Subject: Re: Chisel sockets

From: [email-masked] (Clay Spencer)
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:05:14 -0400

At 10:40 AM 9/18/96, Marrin T. Fleet wrote:

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>Clay:  Have you - or others - tried the "fan" method?  I have seen
>evidence of it by examining sockets on old chisels, and having seen
>one where the weld was not good, and came apart.  It seems to me this
>would be harder to do, but possibly stronger.  What do any of ya'll
>think?  "JE1111" touched on a question I have been meaning to pose
>for a long time!

Marrin
No, I have not tried the fan, but you should be able to do it. I would try
on a bick of the right size and have the bick hot (300-400deg F).
You could also put a couple of rivets in the fan, with or without the weld.
Clay

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From: [email-masked] (C.Morton)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 19:21:50 +1000

Clay

In Alexander Weygers  book The Recycling,Use& Repair of Tools
On page 14.

He describes a method of making anvil dies to forge a one piece tang and
socket for his wood working tools

There are also two other titles by the same author. The Modern Blacksmith &
The Making Of Tools, all are published by Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Correction  The Modern Blacksmith is by Prentice Hall Press.

When I started blacksmithing I found these three very good

Regards

Colin Morton

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:51:31 -0600

>>> >Does anybody know how the sockets (not tangs) were made on chisel's.  Was
>>> > the socket formed from another piece of metal then forged welded onto the
>>>>the tang was placed in a tool similar to a nail headed except the shape of

I have not tried this but it seems workable. Drill a hole in the end of the
bar (1/4") and open it up with a few tapered punches. Forge over a bickiron
to desired size. No welding. No riveting. Anybody ever done it?

Bob