Reply To: Lidl Chisels
Welcome! / Forums / General Woodworking Discussions / Tools and Tool Maintenance/Restoration / Lidl Chisels / Reply To: Lidl Chisels
I wonder if Paul has tried new series of Lidl chisels. I started woodworking about two months ago. I was really excited to get the pack of Lidl chisels when they came out because of Paul’s appraisal. But I must say I am a little bit disappointed. Let aside the fact that some of them don’t sit right in the handle, or that side bevels are not the same size etc… But what was particularly bad is that I can’t seem to flatten the underside of the chisel. There always seem to be a patch around the blade where the sand paper doesn’t reach. I have spent three hours trying to initialise two chisels. And what did I get, well… with the bevel down it cuts beautifully, but with the bevel up, not nearly as good, which makes me believe it is because the underside isn’t flat enough. But it seems impossible to get polished until the edge of the blade. I also did a test on the light with a straight edge and it seems like there is a general hollow through the length of the blade, but it seems as if there is a tiny belly just at the edge.
Like I said, I am new and I don’t have experience, so I wonder, am I doing something wrong, or is it the new series of Lidl chisels. Yes they are innexpensive, but if it is going to take me 8 hours to get them ready, it would actually make more sense to get Ashley Isles instead and spare myself the frustration.