raz kupiłem od znajomego i dwa razy upolowałem na olx. Jak będziesz szybszy ode mnie to uda Ci się kupić 😎

[@JankoWalski-uo2br]

@@StavrosGakos Nie jestem dla ciebie konkurencją . Interesują mnie tylko właściwości drewna bukszpanowego . Pozdrawiam :-) A tak swoją drogą nie przydała by ci się mała tokarka do metalu ?

[@StavrosGakos]

To jeden z najtwardszych gatunków dostępnych u nas w kraju. Przydałoby mi się sporo rzeczy, nie tylko tokarka do metalu :) pozdrawiam

[@karolskakes388]

Just amazing how you bring out the beauty of your projects, I know they are working tools, but I see a lot of joy and care into the making of them! ??? Question - is the Boxwood still green when you work with it?

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you Karol! No, it's dry 👍

[@makenchips]

In woodworking there is a purpose for every tool! Great reuse idea. Buy your self s small metal lathe 7" due you just fine! Nise job, tru craftsmanship. How long over all to make?

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you, few days of all my free time, i didn't count. Regards

[@pmewUK]

Boxwood is just gorgeous isn't it! Ah... did I spot that chisel being used in the grooving plane build?

[@StavrosGakos]

yes it is:) you got good eye, but it was other chisel :)

[@adamik62]

Uwielbiam oglądać twoją perfekcyjną robotę. Zapisałbym się do ciebie na czeladnika ale już jestem za stary :( Mógłbyś nakręcić coś o ostrzeniu dłut rzeźbiarskich ? Pozdrawiam

[@StavrosGakos]

Dziękuję, miło mi :) niestety nie posiadam takich dłut. Pozdrowienia

[@romeovidalrodriguez7754]

#Excelente!

[@jimz748]

beautiful work as usual, yu better slow down when your driving :)

[@StavrosGakos]

Thank you Jim! That was the smollest speed when i was drilling in the brass :)

[@What_Other_Hobbies]

Those are some awesome knives. Also I sense float making video is coming up soon. I have been thinking what tool to sacrifice to make a chisel like this. I may end up using a skew chisel for turning since it has parallel faces.

[@tayyabsafdar7069]

It is the feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment that you do all this other wise a piece of sharpened steel with crude handle will be fine some people are born fine tool makers, and this what has brought us to this stage, landing on Mars has been only possible due to the work of old tool makers. You have wonderful hands, l also make tools in my own little world. I copied one of your planers not good at networking so sending a pic is difficult. Good quality rosewood is a common tree so l use it for planers. I am 73 now wood work is my passion. Thanks for all the good videos. Keep it up. Regards.

[@StavrosGakos]

Cheers Tayyab :)

[@johnelwer3633]

Why did you think the original chisel was a piece of junk?

[@StavrosGakos]

Because i found it in the trash :)

[@VadimBiliy]

👍👍👍👍

[@tim_bbq1008]

Do you get the boxwood from your garden? That would be cool.

[@StavrosGakos]

Hey Tim, i don't have a boxwood in my garden :) if it would be there i wouldn't have cut it out. Cheers!

[@enriquin58]

👏👏👏👏👌👍🔨📸

[@pandebesipeureulakaceh4149]

🙏🔔🔔

[@philippedavid568]

Okaii

[@MrJ23w]

Stavros,jak napiszę,że biżuteria to będę nudny?Pracuję i,pracuję do emerytury jeszcze 22 miesiące.Gromadzę to na co mnie stać z "Twojej bajki" i jak Bóg da dożyć to pójdę w twoje ślady.Potrafisz zrobić coś z niczego i to w Tobie cenię.jutuba nie pokazywała Ciebie przez dłuższy czas (u mnie) nie wiem co im się w Twoich filmach nie podoba.Uważam,że jesteś bardzo pomysłowym,wartościowym fachowcem,który łączy rzemiosło i sztukę w sposób genialny.Pozdrawiam Ciebie i Twoją rodzinę.

[@StavrosGakos]

Dziękuję Jacek :) Powodzenia w organizowaniu warsztatu! Musiałem wysnieść wszystko z warsztatu bo robiłem sosnową podłogę na legarach. Później długo czekałem na cyklinowanie. Teraz podłoga jest już skończona, właśnie zajmuję się przebudową podstawy strugnicy, mam nadzieję że do końca tego tygodnia uda mi się wrzucić nowy film :) Pozdrowienia!

[@MrJ23w]

@@StavrosGakos Powodzenia.Z przyjemnością oglądam Twoje filmy a w zasadzie słucham i oglądam, 50/50(oglądam i słucham pracując) .Mam taki rodzaj działalności,że mogę tak.Twoje projekty są po prostu cudowne, a znajomość materiałów-drewno-metal i ręczna robota to rzadkość w tych czasach.Jeżeli o mnie chodzi to częstotliwość wrzucania filmików nie jest kryterium znaczącym.Bardzo cenię, to co, i jak wypracowujesz.Pozdrawiam serdecznie. P.S. A tak szczegółowo to po 10-12 godzin dziennie siedzę na tyłku i lutuję, też to lubię ale tak jak Ciebie drewno słucha to nawet Chucka Norrisa muzyka nie słucha ani czas.

[@thomastsiaoysis4357]

το ξυλο ειναι πυξαρι...... ωραιο σκληρο ξυλο.....

[@irvinwittmeier5208]

!;-)

[@CabinetFramingUK]

The whole point of old chisels is the superior steel and temper. If you ruin the temper on purpose, throw it in the bin. It will never hold an edge like before now that you did all that messing around with the forge.

[@StavrosGakos]

I do not expect that it will be hold the edge better after re-tempering than at the beginning. That would be ridiculous. I have done it few times and all of them keep the edge enough good, i didn't notice that i should sharpen them more often than regular chisels. Cheers!

[@peternewman9713]

Beautiful!