Chisels - Mortise

Best new products at IWF 2024
October 21, 2024

Here are a few of the best new products we saw at the 2024 International Woodworking Fair, which was held August 6-9 at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Review: Optima Mortise Chisels from Blue Spruce Toolworks
January 17, 2024

Dan Faia says these mortise chisels work as well as they look.
Cut a Mortise by Hand in Minutes
September 1, 2008

Drill out the waste, then use a unique chiseling technique to handle the rest of the mortise.
Bench Chisels Can Do Mortises
April 30, 2007

Learn to cut perfect mortises with a combination of hand and power tools.
A Case for Two Mortise Chisels
April 27, 2007

Compare the chopping power of wide-blade mortise chisels and stout sash chisels in part three of our 10-question series on choosing and using chisels
The Essential Chisel Set
April 24, 2007

Furniture maker Garrett Hack discusses the eight chisels he can't live without.
All About Chisels
December 1, 2005

Mortise, bench, or butt chisel? Bob Smalser tells you what you need and why.
Chop a Hinge Mortise
October 25, 2005

In this video, Garrett Hack demonstrates the care and patience required when cutting a hinge mortise completely by hand.
All About Chisels and Carving Tools
September 12, 2005

R.A. Salaman’s Dictionary of Woodworking Tools devotes 17 pages to chisels -- many that would be familiar to contemporary woodworkers but many others whose long-lost purposes we can only wonder…
Bench-Chisel Review
December 1, 1999

To get an excellent chisel you have to spend lots of money, but spending lots of money doesn't always mean you'll get an excellent chisel

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