tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post1744593877580421837..comments2022-05-08T12:40:11.093+01:00Comments on Musings from the Workbench: DrowninglyAlfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369678599909261508noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-38106993417443116192008-01-08T17:28:00.000+00:002008-01-08T17:28:00.000+00:00Glad to see proper work holding for morticing...ht...Glad to see proper work holding for morticing...<BR/><BR/>http://www.geocities.com/plybench/tour.html#mortice_hold<BR/><BR/> BugBearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-63661435975353783252008-01-08T17:13:00.000+00:002008-01-08T17:13:00.000+00:00Old Baleine, what an excellent idea re: Ray Iles; ...Old Baleine, what an excellent idea re: Ray Iles; I like your thinking! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Jeff, yes, it was a certain amount of levering during removal when it gave way. Like you I was surprised it didn't bend first. At the risk of sounding as if I protest my innocence too much (!), thinking about it again today it really did break a lot more easily than I'd have expected. And apologies; an Oval Alfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369678599909261508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-26632863664869590142008-01-08T15:03:00.000+00:002008-01-08T15:03:00.000+00:00Sorry ALf, can I ask for slightly more clarity...t...Sorry ALf, can I ask for slightly more clarity...the relieving cut, can you define it more clearly for a newbie, is it 'full depth', and is it made with the chisel or the bit? And if made with either one, might it be made with the other? Wonderful work btw, but sad about the chisel! Thanks, as always, for the learning, and Happy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-58050463150058983942008-01-08T14:59:00.000+00:002008-01-08T14:59:00.000+00:00Alf,Just to clarify... was it simply stuck in the ...Alf,<BR/><BR/>Just to clarify... was it simply stuck in the timber and it required some robust levering to dislodge it, which resulted in the fracture?<BR/><BR/>Such a clean break with no elastic bending prior to fracture indicates to me that the area in question was quite brittle.<BR/><BR/>I will expose my ignorance. What, pray tell, is an OBM?Premodern Blokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341688338690161075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-28511445309664089002008-01-08T14:27:00.000+00:002008-01-08T14:27:00.000+00:00Alf- I have a chisel from that same set: I've had ...Alf- I have a chisel from that same set: I've had the very same thing happen with a Marples 3/8 sash mortise chisel. I don't remember the full circumstances, but I don't think I was pushing the chisel to anywhere near its limits. The experience left me with the lingering suspicion that these chisels aren't up to snuff.<BR/><BR/>If Ray Iles is reading this, maybe he will lend you a tester. Now <IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-53822272450480208792008-01-08T08:36:00.000+00:002008-01-08T08:36:00.000+00:00Peace, gentlemen - it was probably largely my faul...Peace, gentlemen - it was probably largely my fault, yep, hence my lack of raging against the tool gods ;) Time was moving on, I wanted to get it done, got over-confident, whacked it in a little far and bust the thing getting it out again. Usually I wield an OBM which thinks nothing of such a task and didn't make sufficient allowance for the comparative weediness of the sash mortise. I would sayAlfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369678599909261508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-90942000146750762582008-01-08T05:08:00.000+00:002008-01-08T05:08:00.000+00:00Alf,Did it happen whilst you were bludgeoning it o...Alf,<BR/><BR/>Did it happen whilst you were bludgeoning it or during levering?Premodern Blokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341688338690161075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-66219496807988604042008-01-07T23:37:00.000+00:002008-01-07T23:37:00.000+00:00AlfRemind me not to get into a wrestling match wit...Alf<BR/><BR/>Remind me not to get into a wrestling match with you!!!<BR/><BR/>When you say that you were whacking out the mortises, do you mean that you were removing all the waste with the chisel? Did it snap when you were hitting it or when you were levering a chip out?<BR/><BR/>My Dad taught me that you shouldn't use a chisel as a lever - ie the chisel should either cut shavings or chips of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com