dunbarhamlin
Established Member
Have noted a number of posts suggesting HT chisels are polished as badly as Two Cherries or Crown.
Don't know if these are old experiences or if I've just been lucky, but I have three HT chisels (two paring, bought about 6 months ago and a mortice bought last month) and none arrived polished. Quite the reverse, they were rather heavily tool marked, but paring chisels seem to perform well.
Haven't finished lapping the mortice yet - spent the weekend and yesterday working on it as well as:
I'm about half way there with these, but my Stanley #43 arrived Wooo hooooo! so couldn't resist trying it out - wow. Even with a half blunt blade, it is so much better than the homonymous Record, a 044 or 405. With 1/4" thick blades, the only chatter comes from the radio. The chip deflector actually works! Adjusting cutting depths to the extreme, shavings curl out without chattering or clogging right up to the point where arm power is found lacking.
Even though the blade wasn't yet up to par, I could take anything from nice thin shavings up to 1/8" thick. Tried Cedro and Macassar. This is definitely my main plough now.
Don't know if these are old experiences or if I've just been lucky, but I have three HT chisels (two paring, bought about 6 months ago and a mortice bought last month) and none arrived polished. Quite the reverse, they were rather heavily tool marked, but paring chisels seem to perform well.
Haven't finished lapping the mortice yet - spent the weekend and yesterday working on it as well as:
- Record and Stanley multiplane blades - All convex lengthwise
- Clifton #3 (just needs tickling - dead flat though)
- reworking assorted butt chisels, first done before I knew why I was doing what I was doing (Pfeil, Kirschen and Crown - maybe unlucky, but the Crown feel like base metal - OK as glue chisels) and
- Jim Reed replacement Stanley #43 plough blades (really nice - v little work needed on the backs, though the '1/4"' tonguing blade will need work to get a 1/4" tongue),
I'm about half way there with these, but my Stanley #43 arrived Wooo hooooo! so couldn't resist trying it out - wow. Even with a half blunt blade, it is so much better than the homonymous Record, a 044 or 405. With 1/4" thick blades, the only chatter comes from the radio. The chip deflector actually works! Adjusting cutting depths to the extreme, shavings curl out without chattering or clogging right up to the point where arm power is found lacking.
Even though the blade wasn't yet up to par, I could take anything from nice thin shavings up to 1/8" thick. Tried Cedro and Macassar. This is definitely my main plough now.
