Japanese corner chisel

**sinjin1111** · 13th June 2005, 10:29 AM

I purchased a Japanese corner chisel awhile ago. Thinking this would be nice for such things as corners....Der!.
Anyway over the weekend i was ahnging a couple of doors using a router trimmer to remove the bulk. And then great, i can use the chisel just to finish off the corners. I placed the chisel in the corner and something wasn't lining up with my scribed lines. The chisel or my lines were out. Anyway i places an engineers square across the chisel the chsiel is 25mm x 25. It was out by approx 3/4mm. making the chisel just about useless. So somehow i have to re-square this chisel. I think my best option is a friend who a surface grinder....Anyway bit of a pain.
Sinjin

**Dan** · 13th June 2005, 03:20 PM

Is it under, or over 90deg?

**sinjin1111** · 13th June 2005, 04:14 PM

its over 90 degs.

**Schtoo** · 13th June 2005, 10:07 PM

I am not even a little bit surprised. Some of the tools here are pretty rugged...

Could you use a guide block of some kind, like a piece of sqaured up hardwood, on a stone or belt sander to square it up yourself? No reson you couldn't do it freehand either, just take it slow and you should get there.

I only say this as I made up a dovetail chisel with sides at 80 degrees to match the dovetails I had to clean up, and it worked out as close to perfect as I could imagine. It wouldn't be difficult to make the sides of something a perfect 90 degrees, just a little more attention to detail is all.

Any chance you can take it back to where you got it and check if they actually have a square one?

**sinjin1111** · 14th June 2005, 09:03 AM

Hi guys, when i get a few minutes i will post some pics so you can have a look at it. I think what shocked me the most is it was actually made and checked....ok made at any rate. And here i was thiunking people make tools like this for something other than money...lol
Anyone its not the end of the world. Mind you when i needed it on the weekend. I not to impressed will post the pics this weekend.
Just the same i really love the steel in the chisels.
Sinjin

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