[TheForge] Chisels

[Michael Horgan]

Get hold of Roger Degner and pick up a couple of the UMBA 
Tapes/DVDs,   There are a couple of nice videos of George Dixon demos where 
he goes into making and using chisels and tooling for repussee ... looks 
like he mostly uses O-1 and S-1.

At 01:33 PM 2/18/2005, you wrote:
>Does any know of a source for information on making chisels? I need to know
>which material is best for hot and cold chisels, repousse' and chasing
>chisels and how to temper the ones that need tempering. I would like to do
>an article for our newsletter but am woefully ignorant on this subject.
>Thanks for your help.
>Jim
>
>Jim Pigott
>office 601-982-1791
>cell 601-540-6030
>home 601-856-3644
>jpigott at jam.rr.com

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