Chisels
A chisel is a tool with a sharp steel cutting edge and firm timber or plastic handle. Used for pairing tenons, cutting mortices or the fine adjustments in any timber project.
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A chisel is a tool with a sharp steel cutting edge and firm timber or plastic handle. Used for pairing tenons, cutting mortices or the fine adjustments in any timber project.
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Commonly bench chisels come in two distinct profiles, bevel edge and plain edge, ranging from 6 - 50mm in width.
Pairing: Guiding and pushing the chisel through the timber one can control the cut, pairing small amounts of timber to the desired level.
Striking: Hitting the chisel with a mallet allows for larger amounts of wood to be removed. For some techniques, such as morticing a (plain edge) mortice chisel depends upon strikes from a mallet to create a square mortice hole.
Timber: Dried or Green Timber Species
No Metals or Acrylics can be used with this handtool.
