Woodworking chisels.... different types for what jobs?

[agg221]

A lot of framing chisels are called 'Slicks'

Google Slick chisels and you'll see what you need.

 

A proper slick isn't a framing chisel. A framing chisel is built for hammering whereas a slick is used two handed in a sliding action, almost like a plane. That's why the handle is so long (to get two hands on) and the tool is heavy enough for momentum to carry it through the cut.

 

Alec

[dirtybiker]

Robert Sorby Slick - three and three eighths inch

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Product Description

A large 3 3/8" Robert Sorby slick. This specialist chisel is designed for the timber framer and boat builder. The slick is used for cleaning up uneven surfaces on massive projects.

 

The blade is produced from high carbon alloy steel, creating the perfect combination of hardness and toughness, ensuring a razor sharp edge with outstanding edge retention.

 

In traditional fashion each blade is rounded along its length and is fitted by means of a socket to a slender ash handle. This balance allows the slick to be pushed - not struck - in the time-honoured fashion.

 

The blades are also off-set thereby giving clearance when working less accessible areas like deep mortices. The working face is machine ground in order to produce a slightly hollow surface for ease of honing. Meanwhile the back face is rounded off for comfort and safety.

 

Width: 3 3/8 inch

Overall Length: 27 inch

 

Tool Manufacturer: Robert Sorby

 

The OP specifically mentioned timber framing and green oak so a slick is just one of the chisels used in traditional timber framing!!!!

[agg221]

The OP specifically mentioned timber framing and green oak so a slick is just one of the chisels used in traditional timber framing!!!!

 

True, it's a chisel used in timber framing (and, as per the description, boatbuilding which is where I have used them) but I wouldn't call it a framing chisel. Not trying to be nitpicking over semantics, just that 'framing chisel' is generally used to describe a big, heavy tool you can drive hard to cut away a lot of timber and a slick isn't that.

 

If I was looking for good, cheap chisels I might be tempted to take a punt on these:

 

A quantity of chisels etc

28 chisels and gouges G

 

I can't see anything I would call a framing chisel - nothing particularly long, but there are some mortice chisels and some with iron hoops rather than brass, which is a sign that things are designed to be hit hard. Certainly get £20 worth out of them!

 

Alec

[SteveA]

ooooh, that's a nice link Alec! Thousands of lovely old hand tools. hmmm, I'll 'ave the lot!!

 

A slick would be handy for allsorts.... something else to pop on , Xmas wish list.

 

Question: Can someone explain what a paring chisel is for?.... is that like a small slick?

cheers, steve

[dirtybiker]

ooooh, that's a nice link Alec! Thousands of lovely old hand tools. hmmm, I'll 'ave the lot!!

 

A slick would be handy for allsorts.... something else to pop on , Xmas wish list.

 

Question: Can someone explain what a paring chisel is for?.... is that like a small slick?

cheers, steve

 

 

 

Paring chisels are elegant delicate tools designed to take carefully controlled slivers to achieve a precise fit between components. Pushed rather than struck, paring chisels are often ground at a relatively shallow angle and kept very sharp so they cut with minimal resistance.

[SteveA]

Paring chisels are elegant delicate tools designed to take carefully controlled slivers to achieve a precise fit between components. Pushed rather than struck, paring chisels are often ground at a relatively shallow angle and kept very sharp so they cut with minimal resistance.

 

Great, thanks.

[dirtybiker]

Have a look at the Irwin/ Marples sets of chisels. A good well know brand that a lot of chippys use.

A set of six in the most common sizes up to 2 inch wide can be had online for £70. I've had a set for at least 20 years and still going strong. The clear yellowish handle ones are fab.

Hope that helps.

[agg221]

ooooh, that's a nice link Alec! Thousands of lovely old hand tools. hmmm, I'll 'ave the lot!!

 

The auction is tomorrow, and they will take commission bids by phone and ship at a reasonable cost (and well packaged).

 

I will be leaving my commission bids (not for chisels) in the morning

 

Alec

[jamesd]

I brought these chisels: (the set of 6)

Buy Tataki Nomi Chisels online at Rutlands.co.uk

 

I brought them around a year ago and have been very pleased with them, not the best japanese chisels around, but after spending a lot of time researching/looking around this seemed a good buy for the money.

You could spend an awful lot of money on chisels if you really wanted too!!!

[PeakOakFrames]

Been framing for a decade now. You should be able to do just about everything with 38mm (1 1/2") chisel. I'm not a tool geek. I've got a 38mm and 50mm Henry Taylor socketed firmer chisels and a 19mm, 25mm and 28mm Irwin split proof orange handle chisels. I also have but never use 1/2" lidl wooden handled chisel and a socketed corner chisel. You could also do with a no4 plane and a no78 rebate plane (handy for planing close to tenon shoulders.

 

For the record a slick is mainly a boat building tool, the sorby ones are not very good as they haven't got a cranked socket so are really just a oversize chisel. A proper slick should have the socket cranked so the handle is clear of the timber and you can smooth along for the full length of the timber not just the length of the blade. Some framers use them, I never got on with them and found a 50mm just as useful and on scarf joints my no4 plane does just fine with the edges of the iron rounded off like a scrub plane.