What i learned today

[Kevin B]

Just feel like rambling a little.

I got myself a couple of Robert Sorby mortising chisels last week and used them tonight to finish up some mortises on an end table that I'm making. Wow! What a big difference it makes using mortising chisels for mortising instead of bevel edge chisels. I finished much quicker than usual and my mortises were nicey nice.

Also hunkered down and figured out how to use my Stanley #90 bullnose to clean up and fit tenons. Again, it made the work go much faster using the right tool.

Thanks for listening,

Kevin B.

[charlie b]

Don't recall how thick the Sorbys are but Jim Wilson's mortising chisels are THICK and the handles are proportionately beefy. WHEN (not if) you get one stuck in a deep mortise, make sure that neither your chin, lips, nose or forehead (in my case at least a six head, or maybe a ninehead) are in the exit path when you tug that puppy loose. Same is true of pulling apart a tight mortise and tenon.

His mortising chisels warranted making a special box just for them

Also hunkered down and figured out how to use my Stanley #90 bullnose to

The LN rabbet block plane works very nicely too. The Veritas shoulder plane comes in handy as well.

Thanks for posting

charlie b

[C & S]

Yes.

My Sorby bevel edged chisels have always been a favorite tool of mine, so I went with the sorbys when I decided that I really ought to give this whole "mortising chisel" think a try.

I love them. Although they are not as hefty Charie B's, I;m very pleased. They have become my close-at-hand, tool that I grab for even little paring jobs.

-Steve

[Conan the Librarian]

Yep, it always helps to have the right tool for the job.

If you like the #90, you might want to consider the #92 or even the new LV/Veritas shoulder plane. The #92 has a longer nose-piece which makes it a little easier to get a "running start" (tmBobZ) on the tenon shoulder. I haven't tried the LV tool yet, but it looks like it has a number of useful features. And if it's anything like their other recent forays into planemaking, it's bound to be a keeper.

What's funny is that I used to always use a shoulder plane for the job, but the last tenons I did I simply used a wide chisel to clean up. I guess I'm devolving. :-)

Anyhow, congrats on the neander success.

Chuck Vance

[Jeffrey Thunder]

I wonder how many of us have "been there, done that." I'm not sure what's worse: the pain from knocking myself in the face/head, or the feeling that I've done something so pathetically stooopid.

Oh well. I guess it's not as dumb as, say, sawing your workmutt in half. :)