Originally Posted by
John Sanford
Jim, could you elaborate? I'm curious as to your reasoning and suggestions.
If they wanted to chop a 1/4" mortise my mortise chisel would be used since some of my 1/4" chisels would bend or break with a heavy mallet blow. If they insisted, some of my beater chisels could hold up to the job. Most of them have handles that could cause mallet against hand epiphanies as to why a mortise chisel tends to have a larger handle.
If most of the waste is removed first at the drill press, then all that is left is mostly paring, hence something other than a mortise chisel for the job.
A current project includes the chopping of two dozen mortises. Multiple chisels were used, a 1/4" Narex mortise chisel, a couple swan necked/lock mortise chisels, a 3/4" Buck Brothers socket paring chisel and a 1/4" Buck Brothers tanged paring chisel. The paring chisels were used to tidy up after the mortise chisel was done. For trimming and paring the tenons a 1" Buck Brothers socket paring chisel was added.
jtk
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