Equipment

A new chisel may look ready to use, but its back—the broad, flat face opposite the bevel—often needs work before […]

Check the chisel before removing rust Surface rust on a sound chisel is usually easy to deal with. Deep pitting,

A chisel can remove wood cleanly up to a layout line, but one careless push can cross it. The safe

What between-session care means Maintaining a chisel edge between sharpening sessions is mostly about preventing damage and touching up small

A good chisel roll does more than keep sharp tools together. It stops edges knocking against each other, keeps shavings

What matters when cleaning dovetails Cleaning out a dovetail is mostly controlled paring, not heavy chopping. The job is to

End grain is the exposed end of the wood fibers. A chisel cuts across those fibers rather than along them,

A chisel’s bevel angle affects how easily it cuts, how well its edge survives, and how much work it takes