Thread: Aldi chisels

I agree , I bought a few sets a few years ago and every time I need an odd chisel for a special job, I heat and bend and grind them to what I want . There has been a few odd looking tools made from those cheap chisels here.

You'll find that Paul Sellers (check his youtube channel) rather likes them.

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

You'll find that Paul Sellers (check his youtube channel) rather likes them.

I saw the video and he is a bit keen on them. But really $13 for 4 chisels! If they take a bit of surgery once you get home, who cares.

Had mine for 2 years now just used them on English Oak no problem

I got some too,the backs are not flat but they are concave which is not too bad.

Concave is easy to fix. So long as the bit behind the cutting edge is flat then I am satisfied. Convex would be a problem.

I bought my set a couple of years ago, brought them home and whacked them on the Tormek, brilliant bit of kit for the price.

Mick.

You lot have convinced me & I bought a couple of sets of these for her indoors which I will clean up and use as a knock about set in the new shed. Thanks for the heads up.

Originally Posted by tdrumnut

You lot have convinced me & I bought a couple of sets of these for her indoors which I will clean up and use as a knock about set in the new shed. Thanks for the heads up.

I am unclear as to whether you are cleaning up "her indoors" or the chisels and which of the two is the knockabout set.

In fact I bought a cheap set of chisels (probably less than $20 but I don't recall) for SWMBO as she is the primary painter in our house restoration project. I recently re ground the bevels and sharpened them for her. This is how they now look about a month or so later:

Cheap chisels 002.jpg

You can see why I was unwilling to let her loose with my chisels. However, the Aldi chisels sound really good and are cheaper than sharpening these old tools. I will have to keep an eye open for when Aldi have them available. I was stuck for a Chrissy present for her. Looks like the problem is sorted .

Of course there might be a repercussion or two (or three) .

Regards
Paul

Can I suggest buying 'er indoors one (or two or five) of those 50 cent paint can opener thingies instead? They don't hack the lid like chisels can.

I bought two sets. One for me and one for the guy next door who uses plane irons as chisels. Now if I can convince him that it really is better to use a plane with a handle than one without...

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

Can I suggest buying 'er indoors one (or two or five) of those 50 cent paint can opener thingies instead? They don't hack the lid like chisels can.

MS

Life's not that simple at our place. SWMBO uses chisels as chisels, but chisels things she aught not to chisel such as nails and the like. For paint tins she uses my best screwdriver!

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

I am unclear as to whether you are cleaning up "her indoors" or the chisels and which of the two is the knockabout set.

In fact I bought a cheap set of chisels (probably less than $20 but I don't recall) for SWMBO as she is the primary painter in our house restoration project. I recently re ground the bevels and sharpened them for her. This is how they now look about a month or so later:

Cheap chisels 002.jpg

You can see why I was unwilling to let her loose with my chisels. However, the Aldi chisels sound really good and are cheaper than sharpening these old tools. I will have to keep an eye open for when Aldi have them available. I was stuck for a Chrissy present for her. Looks like the problem is sorted .

Of course there might be a repercussion or two (or three) .

Regards
Paul

Sorry Paul I should ave made myself a bit clearer, what I meant was I bought 2 sets for me out of her pocket money (dont tell er though) so technically I bought them for her but they are gonna be mine haha

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

... For paint tins she uses my best screwdriver!....

Perfect. That's what it is made for.