200-year old carving gouge restoration | Making a traditional turned chisel handle with hand tools

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, I restore an antique carving gouge made in Sheffield, England about 200 years ago. I found this gouge with a broken handle wrapped in decades-old tape. I demonstrate how to make and fit a traditional tang chisel handle by hand (no lathe) using a template to guide the shaping and hand tools such as a hand plane, rasps, and files. I also show how to drill and ream a pilot hole for a perfectly centered handle. For the new handle, I used a salvaged piece of vintage Brazilian bulletwood, an extremely strong and dense exotic hardwood. This is one of nicest woods I've worked with and I can't wait to use it again in another project.
00:05 Unwrapping the old handle
00:37 Splitting bulletwood
01:48 Layout
02:23 Drilling the pilot hole
02:53 Planing the handle
04:32 Chopping the ferrule seat
05:10 Making the ferrule
05:52 Making the template
07:05 Shaping the handle
11:06 Fitting the tang
13:31 Grinding and sharpening
14:29 Finishing the handle
15:04 Carving dragon scales

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@plainnpretty Жыл бұрын

I agree very nice job and scales are great thanks

@thehandtoolworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@xoxo2008oxox Жыл бұрын

That was amazing hand work. And the Brazilian wood must have been a challenge. Great results on the scales!

@thehandtoolworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was surprisingly nice to work with despite the hardness.

@georghalder2816 Жыл бұрын

What can I say? Perfect, just perfect. Thanks so much for that!

@thehandtoolworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks Georg! Glad you enjoyed it!

@mrJanniekoen 8 ай бұрын

That's a very cool bit extension

@bencepaul3497 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work!

@thehandtoolworks 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@timothymallon 11 ай бұрын

That bronze bushing looks like a slide guitarist slide. Very cool

@thehandtoolworks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks otter!

@boblow2186 Жыл бұрын

Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

@thehandtoolworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@bobnelson6093 11 ай бұрын

Very impressive. Loved the hand-turned grinder.

@thehandtoolworks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Bob, it's a lot of fun to use!

@richardarsenault1471 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful job sir , instant subscriber. Thank you for posting.

@thehandtoolworks 11 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@jt9498 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully done, and interesting species of wood!

@thehandtoolworks Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@user-zv3ho3sy3u 10 ай бұрын

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@LitoGeorge 11 ай бұрын

Dear Mr Handtoolworks: clearly this is not your first rodeo. I thoroughly enjoyed this video, thank you. a) Where did you learn all your skills? b) Was that a hand stitched rasp you used? (a Frenchie?) c) Where did you acquire that auger extension holder? (never thought it even existed prior to this). This was the most instructive video I've ever seen on restoring hand tools, and its the little things you added which spoke the most to me. Interestingly, what I saw you doing by squaring off, then making octagonal to eventually come back to round, is what I am learning in blacksmithing right now. Very, very interesting. I offer somewhat effusive praise, but its rare that I find something so absolutely brilliant here on the Tube that I can put into use next day.

@rpower1401 Жыл бұрын

Fine piece of work you've made there. I've repaird a couple of chisels in this age range, very rewarding work.

@thehandtoolworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I agree, bringing these really early tools back into working condition is super rewarding.

@PerfectRestore Жыл бұрын

Great video!!! Great video!!! Beautifully done restoration! You have a natural talent for captivating viewers and keeping us engaged from start to finish!!! Bravo to the master!👏👏👏👏

@thehandtoolworks Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much PerfectRestore! Glad you liked it!

@PerfectRestore Жыл бұрын

@@thehandtoolworks Great job!!!👍

@grahamb007 10 ай бұрын

Damn, nice job!

@thehandtoolworks 9 ай бұрын

Thanks @grahambilley3669 !

@einufo Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work! Drilling the hole is tricky for me. Good solution using the extension. Greetings Tino

@thehandtoolworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tino! I'll find any excuse to use a vintage auger bit extension :)

@josebel1000 11 ай бұрын

Much 10,10,10!!!

@thehandtoolworks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@user-gh3wt2uf2p 11 ай бұрын

Spectacular...

@thehandtoolworks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@MASI_forging 11 ай бұрын

Great work dude. 😉😉

@thehandtoolworks 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@SunnyAd-mh4wk 11 ай бұрын

Super

@thehandtoolworks 10 ай бұрын

Thanks @SunnyAd-mh4wk !

@michaelmcdermott2178 Жыл бұрын

Love this!

@thehandtoolworks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael!

@saminda803 11 ай бұрын

❤

@jsaurman 8 ай бұрын

6:36 What was that small hole from? 10:28 Oh, nevermind.

@jsaurman 8 ай бұрын

How do you know it's 200 years od and not 100 or 50 years old?

@thehandtoolworks 8 ай бұрын

Hi @jsaurman, There are a few clues that point to the age of the gouge: -Sheffield tool makers in the late 1700s and early 1800s would have commonly used very simple makers' marks like the fleur-de-lys you see on the gouge. By the 1830s, makers' marks became more complex, elaborate, and distinct for each manufacturer. -In the US, steel edge tools (eg chisels, plane blades, saws) were usually imported from Sheffield, until domestic steel making improved and eventually took over in the 1840s-1870s time frame. So, when you find an antique edge tool from Sheffield in the US, it is often a safe bet that it was made prior to the mid 1800s. -The grind marks on the back of the gouge have a primitive appearance that is typical of tools made with the technology available in the early 1800s. -The gouge was found along with other tools from the early 1800s time period.

@choCOOLatte 10 ай бұрын

how did you know is that 200 year old?

@thehandtoolworks 9 ай бұрын

Hi @choCOOLatte, great question! There are a few clues that point to the age of the gouge: -Sheffield tool makers in the late 1700s and early 1800s would have commonly used very simple makers' marks like the fleur-de-lys you see on the gouge. By the 1830s, makers' marks became more complex, elaborate, and distinct for each manufacturer. -In the US, steel edge tools (eg chisels, plane blades, saws) were usually imported from Sheffield, until domestic steel making improved and eventually took over in the 1840s-1870s time frame. So, when you find an antique edge tool from Sheffield in the US, it is often a safe bet that it was made prior to the mid 1800s. -The grind marks on the back of the gouge have a primitive appearance that is typical of tools made with the technology available in the early 1800s. -The gouge was found along with other tools from the early 1800s time period.

@choCOOLatte 9 ай бұрын

@@thehandtoolworks WOW thanks a lot men for info, i just wondering i bought on ebay last year a brass back tapered dovetail saw progressive pitch on weird orientation opposite of rob cosman progress dovetail saw, it Sheffield caststeel molson brothers, this dovetail saw of mine is so weird the finer tooth it is on half end of plate and set by crosscut? ever the size is for dovetailing cut