Hi all. I've been searching ebay for a corner chisel and came across this from a seller in america.
I can't figure it out.
Arthur
I don't think so. Looks more like a tyre lever
================================== Strange that it's marked 1/4" + 3/8" though. It certainly doesn't look as if it could do much chiselling - certainly not like a conventional corner chisel.
Cic.
It for removing the arris (sharp corner where two timber faces meet) from joinery - e.g. on doors.
You simply drag it along the edge to produce a small radius on the corner.
Well it's certainly got 1/4 and 3/8, and what looks like the Stanley logo, stamped on it. A case of two nations divided by a common language maybe!
Peter
Can anyone vouch for the pros and cons of the other corner chisels on ebay? The draper - item number 120176482219 or the cheapo - item number 160174807729
Thanks.
Arthur
I think the holes are the clue. They are machined such that they have sharp edges. It looks like you hold it with the free end arcing away from you, and apply it to the corner of a length of timber such that the corner of it is lined up with the centre of the hole, and then drag it along. The sharp edge of the hole then pares away the corner of the wood.
So completely different use from the tool we would call a corner chisel.
The draper is a trend and thats the best of two.
{Erk!} I was looking at some router bits on Draper's site and got my merds wixed up.
Arthur
Machine mart do the trend if you have one local? virtually the same price as the ebay one when you put the P&P on it.
it.http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/corner-chisel/path/...> king-hand-tools
If I lean forward from desk at work I can see a machine-mart. So Thanks.
Arthur
it.http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/corner-chisel/path/...> > king-hand-tools
No probleem,actually the ebay one is the same price but dearer with the P&P added.
So as the saying goes always look up the price if possible? before buying off ebay
Dead right, seen them at Axminster Power Tools. Whats the point of a corner chisel anyway? Easier to use a normal chisel surely?
Convenient if you are using a router to cut recesses for hinges - slightly easier to get precise alignment in the corner.
Designed for when routing hinge rebates etc. The corner chisel reaches the parts the router cutter cannot reach.
Are you sure? I've used the smallest straight flute bit to get near enough and when the hinge has been screwed home into the rebate it made its own well formed corner,right snug fit as well.
There ya go
fluted cutter, but that leaves you too much radius in the corner. Hence a quick tap with a corner chisel fixes it.
It's not a chisel, it's a plane (!) The idea is that it slightly rounds off _external_ edges, but they're fiddly to hold at just the right angle and don't work at all well. Veritas / Lee Valley still sell them today, but I wouldn't recommend it.
I've a few corner chisels, but don't really like them. They're no use for cutting mortices, only for final paring. They're also a damn nuisance to sharpen well - you have to get them sharp right into the corner with no protruding spur, otherwise you're better off with two chisels.
In Portobello Market last week I saw a corner chisel for sale,but with a
60° acute angle, not a right angle - now what's that all about?
For 60 degree hinges, of course.
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