Equipment

The short answer For most door-hardware recesses, a narrow chisel is better for corners and small adjustments; a wider chisel […]

The real difference on a jobsite A chisel handle has two jobs: give you a controlled grip and survive the

Socket and tang chisels differ in how the blade connects to the handle. A socket chisel has a hollow socket

What tough site conditions do to a chisel On a clean bench, a chisel mostly pares wood under hand pressure.

Squaring a routed or drilled recess in a door frame is one of those jobs where an ordinary bevel-edge chisel

A gouge is the hand tool for cutting a hollow, rounding an edge, or easing a curve that a flat

What a skew chisel does in a dovetail corner A skew chisel has a blade whose cutting edge runs at

What a router plane does A router plane trims a recess to a consistent depth. Its broad sole rides on