A lot of wood and metal products in use are worked and carved from their original form in raw case. Helping people with the objective of working and carving is a set of tools called chisels. These tools have a cutting edge which is characteristically shaped to lend its shape to the object which is being worked on. For people who are newcomers to the field of working and cutting, cutting edge is referred to the sharp side of the metal object.



How are Chisels used?

Force is applied into the material by the chisels to cut the material. The force can be applied manually or by the use of a mallet or a hammer. Industrially, hydraulic rams are used to drive the chisel into the material which needs to be cut. Gouge is a type of chisel which is used in woodworking, wood-turning and sculpture. These activities used to carve small pieces from the material or workpiece, is often used in creating concave surfaces.

Bottom-line, chisels have been manufactured keeping in mind its suitability factor for the variety of intended uses.

What are the different types of chisels?

Four factors determine the types of chisels to be manufactured ? The Blade length, blade width, shape and the hardness of the blade. These chisels may have wooden handles attached to them or can also be made up of one piece of metal.

Woodworking Chisels ? These chisels are used primarily in tasks involved in removing big sections of wood from the workpiece or ?roughing out? a pattern or a shape. Slick is one of the largest chisels used in timber frame construction and wooden shipbuilding. Wood Working chisels are known by different names on the basis of their functionality and uses. The different names for wood working chisels are ? Butt Chisel, Flooring Chisel, Skew Chisel and many more.

Metal Working chisels ? These chisels are used in metal work and they are divided in two categories. These chisels are categorized into hot and cold chisels. The hot chisels are used to cut metals which have been softened by heating in a forge. The Cold Chisels are typically used for cutting cold metals. This means that cold chisels cannot be used in conjunction with heating forges etc.

Stone Chisels ? The chisels used to cut or carve stone, bricks are known as Stone Chisels. Brick Bolsters which have a wide, flat blade tapped along the cut line to produce a groove is used for cutting the stone or brick workpiece.

Other forms of chisels are stone chisels, masonry chisels and plugging chisels, each manufactured to meet specific uses.

Chisels are manufactured by most of the known equipment manufacturing companies like DeWalt, Makita, Bosch etc. One of the most popular types of chisels is SDS-max? Hammer Steel manufactured by BOSCH. Reflection Technology is used in this chisel to meet its objectives. The R-Tec Reflection point is focused on HS1903 and HS1904 allowing the energy of the hammer to be focused back to the material.

This chisel and many others produced as its competitors ensure that users get a good chiseling experience.