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Essentiai. Woodcarying Techniques

Makes of Tool
Maker/brand	Country	Edge- holding	Slenderness
Pfeil	Switzerland	Consistently good	Good
Stubai	Austria	Consistently good	Good
Carl Heidtmann	Germany	Consistently good	Good
Mifcr	Spain	Good but brittle	Variable
Auriou	France	Consistently good	Good
Bristol Design	Britain	Consistently good	Good
Robert Sorby	Britain	Consistently good	Narrow tools too thick
Ashley IleÅ›	Britain	Consistently soft but good	Variable
Henry Taylor	Britain	Inconsistent, somc are	Variablc
(Acorn brand)		^vcry g°°d
Marples	Britain	Occasionally good	Generally thick
Maker/brand	Price	Width of rangÄ™	Availability
Pfeil	Moderately expensive,	Fairly wide	Fuli rangÄ™ from
	can vary		few suppliers
Stubai	Moderately expensive	Wide	Only in Austria
Carl Heidtmann	Moderate	Wide	Only in Germany
Mifcr	Not known	Fairly wide	Not known
Auriou	High	Wide	One British supplier
Bristol Design	High	Fairly wide	Bristol Design only
Robert Sorby	Moderate	Fairly limited	Selected outlets
Ashley IleÅ›	Moderate	Wide	Selectcd outlets
Henry Taylor	Moderate	Virtually complete	Many suppliers (few sell a wide rangÄ™)
Marples	Moderate	Fairly wide	Easily found, usually in sets

right sizcs and can drill thc holcs in thc handles accurately, make surÄ™ that rhe tang is tapered to a point. The best way to fit a handle is to fix the chiscl in a vicc and then gcntly tap rhe handle on to the tang, rotating the handle and frequently shaking out the wood that thc corncrs of the tang rcam out. Whcn thc shoulder of the chisel is about 6mm (Win) from the handle make surÄ™ that the blade is in linÄ™ with the handle. It may necd to be rotated for this. It is particularly important that the blade does not veer to one side. If you have to choose betwcen anhedral (pointing downwards) and dihedral (pointing upwards), choose dihedral. A handle of a hard wood such as box nccds to be closer to the shoulder before being driven homc. The handle is driven on with a strong mallet stroke.

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