Cape chisel
Cape chisel: The drawing gives the form and the dimensions. The small end of this tool is forged out in the same way as you forged the small end of the cold chisel. Reverse the bar and heat the other end. Two inches back from the end fuller the metal down as shown in the drawing. Draw it out tapering. This end, too, is cut off, hardened and tempered as you did the cold chisel. Cape chisels are used mostly for cutting key ways in shafting. The point being wider than the rest of the blade gives clearance while cutting.
LATHE TOOLS
Round nose: The drawing gives the form and the dimensions.
Round nose
Stock: A piece of 7⁄16 × 7⁄8 × 7 in. tool steel.
This size best fits the tool post of the lathe. You see by the [sketch] that one end is bevelled. This end is always made first. It is done by heating and chamfering the edges down with a hand hammer. Place the other end in the fire and draw it out to a sharp point in both directions. Throw the bevel on one side by placing the tool on the anvil and driving one side of the metal down to the other side. The point is now cut off on a bevel for clearance.
The drawing shows a cross section view of the tool. Notice that it is smaller on the bottom than on the cutting edge. This is done by reducing one side more than the other. The cutting edge of the tool should extend about 1⁄32 in. above the common level.