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the-english-woodworker-chisels The process is frustrating and unpredictable. I englisy pretty proud of the end result and now looking at going onto either the spoon rack or side table project next. Everything went the english woodworker chisels smoothly. Thanks for the insight. Could be the differences in steels and the heat treatment. Dno's Hall Table This is my first bit of 'grown-up' furniture. I ploughed on thinking I might as woodwor,er make it a neat cut even if it is at the wrong angle.

The less stokes we do, the less room there is for error. With a narrow chisel aim to completely re-grind or reset the bevel before lifting the tool to check it. Re-establish the primary grind, without lifting the tool. Remember, this is the important part. Work it long enough that the whole surface of the bevel is completely reset. A skewed edge exaggerated! Not by much, but enough to be troublesome. Repeat as before, taking enough strokes to fully re-work the bevel. The only difference this time, is a tad more pressure is applied to the side that needs more material removing.

Twice is normally enough to get it right. If not keep repeating, to sneak up on it. By doing it like this you always have reference and progression on your side. If you go at it willy nilly instead, the outcome will seem random. Which leaves very little room for you to progress your skills. And having a bit of a system will allow you to develop. Move to a finer stone for a quick primary bevel. Creating the cutting edge. To refine the cutting edge we move to a finer stone and ensure that the bevel is fully registered before taking any strokes.

This will reduce the chance of it all going south. How square? Other jobs, like morticing, will. Cutting mortices is a perfect example of a job that requires a nice square chisel. As a professional hand tool woodworker, Richard found hand tools to be the far more efficient solution for a one man workshop.

Richard runs 'The English Woodworker' as an online resource and video education for those looking for a fuss free approach to building fine furniture by hand. Ashley Isles, butt chisels for me to mate. They felt right the first day I picked them up, and still do. Love em. For me, the knife line was a good example. I used to make underwhelming knife lines.

Causing the chisel to jump out and, well, land on the wrong side. Had to unlearn that. While the set I have could use a sharper bevel edge, and a finer cut, they are mighty handy to use.

I have noticed a huge difference in the accuracy of my dovetails, gaining sharper edges and tighter gaps. Thanks for the insight. I use Japanese chisels but share your preference for plain HC steel.

My brands are Konobu and Kikuhiromaru in hitachi white steel. I use a steel hammer with a handle designed to deliver the blow as efficiently as possible. If there is a weak point the steel hammer genno will find it.

Richard, should we chip in and buy you two new brass ferrules for the AI chisels? Please keep up the great content. Thanks for the tip on sharpening angle. I use butt chisels for dovetailing because they are much shorter and easier to steer when chopping.

I have not tried the different angle for a different purpose. You tell a working man the real shit when it comes to using tools. I too, was trained in my trade 40 years ago.

I struggled for 10 years before I met a real journeyman who showed me the real deal. At first in woodworking, I was afraid of curly maple. Then I used your chip breaker, plane iron setup videos on Youtube. Just finish planing is unbelieveably smooth! Like a polished, burnished surface. Thanks Richard, and Helen, for making Richard look so good. I appreciate a true working craftsman, and even more so when you will take the time to show HOW to do things. Thanks for the post on the dovetail chisels.

Have you found that the lower angle is best suited to softer woods of can they hold up in harder woods? Could be the differences in steels and the heat treatment. I enjoy your blog. I love your advice of two smaller sets of chisels, one for coarse work and another for fine.

You made recommendations for sizes for the coarse set. Do you have a similar recommendation for the fine? I just bought a set of Ashley Iles butt chisels because of your videos and blogs. They are beautiful, and even better than I had hoped for dovetailing. These chisels polished up nicely with just a few strokes on my waterstones. I used to think these chisels were expensive.

But at about half the cost of other premium chisels, I now think they are a steal, and expect them to be lifetime tools. Thanks for sharing your experience and opinions. I love your videos too! I would use them for Dovetail cutting only. Which would you recommend for that purpose, Dovetail or Bench chisel? Thanks Richard, I am finally starting with the spoon rack and will be going through all your videos and builds as I now have them all except the latest on the raw edge:.

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