Choosing Woodworking Chisels

A good set of woodworking chisels are an important addition to any tool chest  Any list of woodworking supplies or tools is likely to include at least a few of these handy items.

Bevels come in various types and sizes. Each type has a different purpose.

However, in short, a chisel is a tool used for cutting.  It has a sharpened edge set at one end of a metal blade.  It may be driven by a hammer or mallet, and it used to create shapes in a solid material, which can include wood, metal or stone.   Chisels have been around for a long time. As far back at 8000 BC, Egyptians used copper and bronze chisels to work wood and stone.  Today, chisels are more likely to be comprised of steel and come in different types of hardness.

In this video, a woodworker demonstrates and explains the different types of chisels and their use to woodworkers.

As you can see, they have many uses and each one specializes in a certain type of cut.