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  1. 31st December 2023, 01:29 PM #1
    GRadice
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    Default The fitscheneisen: a German fitting chisel for fiche hinges

    Here is tool entirely new to me used to install a hinge style that is entirely new to me. I guess I need to get out more.

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    A friend of mine was showing me a couple of these odd chisels from his collection and was trying to explain for what and how they were used. But since I didn't know what the hinge looked like or how it was installed his hand waving made no sense. Then he sent me this link to a video by a German furniture restorer and all became clear. The style of hinge is apparently used for furniture as well as windows and doors.

    And how they are used. The teeth on the underside of the chisel remove chips made when tapping the mortice chisel into its narrow mortice. Very clever. I don't know whether such chisels are made any more.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQaLbYRjD4

    And other methods of installing what White Chapel call fiche hinges.

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  3. 31st December 2023, 03:47 PM #2
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    Guess I don't get out enough either. Never seen one before but always good to see how things are done.
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  4. 31st December 2023, 11:34 PM #3
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    Interesting!

    I've never seen such a chisel. I bit like a hollow chisel mortiser except the waste is shredded by those ridges on the chisel rather than shredded by an auger bit.
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    Earlier this tear I pit up a post, where I used cut down srcaper blades to make vertical slots each side of a mortise parallel to the grain, with holes at each. Then its easy to pry out the block between the two holes,

    These fitscheneisen look perfect for the job.

    ps - I notice that Narex makes a version.

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  6. 13th January 2024, 12:29 AM #5
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    one current source of these mortising chisels..Kirschen 1720150 Plugging Chisel, Black/Grey, 1.5 mm : Amazon.com.au: Home Improvement
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