Hot and Cold chisels

[milehi101]

I was looking at chisels today and some were cold chisels and some were hot chisels.  I must be the only one on this forem who doesnt know for sure what the difference is.  Could someone explane the difference.  Thank you millehi 101

[Steve Nuckels]

Nope, your not alone!


Steve
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Potomac Forge

[sticshooter]

A hot chisel is for use with metal that has been annealed. a cold one is I think for use on cold steel.but heck what do i know   <><

[milehi101]

Sticshooter That is the idea I had using the hot chisel on metal that is hot and the cold chisel on steel that is cold and soft.  By the way my customer really liked the antler bolts. Thanks

[Cody D Works]

Bingo milehi, some one posted an old blacksmithing PDF and it explains hot and cold chisels and sets and all that jazz. It has a lot of good info. It's on my laptop not the iPad but I will find it.

[kbaknife]

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-cold-chisel.htm  

The name cold chisel comes from its use by blacksmiths to cut metal while it was cold as compared to other tools they used to cut hot metal.


  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisel  


A hot chisel is used to cut metal that has been heated in a forge to soften the metal. One type of hot chisel is the hardy chisel, which is used in an anvil hardy hole with the cutting edge oriented up. The hot workpiece cut is then placed over the chisel and struck with a hammer. The hammer drives the workpiece into the chisel, which allows it to be snapped off with a pair of tongs.

[milehi101]

Thanks every one that would of been my guess but now I know.  Learned something today.