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Just bought this 2" chisel to try my hand at woodworking. I have a couple really big oak stumps that were too thick to split and I'm gonna try to turn them into either a table or a chair.
- I'll wager $50 that you'll end up stabbing someone with that before you ever finish a piece of furniture.iCanHazQBN
- NOt if that "someone" has a gun.monospaced
- ^great point mono. if nothing else we need guns to protect us from mad, frustrated, amateur sculptors.sarahfailin
- The crazy sculptors need mental rehabilitation. stoplying, are you trying to tell us something? Do you need help, buddy?iCanHazQBN
- sounds like they are still pretty wet. don't want it to split on you as the grain opens up as it dries. seal that shit up. iahve worked with oak, it is a pain igilgamush
- in the ass, too brittle, has the tendency to splintergilgamush
- wantbklyndroobeki
- Thanks Gilga...I know nothing about this stuff. Do I need a wooden mallet or can I use a regular hammer?stoplying
- Tbh, you would be better off doing the bulk of it with a sawzall and a fein tool. But if you want to use a chissel get you a one pound dead blow hammer. It's nogilgamush
- Not so much about damaging the chisel as it is not wanting hammer bounce from metal on metalgilgamush
- Thanks homeystoplying
- No problemgilgamush