[pianotech] Socket Chisels (salvaged)

[Joseph Garrett]

John,
You being from the "neighbors to the North", perhaps you call them something else.<G>
 Where the handle starts on the chisel, it is a cone shaped "socket" that a similarly shaped wooden handle     is inserted into. It's a force fit, usually with a slit/wedge in the tip of the pointed handle. Look closely at the photo of my set an you'll see how/where the handle is. The chisel in the middle is NOT a Socket Chisel! It is a Tang Chisel. i.e. the chisel has a tang that installs into a handle, usually by driving it into a hole of the handle. Hope that helps.
Joe


----- Original Message ----- 
From: John Ross 
To: joegarrett at earthlink.net;pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: 1/19/2013 3:21:00 PM 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Socket Chisels (salvaged)


I must have forgotten, but, what is a 'socket' chisel?
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia

On 2013-01-19, at 7:01 PM, "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote:


Ron, 
Here"s a couple of photos of the set  The one on the left is my bridge
chisel w/the rounded corner. The next three are the most recent
aquisitions. The little short one, (which I, incorrectly labeled as a 1/2"
in my past post), 3/4" is the one I got from my Son.<G> Btw, it has been
earth hardened, (notice the "pock marks").<G> Holds a good edge. The one in
the middle is not a socket, but was acquired at a National Convention. It
was used in a Sharpening Class, by Joel  & Priscilla and sold to me after
the class was over. It's the youngest one in the bunch and isn't the
quality of the others, in terms of  the quality of steel and edge holding
ability.
Best,
Joe

Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
Captain of the Tool Police
Squares R I
http://gpianoworks.com/
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