[TheForge] woodworking tools

[Bob Smolen]

Bruce,
Thanks for the comments. Where did you pick up the woodworking tool book?
I may not be using"  bolster "correctly. I recalled more details from the
Underhill program after I wrote the note last night.
Imagine the square tang is made. Another neck is fullered say 1/2 in. below
the tang shoulder. The tang is inserted in the pritchel or in a heading
plate so the blade end is vertical and in the up position. A butcher or set
hammer is used to catch the bottom of the shoulder(which now has an edge due
to the fullering) and is hammered out as it is worked from all four sides.
Done correctly, this will give a wider shoulder than what the Larson book
method would do. The Larson method is probably more than adequate. A washer
could be driven over the tang against the shoulder to give more bearing
surface and would approximate the method I described, and is a little less
work. I would just like to be able to replicate what the Williamsburg smiths
made look easy.
Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at yahoo.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] woodworking tools


> Bob,
>
> I'm just a hack smith with a good reference library.
> I've never made a tool anything like you describe, but
> I have a couple books which may address the question.
>
> The more specific of the two is "Tool Making for
> Woodworkers" by Ray Larsen.  He shows how to make a
> mortising chisel, but his procedure doesn't seem to
> match what you describe.
>
> In essence, what he does is to forge a bar square with
> a step to the tang from all four sides - like a square
> tenon.  He starts with round stock and fullers off an
> inch a the end which he draws out square.  He then
> jumps the bar in a "square guage" (equivalent to using
> a monkey tool on a tenon) to square the shoulder.
>
> The rest of the procedure is forging out the blade end
> to shape, etc.
>
> Alexander Weygers, in the compilation "The Complete
> Modern Blacksmith," also describes the making of some
> woodworkers' chisels, though not specifically a
> mortising chisel.  Again, I don't find any procedure
> that seems to match what you describe.
>
> Part of my uncertainty is your use of the term
> "bolster".  I know that term only in reference to a
> tool to lift a piece off the anvil - such as a plate
> with holes in it to receive the slug from a punching
> operation.  It sounds to me that you're using the term
> in a completely different sense that I don't understand.
>
>
>
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