At 08:37 AM 1/16/04 -0600, Jim Esten wrote:
>Having done those verboten things, I'll take a SWAG at it...
>
>First, do not pry. Well, this one ought to be obvious, but that didn't stop
>me. You will very often splinter your face edge as the chisel comes up out
>of the valley you are prying from. Ugly.
>
>The other thing noted in the graphic is trying to come in from the end (and
>fairly deep in the graphic although this can go awry even on a shallow
>attempt). What sometimes happens is the chisel follows the grain and unless
>you have already gone deep enough at the shoulder, it is pretty easy to chip
>out a quite large chunk.
>
>Do I continue to do those things....of course I do, although I've botched
>enough with the prying to tone that down. I do frequently clean out waste
>coming in from the end grain, but am careful to do it only with very shallow
>passes no deeper that I've already plunged at the shoulder.
>
>And as I understand it, technique questions are quite fair game!!!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jim E #2 in charming and moderately historic Cedarburg, WI USA  
>
>
GG,
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