Converting a screwdriver into a chisel
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22 September 2014 at 4:10 pm #102614
I’m making a small dovetail box and I needed a sub-1/8″ chisel. Instead of buying one (and waiting to get it) I took an old screwdriver and converted it into a detail chisel. Works surprisingly well.
5 October 2014 at 9:01 am #118903Great application of resources to a problem. I like the video also. I am curious, what was the brown “stone” you used? You must have a nice video set up also. The editing at the end was good. Anyway, I wish I had that kind of creativity Marty.
7 October 2014 at 5:37 am #119083[quote quote=118898]I’ve done the same thing, Marty. I used it to carve a box lid and a couple of nameplates. I used one of those tiny advertising screwdrivers.[/quote]
George,
I like the lettering. How exactly do you do that? Do you print out the lettering and then trace it, etc.?
7 October 2014 at 5:39 am #119084[quote quote=118903]Great application of resources to a problem. I like the video also. I am curious, what was the brown “stone” you used? You must have a nice video set up also. The editing at the end was good. Anyway, I wish I had that kind of creativity Marty.[/quote]
Thanks for the compliments Charles. The brown stone is one of my Japanese polishing waterstones – somewhere between 4000 – 6000 grit.
14 October 2014 at 11:55 pm #119524Thanks, Marty 🙂 Yeah, I printed out the letters and the box design. Cut the paper to size and used some light spray adhesive to keep it still. Started out notching all the outlines with a 1/2″ and 1/4″ carving chisel for the straight lines and gouges for the curves. I used the “screw-chisel” to dig out the rest. It goes surprisingly fast once you get going. Just keep the “screw-chisel” as sharp as you can. I did find that on the sharp corners, such as the “M, Y, & K”, it has a tendency to tear out if you’re not careful. In all, I’ve made two nameplates, two boxes and a clock with this technique.
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