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17 May 2018 at 6:07 am #547869
I am so glad you gave Joel (the owner of toolsforworkingwood.com) your business. He never sells junk and he is always looking for new quality products. I am sure you will be very happy with the chisels.
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7 May 2018 at 2:58 am #540779I forgot to mention that ToolsforWorkingWood.com carries imperial premium Narex chisels as well. A set of four goes for $49.00
7 May 2018 at 2:43 am #540773I have all of the chisels mentioned here. They are all great and an excellent deal. The Buck Bros. surprise people because the wood handled bench chisels are very fine (narrow lands on the sides.) They do well for joinery work. The Buck Bros. from H Depot are great for heavier work like mortising. Both are hardened to RC 59 and are very affordable and made in USA. You can get the wood handled Bucks online from craftsman studio, Diefenbacher tools and jamestown distributors. You can also get excellent long paring chisels and crank necked chisels from Buck at these stores.
The Narex are also excellent, hardened to RC 59 and you can get them in imperial from Lee Valley and metric from Highland woodworking. I use the mortising chisels for the the big chores in heavy doors, large bed and table legs. The Narex have some premium metric chisels that are even finer than the Buck Bros. I use these for final stages in dovetailing. The standard narex chisels are very similar to the Buck Bros. carpenters chisels but have wood handles. The premium imperial Narex bench chisels from Lee Valley are almost as fine as metric ones. None of them are expensive and you will find them very reliable.12 September 2014 at 5:39 am #80174I have the Narex chisels premium, standard and mortising. And I have them in both metric and imperial. You can get a wide variety of their chisels from Highland Hardware in the metric sizes. And you can get imperial sizes from Lee Valley as stated earlier. They are a really great value.
26 December 2013 at 9:31 pm #24588I envy you. You have such an extensive collection for so many different tasks. Sad to say so many of then are no longer made.
26 December 2013 at 8:22 am #24561Merry Christmas too,
The Buck Bros. paring chisels, gouges, wood handled bench chisel, and carving chisels are a little different from the Home Deopt tools. These all have Ash handles and some very different blades. For example, the paring chisels have blades that are over 8 1/2 inches long and more beveled on the sides than the Home Depot chisels.
I have had the same experience with the HD Buck Bros. chisels. They have excellent tool steel blades. You do need to flatten and sharpen them (use the Sellers Method). But they keep an edge for a long time. And I use them all the time for heavier tasks like cutting mortises (again the Sellers Method). But I dont use them for dovetails. I find that they really are Firmer Chisels with a thick profile on the sides making them very close to a Registered Chisel (one with no bevels on the sides). This is great for use with Paul’s mortise jig because the thick sides make it easy to keep the chisel square (registered) to the face of the jig and the sides of the mortise hole. But the same feature makes them tough to use for inside corners other than 90 degrees such as dovetails; then I use the Narex Premiums.
I have to admit I have been a little intimidated to say that I use chisels from Home Depot because expensive hand tools are so fashionable. But I think all these tools are made well, they just need to be used for their intended applications. This is entirely consistent with Pauls use of simple tools like the Stanley #4 plane, Narex chisels and (my personal favorite) Aldi Chisels.
25 December 2013 at 10:13 am #24526Thanks for posting your remarks about Narex chisels. I have purchased several of their chisels from highland hardware: mortise chisels, premium, and the standard bench chisels. I have been looking at the new “Classic” chisels at leevalley but I was unsure about what distinguished them from the Premiums. And I also wanted to know if they were true English measure and not metric. You answered both questions for me, Thanks.
As for removing the varnish from the blades; I eventually used Citristrip and it came right off on a rag. Unfortunately, so does the size labeling. But you wont have to grind, rub or sand to get to that point.
Someone mentioned the paring chisels. I might suggest that you look into Buck Bros.. These are made in Mass. USA They come in a wide range of sizes, starting with 1/4 inch up to 2 inches. And they also have a crook necked version of the entire line. You can get them online from diefenbacher.com, jamestowndistributors.com and craftsman studio. You can get the complete line from james town. I have them and they work very well and they are priced below the Narex chisels.
19 February 2013 at 6:35 am #8159For me, this is a perfect next step. This project gives me more time to become adept at using the planes and chisels Mr. Summers has introduced so far.
13 February 2013 at 5:48 pm #7887Hi,
I just went through this process myself so I may be able to help you. The three plate option you showed would be the be the only one you should consider because the grits go from coarse (220), fine (600) and superfine (1200). The 4 sided block doesnt include a superfine side. It just ranges from extra coarse to fine.
That being said, most diamond stones usually have a series of perforations in them to allow the debris to run off the stone and safely out of the way into the perforated depressions. And this usually helps the stone to work more quickly and efficiently. But if your blade is a size that is comparable to the perforations then the blades will tend to get caught in the perforations. That is why makers like Eze-Lap and DMT make continuous surface stones (like the ones demonstrated by Mr. Sellers.) You can sharpen even needle like edges on the continuous surface.
So what to do? I purchased stones like this to get started and they work fine for my smoothing planes and most chisels. For the small stuff I use a 12 inch square granite tile and sand paper of similar grits. Mr. Sellers showed how to use sandpaper when he was flattening a plane bottom in one of his youtube videos. And over time I will gradually buy some 3×8 stones from EZE-lap to upgrade.
I hope this gives you some clarity. I found some of these options rather overwhelming when I started looking for sharpening supplies.
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