New Lie Nielsen Corner Chisels

[Lord Nibbo]

They certainly look beefy, I didn't make enough slots in my cabinet did I
http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?sku=corner

 

[wizer]

good luck sharpening those :shock:

 

[bugbear]

good luck sharpening those :shock:

If you're making mortises with the correct size mortise chisels these are not needed.

And since one can design your project mortises to suit your chisels, I see no reason not to!

BugBear

 

[Benchwayze]

(I don't like cutting corners, generally. :wink: )

This is a topic that belongs in both camps. Machine and hand tools.
If you cut a mortice with hand-tools though, you won't need a 'corner-chisel'. So thinking about it, is this is a hand tool that only a machinist needs?

I do sometimes rout a mortice, but I rasp the tenons to suit. It might take longer than squaring off the mortice, but woodwork is a mostly hobby for me now, so no problem.

I could find use for a corner-chisel to square rebates in a pre-glued frame, but I use a spare hollow-chisel, kept aside for the job. A nice ash handle put over the sleeve of the chisel would be good, although a soft plastic mallet doesn't take much force and it makes the job a snip.

That said, I agree with His Nibs. Them there LN's are nice chisels. This time the pocket book stays closed though! 8)

 

[Lord Nibbo]

That said, I agree with His Nibs. Them there LN's are nice chisels. This time the pocket book stays closed though! 8)

It's ok my wallet empty but even if it were overflowing I won't be buying any, I've managed for years without one and quite honestly I just can't see that I would ever use one. :lol:

 

[Harbo]

I bought a cheapo corner chisel years ago to trim my round Woodrat cut mortices - pretty useless and very difficult to sharpen.
In the end I perfected a matching rounded tenon using my Japanese saw rasp - very quick and easy.
Chisel never used again even for things like hinges - much easier to use a standard chisel?

Rod

 

[bugbear]

If you cut a mortice with hand-tools though, you won't need a 'corner-chisel'. So thinking about it, is this is a hand tool that only a machinist needs?

There's plenty of people using a mixture of power and handtools, so I suspect there may (well) be a market.

BugBear

 

[woodbloke]

Chisel never used again even for things like hinges - much easier to use a standard chisel?

Rod

I think Rod's right, a tool that's not really needed as the standard bevel edge chisel will do the job just as well. I cut all my mortises with router now and just use normal LN chisels to square out the ends - Rob

 

[Waka]

They certainly look beefy, I didn't make enough slots in my cabinet did I
http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?sku=corner

Now what did I tell you about leaving extra space

 

[jonbikebod]

Interesting that L-N are using O1 steel not their more recently adopted A2.
Wheelwrights used to use a version of this tool with an angle less that right angles to ‘square’ the angled spoke mortises in the hubs and fellows that had been created with an auger.
I have heard it suggested that these right angle versions can be used to square the corners of butt hinge mortises that have been created with a power router and template and so have the router cutters radius at the corners. This seems like a tricky thing to do accurately because the chisel is going to move considerably from its initial position due to the bi-directional wedging action. The deeper the mortise the worse the problem and the photo shows a considerably deeper mortise than a butt mortise.. This is likely to get worse as repeated sharpening is likely to increase the bevel angle.
I think I have managed to talk myself out of that side-slope….
Jon.

 

[Chris Knight]

As Tom implies, corner chisels are very difficult to sharpen!

 

[Night Train]

I have heard it suggested that these right angle versions can be used to square the corners of butt hinge mortises that have been created with a power router and template and so have the router cutters radius at the corners.

Can't see the point there either. I square my hinge mortices with a 25mm bevel edged chisel without any problems.