That's how I've always done them with a saw, before the frame is built up of course. 2 drill holes in the parting bead slot to cut the long side with a hole saw. 2 tenon saw cuts from the front, 2 from the back, whack it with a hammer to break it out. Important to choose pieces for the pulley stiles without knots or wild grain where the break out must happen, or it may not break neatly.
As always, the choice of the right stuff is important... But after reading under your name and seeing,
Yes but exceeds the word allowance! We call it a scotch egg here, they know what you mean behind the bar.
In our local pub a "scotch egg" means a pickled egg in a packet of crisps. They don't do the Scottish variety so there is no misunderstanding.
In our pub we really don't care what the rest of the country call scotch eggs.
Don't worry about the scotch egg thing Phil!
Thanks for making me feel hungry, Jacob... Sigh!
It's hyperbole. This is a sash pocket chisel (left) next to a traditional bevel edge chisel (right). Note how this it is in comparison
You might say that Jacob's comment has caused pics of sash pocket chisels to come flying out of the woodwork. Hahaha!
Well that's a mystery solved for me and I've been thinking about it for years!
Not used in the workshop I guess. Just for maintenance. Have been doing the same thing for years with fishtail scraper.If you think about it, these are very thin chisels. The handles on all the ones I've seen (as well as those in catalogues) have neither a ferrule at the top, nor a leather washer at the bottom. So not really meant to be struck with a hammer or heavily at all, I'd say, although they were often offered with an ash handle
Possibly used differently in the field than in the workshop?
Well it looks really useful.
What is it for?
