Phil Again wrote:
> Cannot recall
> using the 1" chisel much. Now I wonder what I don't know, and why is the
> 1" the preferred tool by some. The last time I over trimmed a mortise
> and tenon I used a 3/4 inch, and still couldn't control the chisel to
> fine tune a tenon.
With a wide chisel you can register part of the blade against a true
surface, and then sort of pivot it down onto the part being trimmed.
When deepening scribe lines there are fewer passes needed to cover the
width of the piece, which means less likelihood of misalignment between
marks.
Chris
On Oct 3, 2:37=A0pm, Chris Friesen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Phil Again wrote:
> > Cannot recall
> > using the 1" chisel much. =A0Now I wonder what I don't know, and why is=
the
> > 1" the preferred tool by some. =A0The last time I over trimmed a mortis=
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> > and tenon I used a 3/4 inch, and still couldn't control the chisel to
> > fine tune a tenon.
>
> With a wide chisel you can register part of the blade against a true
> surface, and then sort of pivot it down onto the part being trimmed.
Yep - that's definitely one of the reasons, I suspect. For router-cut
mortises too big in radius for my corner chisel I find the larger
width to be indispensable.
> When deepening scribe lines there are fewer passes needed to cover the
> width of the piece, which means less likelihood of misalignment between
> marks.
Yes again. I also use it as a utility knife of sorts, albeit a very
(scarily?) sharp one. For example, after cutting the cope on the ends
of cabinet door rails there is usually a small amount of material on
the stick-edge to be sliced away. This wider chisel, held by the
blade, slices it cleanly and quickly. I also trim off plugs, the
occasional glue-line and slice open plastic bags full of hardware,
etc. And, once (gasp!) I even used it as a mini-scraper to remove a
fingerprint of glue from a workpiece. I just like find the 1" width
to be easier to handle.
JP
On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:37:52 -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:
> Phil Again wrote:
>> Cannot recall
>> using the 1" chisel much. Now I wonder what I don't know, and why is
>> the 1" the preferred tool by some. The last time I over trimmed a
>> mortise and tenon I used a 3/4 inch, and still couldn't control the
>> chisel to fine tune a tenon.
>
> With a wide chisel you can register part of the blade against a true
> surface, and then sort of pivot it down onto the part being trimmed.
>
> When deepening scribe lines there are fewer passes needed to cover the
> width of the piece, which means less likelihood of misalignment between
> marks.
>
> Chris
Thanks, Chris
On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:59:32 -0700, Jay Pique wrote:
> I'll bet I use and sharpen my 1" bench chisel at least twice as much as
> all others combined. Further bulletins as events warrant.
>
> JP
> ****************************************************** Please don't make
> me plane that board again.
Hmmm, Curious that.
I seem to always be grabbing the 3/8 inch bench chisel. But I seem to be
sharpening the block plane more than the 3/8 bench chisel. Cannot recall
using the 1" chisel much. Now I wonder what I don't know, and why is the
1" the preferred tool by some. The last time I over trimmed a mortise
and tenon I used a 3/4 inch, and still couldn't control the chisel to
fine tune a tenon.
(Dang it, woodworking is just as bad as computers, the learning don't
stop, and you can never catch up enough to start to get ahead.)