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curved chisels

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Hey folks

while doing ben laws round pole joinery course we
were using curved chisels to remove timber from scribed
line in round pole.... savage chisels!

Problem is i cant find the chisels online or remember the name
of them :(

Anyone out there know??
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Swan necks? :dunno:
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Sounds more like you mean gouges like we use in wood turning to me :wink:
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No i have gouge chisels for my wood lathe

Swan chisels... il look that up

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giggles wrote:
Swan chisels... il look that up

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Swan-necked will get you more results!
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Ah swan neck :oops:
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Ahh curved shanks not curved cutting surfaces :roll:

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Its not a swan neck.... the search continues!

Its a chisel thats used with a mallet and is a decent weight

the curve is across the cutting edge so as the follow the scribed

line on the round pole
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giggles wrote:Its not a swan neck.... the search continues!

Its a chisel thats used with a mallet and is a decent weight

the curve is across the cutting edge so as the follow the scribed

line on the round pole
You've already said it's not a gouge - that only really leaves a chisel with an end that' s not all at 90° to the sides, a round nosed chisel - a bit like a really badly sharpened chisel.

:dunno:

Something like this?

(Not mine :mrgreen: )
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That's a turning tool, do you use a mallet when turning? :dunno:

I think it has to be a gouge of some sort - there's much larger gouges available than what's used for turning.
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Or a chisel like this?
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darrenba wrote:Or a chisel like this?
.........but that's a gouge, (a scribing gouge), and the OP has said it's not a gouge. :scratch:

Here's a nice "Framing gouge" @ 109 euros

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