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Butt chisel set?

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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Mike G » 09 Dec 2021, 11:18

Woodbloke wrote:........if I did need to tap them, the handles are made from elm and there's not a lot out there which is tougher.....


It wasn't the wood I had doubts about, it was the shape. You've not left a lot to get a fist around whilst the mallet is employed.

This illustrates one of the beauties of tools. They evolve into more and more specialised versions, and get individually adjusted to suit owners and specific tasks. Trying to work out why they are the way they are is usually quite fun.
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Alf » 09 Dec 2021, 12:05

Crivens! I'd forgotten the 5500s. Think mine suffered some very early experimentation in re-handling.
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby AndyT » 09 Dec 2021, 12:10

Mike, are you sure you didn't start with full sized chisels and wear them down? ;)

Seriously though, that's evidence that they are pretty tough.

And just to clarify, I'm not in any way saying that Rob shouldn't have bought his nice set, just showing that there's always a range of options at different prices and with different features. It's encouraging to know that you can still get good chisels.
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Woodbloke » 09 Dec 2021, 12:17

AndyT wrote:I didn't think I had a set, but when I pulled them out for a group shot I found they are three different widths, so I guess that counts. :)

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Stanley 5500.

Blue handled Stanley for scale.

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The smallest one is about 'butt' length and would have fitted the inside of my project, but the others are too long. The ones I finished yesterday measure 160mm which is the same as the smallest chisel in your pic:

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Mike G wrote: You've not left a lot to get a fist around whilst the mallet is employed.



Whadya mean, not enough room?

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Loadsa space :lol: - Rob
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Mike G » 09 Dec 2021, 13:42

Alf wrote:Crivens!....


Who? :lol:
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby TrimTheKing » 09 Dec 2021, 16:42

Mike G wrote:
Alf wrote:Crivens!....


Who? :lol:


Scottish exclamation of surprise.
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Woodbloke » 09 Dec 2021, 17:05

TrimTheKing wrote:
Mike G wrote:
Alf wrote:Crivens!....


Who? :lol:


Scottish exclamation of surprise.

Nah...that's 'hey you Jummy!!'
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Alf » 09 Dec 2021, 17:14

TrimTheKing wrote:
Mike G wrote:
Alf wrote:Crivens!....


Who? :lol:


Scottish exclamation of surprise.

Chust so.
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Andyp » 09 Dec 2021, 17:15

Scots, Corns, they are both Celts, not surprising they share a lingo. :)
I do not think therefore I do not am.

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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby droogs » 09 Dec 2021, 20:06

The full exression is
Jings, Crivens and help me Boaby!
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Tiresias » 09 Dec 2021, 20:17

droogs wrote:The full exression is
Jings, Crivens and help me Boaby!


Well, not quite as I was taught it.
JIngs, crivens, help ma boab. Only ever said in Oor Wullie, mind you.
A boaby is something else entirely.
But what do I know…
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Mike G » 09 Dec 2021, 20:25

Look out fellas, the Scots are arguing. Keep your heads down...... :lol: :lol:
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Tiresias » 09 Dec 2021, 20:35

Mike G wrote:Look out fellas, the Scots are arguing. Keep your heads down...... :lol: :lol:


No, no. This is not a stramash or a stooshie, and certainly not a rammy.

We know where to go for those...

And Droogs has met me. I think he knows I would not be argumentative for the sake of it.
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Woodbloke » 10 Dec 2021, 07:39

A 'cairrieoot' is a good one too :lol: - Rob
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby TrimTheKing » 10 Dec 2021, 10:03

Tiresias wrote:
droogs wrote:The full exression is
Jings, Crivens and help me Boaby!


Well, not quite as I was taught it.
JIngs, crivens, help ma boab. Only ever said in Oor Wullie, mind you.


Or ‘The Broon’s’. :)
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby droogs » 10 Dec 2021, 12:14

the Y in Boaby was a typo created by my rather smutty sub-concious thinking of an alternative use of the phrase involving the drawing of vacuum :oops:
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Alasdair » 10 Dec 2021, 14:35

droogs wrote:the Y in Boaby was a typo created by my rather smutty sub-concious thinking of an alternative use of the phrase involving the drawing of vacuum :oops:


i knew a nurse once who treated a chap in A&E because he'd a vacum stuck to his Boaby :o :lol:
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Lurker » 10 Dec 2021, 14:56

Alasdair wrote:
droogs wrote:the Y in Boaby was a typo created by my rather smutty sub-concious thinking of an alternative use of the phrase involving the drawing of vacuum :oops:


i knew a nurse once who treated a chap in A&E because he'd a vacum stuck to his Boaby :o :lol:


Almost a monthly occurrence in A&E according to her majesty.

This beats them all, I think….

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bomb-squad-c ... pLCx5DQ1Ue
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Doug » 10 Dec 2021, 15:07

Lurker wrote:
This beats them all, I think….

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bomb-squad-c ... pLCx5DQ1Ue


That’s not ideal :shock:
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Cabinetman » 11 Dec 2021, 21:11

They all slip and fall don’t they?
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Woodbloke » 11 Dec 2021, 23:18

This apparently is a true tale and was regaled first hand to me by someone who actually saw it. In the 70's I had a job prior to going to uni and I spent all my time in the operating theatres at Frimley Park Hospital as a porter.
It appears that on one occasion a chap came into theatre with an enormous flag pole of an erection under his hospital gown; he had a blood clot at the base which prevented it from 'subsiding' :eusa-whistle: and required general surgery to remove said clot.

It seems that a student nurse tried repeatedly with her hand, to no avail, to force his erection to lie flat. Every time she tried, it sprang up like a tent pole under his gown! :lol: :lol:

True story and one of the funniest things I heard during my time in theatre: there was lots of blood and gore and other very memorable occasions, but none quite as hilarious as this episode - Rob
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Pete Maddex » 12 Dec 2021, 16:37

These are my Butt chisels.

ImageCrown Butt chisels by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Buy I also have another 1/2" one in this set.

ImageCrown 1/2” chisel set by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

I find them very nice to use one handed for fine trimming or cutting thin sections like banding and veneer.

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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby droogs » 13 Dec 2021, 01:06

Very nice Pete, I haven't seen any Crown tools about for a good wee while. I have some of their veneer saws and a pretty little gents one too.
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Cabinetman » 13 Dec 2021, 06:34

Quite a fan of Crown tools, when I needed to set up a new basic set of hand tools which I had sent over from the UK to here in the states, I got a marking knife and a couple of really nice cabinetmakers screwdrivers and a pair of skew chisels from Axminster. All good quality and very reasonably priced. Ian
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Re: Butt chisel set?

Postby Lons » 01 Jan 2022, 13:34

I meant to post my poor mans set but forgot, I did this about a year ago and at the time the photos were taken the blades had been cleaned had the primary bevels ground but hadn't been polished or sharpened.

Not a proper matched set as they are rescued from my redundant tools box but are old Marples and half decent steel so whilst I couldn't justify paying for a new set they were worth a couple of hours work.
Just chopped the blades (sacrilege I know ;) ), knocked off the horrible plastic handles and quickly turned up some from scrap mahogany without bothering too much about perfection or making them identical, a few coats or BLO and they work very well for me. Overall length is around 180mm.
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