CARP 6-piece chisel set
CARP 6-piece chisel set
CARP chisel set. Complete set to start with. It contains everything you need for turning between centres and bowls. Ideal for all-round turning. The chisel set is made of top HSS M2, the handles are European beech. the set includes a 40 mm roughing gouge, 16 mm bowl gouge, 13 mm profile gouge, a diamond point chisel, a thick negative rake scraper and a skew 25 mm wide...
Handle
A handle for a woodturning chisel is sometimes long and sometimes short. Depending on the function of the chisel. A bowl gouge or roughing gouge needs a long handle, a profile gouge needs to be manoeuvrable and so a short handle is useful. Furthermore, it is useful to easily recognise the handles when they are hanging in the rack.
CARP chisels
Carp's chisels are made of hardened HSS M2 steel. They are forged and/or milled, then hardened to 63-64 HRC, then ground and polished.
Harden
How good a chisel is depends largely on the hardness and toughness of the steel. So a lot of attention is given to hardening chisels. This is a lengthy process. It starts with heating the steel. This is done in absolute vacuum. Then the chisels are hardened in 3 steps, before undergoing another process of heating and cooling. Here, temperatures of up to -185 degrees are reached (in liquid nitrogen). Quality is strictly monitored. Between 5 and 10% of each batch of chisels is tested for hardness and toughness.