Which Chisel?

[doug3030]

We just had a plumber (landlord's brother) here installing a new dishwasher for us.

A part of the framework of the kitchen bench was thwarting his efforts. He asked me if I might by chance have a chisel he could borrow.

"Bench chisel, paring chisel, mortise chisel, butt chisel, dovetail..." I managed before he interrupted me.

"Just an ordinary chisel mate" he said

"How big" I asked

He held his finger and thumb about 5/8" apart.

"Ok I have a few about that size - tang or socket?"

He said "Whichever, I don't really care, and can I borrow a hammer too?"

"Claw hammer, ball pein, joiners mallet, carvers mallet, dead blow mallet..."

"JUST AN ORDINARY HAMMER PLEASE MATE"

It seems I have too many tools and watched too much Monty Python growing up.

Cheers

Doug

[justonething]

My guess is that he wants a butt chisel that he can hit with a steel hammer, to open a can of paint, to stir his cup of coffee, to scrap off rust from a steel pipe, to bruise wood sometimes but never to shave hair off his arm.

[Simplicity]

My guess is that he wants a butt chisel that he can hit with a steel hammer, to open a can of paint, to stir his cup of coffee, to scrap off rust from a steel pipe, to bruise wood sometimes but never to shave hair off his arm.

Excalty Paul ,
I've done just the job the plumber was doing!
I have work tools
And then I have play tools.

Doug, behave


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[Handyjack]

I do the same when I am asked to borrow a screw driver.

Flat or Phillips?

Normally they want a Phillips.

#1 or #2 or #3?

Maybe I should carry a Pozidrive just to confuse them. Wait until they want a Torx or Hex drive.

[Gabriel]

Bet he hit a nail with it...

[Kuffy]

did you give him right handed or left handed hammer and chisel? Personally I find it difficult to use the left handed chisels

[Sawdust Maker]

He probably wanted a bowl gouge

[doug3030]

Bet he hit a nail with it...

Gab,I can assure you that I did not hand over my 5/8" Stanley Sweetheart Socket Chisel.

He obviously had not passed the test. He wanted a chisel and a normal metal hammer - he got a chisel that I did not mind him hitting with a metal hammer.

He probably wanted a bowl gouge

A roughing gouge would have been too good for him.

Cheers

Doug

[Sawdust Maker]

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A roughing gouge would have been too good for him.

Cheers

Doug

I was thinking of a detail gouge! LOL

[Mr Brush]

I keep a set of beat-up, plastic-handled modern Stanley chisels precisely for these occasions. I'm not letting a tradie near my Lie Nielsen, LV, or Blue Spruce chisels.....

The Stanleys are kept just sharp enough to be useful, but not so sharp that they can hurt themselves.....lol

[elanjacobs]

It seems I have too many tools and watched too much Monty Python growing up.

Cheese shop sketch?

[doug3030]

Cheese shop sketch?

If you have to ask you are probably too young to be a true Python fan

Cheers

Doug

[elanjacobs]

I'm enough of a fan to know the entire Holy Grail script as well as many Flying Circus sketches from memory
Also a big fan of The Goons

[rrich]

I do the same when I am asked to borrow a screw driver.

Flat or Phillips?

Normally they want a Phillips.

#1 or #2 or #3?

Maybe I should carry a Pozidrive just to confuse them. Wait until they want a Torx or Hex drive.

They were doing a remodel on the house over 10 years ago. The framing carpenter asked if I had any "Deck" screws, treated. I went and got the box and the screwdriver bit. I handed him both and he was confused when I said "They're Robertson drive."

[Chris Parks]

I'm surprised he asked for a chisel, normal practise is to use a flat bladed screw driver. You could have given him a cold chisel, that would have worked.