"Land" dimension on a bevel edge bench chisel

[Bob Jones 5443]

Thanks, David. Skewing certainly gets rid of the land issue. Now that I'm expecting a 1/8" chisel in the mail soon, I suppose I'll limit my pin widths to no more than what I can hit with that chisel skewed through, say, half the thickness of the part. That seems like a reasonable design threshold for me. But I like the knife idea, too.

Good discussion, and it seems to have prompted Erich Weidner to start another thread.

[Robert Engel]

How do you skew a chisel doing half blinds?

I often use a specially ground flat fishtail, but I after 35 years I consider myself a pretty good beginner :-D

[Andrew Pitonyak]

If I cannot easily "get in there", I just grab a smaller chisel. I think that my smallest chisel is around 1/16" (sorry metric people, less than 2mm); I really like my (no longer available) detail chisels from Lee Valley. I do not need them for most tasks, but when I built some small boxes to hold toothpicks, I was very happy that I had them. They also have wider chisels that are very thin.

I don't suppose that you have a set of these Derek?

[Derek Cohen]

Andrew, I do not have the LV detail chisels. Never even seen them in the flesh.

I think I need to exit this thread since I am not making any impact on the newbie who asked the question originally. I have a few "sets" of chisels I like for dovetailing: Veritas, Blue Spruce, custom Koyamaichi, and original Stanley #750, which I customised. All have in common minimal lands.

I have a fair amount of experience making dovetails, especially complex dovetails. I have posted many examples here. Working with chisels with minimal lands works for me. It seems to work for others as well. Bob, have a look at the videos of Rob Cosman. He may be a showman, but he knows his stuff.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Bob Jones 5443]

Hi Derek. Newbie here. In fact you’ve had an impact on my understanding. It’s up to me now to acquire the experience and develop my skills.

All the best,
Bob