One of the main tools that uses each joiner and a carpenter for cutting on a tree is the chisel. This tool is made of steel flat rod with cutting blade, with a wooden or plastic handle. If you begin in a joinery, then this article is for you. Listen to our advice.

Specifications

When choosing a chisel, pay attention to:

• quality steel;
• compliance size (in millimeters) and form;
• hardness and correctness of the sharpening of the blade;
• purity of processing;
• comfortable handle shape;
• the crimp ring from high-quality metal should not have sharp lumps and burrs;
• its length, the smaller the length of the chisel, the more stronger;
• the blade must have short burstages left at sharpening;
• choose a suitable for your hand.

In the modern market there is a large range of chisels, and in order to choose the tool suitable for your work, first learn about their features. The chisel happens:

• forged
• cut
• stamped.

An forged chisel has a refined feather regarding the cutting edge. Her feather is thicker than other types, which allows it to use it to work with harder breeds of wood materials.

The cutting chisel has a feather much less than forged. It is used for wood thread, because it is convenient to process with a great accuracy with a great accuracy.

The stamped chisel differs from the previous ones that his side faces are wide.

Practical tips for choosing a chisel

Before selecting the chisel, it is necessary to decide for what type of wood work it you need:

• for geometric thread
• for sculpture and relief.

If you do geometric thread, you can use several knives - shoals. And for sculptural and relief works, you will also need shock and unaware chisels.

Impact chisels have a specially constructed handle, which can knock in the image. Use them to work on a solid and with large sculptures and relief.

For detailed work, use unknown chisels. They will rise both for soft and solid wood.

For short blades, use for shallow reliefs and small sculptures for shallow reliefs and small sculptures for detail, because they are easy to maneuver and manage.

And the blade thickness is of great importance. The thicker the blade, the deeper and wider the cuts are obtained.

In general, you will also need power and irregular chisels and with thick, and with a thin blade. Ideally will be if you acquire a set of chisels of different sizes and species. If your budget is limited, to start buy several vocal chisels. Be sure to need:

• flat chisel,
• semicircular chisel
• kurkaraza (semi-chacted and bent as a chisel drawer),
• corner.

The width or radius of the chisel choose respectively the size of the elements of your future work.

The variety of the chisels is Stychel . Differs only by what has a handle in the form of a mushroom. They are very convenient to cut miniature figurines or minor details of large works. It is impossible to take two hands and can not knock on it with Cyans.

As you have already seen, in order to purchase the best chisels, you do not need to think long and choose standing before the showcase.

Main selection criteria

Remember 3 important qualities that the chisel must match:

• durable tool
• strong sharpening
• reliable handle.

A durable chisel is made of high-quality steel and a strong handle that are conscientiously processed and interconnected.

The resistant sharpening and the quality of the cutting depend on the steel brand, from which the blade is produced and from the correct sharpening.

Steel should be solid and viscous preferred chromovanadium alloy steel (chromium-vanadium or CRV; HBG; or C105W2). Carbon steel (with the inscription U7 or U8) is cheaper, but it is very fragile and breaks quickly. Sometimes there are such stamps on fakes, but if you are attentive, then recognize them at a low price and the absence of the address of the manufacturer.

The chisel's handle should be durable and at the end to have a steel cap, which will knock on a blue or hammer. Because of these strong blows, the wood handles are often falling apart. Therefore, it is better to buy a chisel with a knuckled plastic handle.

Of course, there are electric chisels in the modern market with replaceable nozzles of different shapes. They are used to remove the large mass of wood, speeding up and facilitating the work process.

It is not worthwhile on too expensive chisels, because very often, purely by chance, you will beat them and on metal objects, such as nails, self-tapping screws, brackets, and the blade will deteriorate. Choose inexpensive, but high quality tools. The main thing is not forget to sharpen them in time and keep in order. But first of all, learn how to use them correctly, nor the harm of your health and integrity of the tools.

Firms manufacturers

It also plays a big role as a tool and a firm that produces it. Next, we will make a brief overview of these firms and the goods provided by them.

• Those Pfeil.

PFEIL company produces a highly professional cutting tool, including surgical, in Sweden in its own factory since 1902. True, at first they produced cutlery, and the tools for wood carving began to be released from 1942. This family business is already engaged in the third generation of the Pfeil family. They value their reputation and therefore use high-quality materials with chromium and vanadium additive. As wood for handle, maple, cherry, ash, pear and rhine are used. All tools have a Pfeil engraving on the handle and the code of two digits indicating profile / bending and edge width in millimeters.

• Chisels narex

In the Czech Republic, since 1992, there is Narex, which produces a whole range of tools for wood processing and thread at an affordable price. They produce tools of three categories: extra, pros and simple. Judging by the reviews of consumers, the steel is good, tempered and keeps sharpening for a long time, but in all three categories there are unsuccessful copies, and the variety of rocks "simple", in general has dubious quality.

• Stians Stayer.

Sometime Stayer was a good Italian plant and produced high-quality power tools. After bankruptcy, a few years ago, he acquired a Russian firm that sells cheap Chinese and Russian instruments on this brand. So about the quality judge for yourself.

• Stians Stanley.

British firm Stanley (or Sheffield, made in England - as it is written on the package) is pitiful remnants of the former stately century-firm. From 1988 to this state steel company it was privatized, and sharply reduced production. Since 2007, the Indian company Tata Steel, bought all shares, and the world-famous company became a subsidiary of the Indian producing low-grade products.

• chisels Bison

Production of "Zubr" is made on one of the former Soviet military - industrial complexes in Mytischi. But, in the opinion of buyers can compare it with the purchase of a lottery ticket. You never know, you win or not, because some of the details, and sometimes the finished product, are of Chinese origin.

• Bosch chisels

Like all products of the world famous company, universal electric chisel (saws, grinds, cuts) are of high quality but also a decent price.

• Kirschen chisel

The German firm Kirschen-Werkzeuge produces hand tools for carving known as Two Cherries since 1858 (Two cherries). Chisels are made of durable carbon steel. Sold individually and in sets of chisels of various shapes and sizes.

• chisels Bahco

In 1889 in Sweden, Mr. Berg, who had manufactured the knives and hand tools at home, opened its own production, buying a new factory building. In 1959 he retired and the company has acquired a major producer of wrenches and pliers AB Bahco, and Mark Berg is no longer used. The first had a wooden handle chisel, but since 1950 have switched to plastic. Gouges are very popular among professional carpenters, as a very high quality.