A Brief History Of Chisels
Author: Paul Disley

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.


About The Author: Paul Disley is a hand tool expert on chisels
at
http://www.powertooldirect.co.uk/dewalt-dc925kbd-combination-drill-p-89107.html