Some people seem to like to have the best of everything, but no matter your trade I think it's always a good idea to have a second set of 'rough and ready' tools for certain situations. Saves your best tools from ever getting abused. Even with power tools you can dig out your old ones for working in a muddy field or fixing the car etc.
Hi there🖐Youre comment is bang on the money, and I still dig out a few of my old, corded tools, if I'm doing anything really rough, or like you say, in really crappy conditions😮Thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
Ive had that same leather roll in my tool bag for over 10 years and it’s still spot on. The old marples augers I have are dual purpose Jennings/hex so fitted in brace and corded drill. I still use augers for morticing locks and have found the Irwin bits hold an edge very well unlike the chisels.
Hi Se7en Teen🖐You probably make a good point about the steel in those older drill bits holding a better edge🤔My chisels hold a fairly decent edge, but probably not as good as older ones😲Appreciate your comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
I remember when I was an apprentice I bought a Jennings auger bits after pay day once a week .still have them in an old tool roll with two brace and bits large and small , but now collecting dust in me tool chest but now have all the same bits and type that have moved on to as it’s all about speed now , keep up the good work, love your channel
Hi Garry🖐I wish I'd have kept all my original hand tools and the wooden box I made to keep them😢I suppose I was so excited at new tools like battery drills etc, that I just let them go or lost them😬Thanks for watching and your kind comment😎Cheers Del
40yrs ago at the start of my apprenticeship i was in the joinery shop, every tool was pristine. 12months after that it was on site work. Wow what a difference, graded down from the best stuff after hitting nails etc.
We must be almost tte same age Steve👍(I'm 36 years in now😵) Sounds like we found some things out at about the same stage of our apprenticeship 👊Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
There was a time, when a carpenters tool roll and box showed how they cared for the trade. Young people today, often carry the tools in a drywall bucket, with cutters banging against each other. I live in the States, and for me to find old quality tools such as Marples, Robert Sorbey, Record or a better built Stanley plane I have to root thru flea markets garage sales estate sales... very few have the passion to care for their tools now and days... That wasted saddle part of the drill bit, is to allow it to be chucked into an impact driver, or 1/4" bit holder of sorts...
Great comment comment Don👊and sadly all too true😩I'm stuck in the mud now and will always try and care for my hand tools in the same way as I was taught👍I do have to tell you though, that waisted section in the auger bits shank is so it could be used in a Carpenters Bit Brace🤩Cheers Del
Auger bit for me for good jobs spade bits for going at angles. Cheap chisels sharpened on sanding disc. We can see you are a Good carpenter no matter what tools you use.😊
When I first started no cordless drills and so still on occasion used the brace and bit. Those bits are what they used to call universals. The old brace bits only had the big triangular block on the end. I still have loads. I carry three such tool rolls though only use two. One is only drill bits. The other two chisel sets. The set I use and the best set that never seems to make their appearance. I have loads of auger bits. Many unused. It is a dividing tool. Love or hate. I am a hater. I have loads they look good and tempt me to buy them. Then I use one and realise no still hate them. Spade bits for me and always has been. Cheap. No cut to sharp in seconds. Sharpen them down to nearly nothing left still work. Infinite control. No problem with splitting timber. Don't hook up and break your arm. Don't hook up and blast through something exspensive. Did I mention I don't like Auger bits. Yet others such as yourself love them. It makes the World go around like the odd South Paw for balance.
Hi Dave🖐I love your comment😍it made me chuckle in the middle, and I'm getting the slightest vibe that Auger bits might not be your favourite🤣I think I might be missing out by sticking to auger bits, and, after yours and many others comments on this video, I think I'm going to have get some and try them out🤟Thanks again for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
😂 I can so relate to this video, I owned a posh set of chisels but never used them so sold them. Now own hultifors red handles that I use for every thing. Great videos keep them coming mate 👍🏻
We all do it/have done it Neil😆Sometimes it's hard to resist buying more, lovely shiny tools whether you need them or not😵Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
as a apprentice joiner i have to say great auger bits i highly recommend the Irwin x4 bits there not self feed but great flat bits good to see a joiner not wanting a Martinez hammers and spending money/wasting on tools that are stupidly over priced when tools cheaper just as much quality i am guilty i have two main sets of chisels one for site one for finer work shamrock marples for bench handed down to me by my mentor and i have a set of marples split proof for main site same as i have a 41/2 for site and i use a 51/ all fettled up for my bench with a few spare blades (cambered and straight) great work keep the content coming looking forward to more
Hi there🖐Great to have you watching bud, and awesome that you are doing an apprenticeship👊Sounds like you've got it sussed with your chisels and drill bits💪Thanks for watching and all the best in your training😎Cheers Del
Hi Tony🖐You're quite right bud, and, sometimes, the work environment has a large part to play in the quality of the tools we use🤔Thanks for watching, and looking forward to a catch up soon🤘Cheers Del
Great video del I tend to be one of those guys who is over the top taking care of my tools but after a while it is almost annoying being like that it all comes down to the work that is produced with them and everything I’ve seen you do is spot on I really enjoy your tool videos hope there is more to come !👍🏻
Hi John. That's a great comment bud, and I appreciate your kind words🤩I could make videos about carpentry and all that goes with it till the cows come home, and never really know what people would find interesting🤔Have a good weekend😎Cheers Del
I totally agree with you. I have a nice set of lie nielsen bench chesils that I only use at home making boxes and stuff like my lunch box. Got to be a wooden lunch box eh but them chisels will never see a building site. I have a 25 year old set of Stanley for site work that work just fine
Hi Dan🖐It's cool that you have that special set of chisels that you know will always be in top condition and is a treat to use, even if not very often🤩Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Definitely interesting to see the tools of your trade Del, and what you do and don't sweat over the quality of. I'd say its testament to your work that your don't need tarty artisan chisels to make nice stuff! Pretty much the opposite of so much of the woodworking content you see out there. I think a great sign of experience and expertise is not what your tool box contains, but what it doesn't. A seasoned professional has weeded out the dead weight - just like the best campers. If I worked on a building site I think the biggest barrier to having nice stuff would be it getting nicked, borrowed / broken. But then again I am a tool tart and they mostly get to stay in the garage/ wood shop. I think where quality pays is having tools that are up to the task and will last. I have hand tools that were my dads and grandads, or somebody else's grandads (good old ebay!)... that were rusty, chipped and in a terrible state when I took them on. But all could be stripped, cleaned, sharpened and work like new with some TLC. Especially old Stanley, Marples or Record stuff. As you can tell, I could also talk about tools all day! Here's a video idea for you... whats the furthest / remotest your tools have travelled for a job? I lugged my Milwaukee cordless hundreds of miles down to Devon, then hiked it up a big hill in the woods to make a new door for a woodland cabin for a mate. Fun job!
Hi AH🖐You're not the only one that would spend all day talking about tools bud😆I have mentioned in other videos, how many of my tools have been with me all over the UK and some of Europe, but thanks for you great suggestion, ad I think it would be a cool subject for a video👊I really appreciate you kind and generous comment 😀 and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
On another note; I'll admit to being a double chisels wanker; because when I naively decided to woodwork as a hobby I bought some big burly site chisels, and then wondered why I couldn't do nice dovetails them. So then I bought some fancy chisels thinking they'd make me better at dovetails (they didn't) 🤣. Still practising.
Nothing better than getting second hand , cleaning them up , and putting them back to work , knowing someone else as earned a living of them , old steel is the best steel
Awesome comment Mark🤩and I am still using a coping saw and smoothing plane that I bought off a retired carpenter in 1987, so goodness knows how old they actually are🤔Thanks for watching bud 😎 Cheers Del
Great video Del my mate,, I have mostly two sets of everything one set is for my workshop BEST lol the other set is for when I’m out on the job not so best lol 👍👍👍👍
For general stuff you've got the right idea with buying good enough stuff because manufacturers nowadays are making reasonably priced gear of better quality than ever due to better machinery, measurement equipment, standards, so as long as you don't go too cheap you should be fine. Bahco and DeWalt both do a side strike chisel which also had a normal end blade as well as one one the side for awkward jobs. Also DeWalt have a couple of demolition screwdrivers that can take some grief.
Hi David🖐You're quite right, and, as you say, unless you go silly cheap, most of these type of tools will do the job fine👊I've always fancied one of those Bahco side strike chisels, as they just look really useful💪Thanks for watching and your great comment 😎 Cheers Del
I like that little kit. Personally i replaced my original chisels with the Irwin Bluechip when a lot of my kit was stolen, the bluechips are fantastic. The notch on the auger bits is designed to fit the old bit and brace hand drill, Do a tool box tour next?
Hi T🖐Sorry to hear your gear was stolen😩Top marks on the wasted section of shank and you're probably showing you age there 😉 I will do a little tool box/tote video, as it might be interesting to see what's in there😖Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Excellent. Really enjoyed it. I’m like you same chisel roll. Mix match chisels but works. Would be interesting to see your go to bag/box? Keep it up del
Thanks for your comment JD🤩I probably will do a video on my tool bag/tote. It has most of my every day hand tools in it, and might be interesting👊Have a great weekend, and thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
I've got a couple of those old green Record Marples bits...great quality made in U.K. Ive had them at least 25 years. The new ones a chinese made and last about 5 minutes!
Hi David🖐You're absolutely right about the newer ones, and they don't hold their edge for long at all, but at least they are fairly cheap🤩Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Got a leather pouch full of my old auger bits, that I used with my wheel brace, always ment to cut the ends of them so they can fit into my drill ,,( the ends are tapered so the only fit a wheel brace ,)iwas always taught to file the end if the screw (we called the worm )so that it didn't pull the augers bit into your work ,,easier to control,,,,the chisel you use for rougher work,we called that a bashing chisel,,for taking bits of timber close to brick work etc,,🏴🏴🏴,,
Hi Chris🖐Your comment takes me back bud, as I did exactly what you describe, and cut the square tapered ends off all my hand brace bits when I went over to a cordless drill😵Not ideal though, as the bigger diameter bits used to spin in the church as the shafts were just round😖I'm sure most of us have a 'bashing chisel'💪Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Dear, having more better tools only help to do the job faster, they do not help to do it better, the carpenter's expertise is what counts, sometimes with very poor tools better work is done if they are in the hands of professionals who know how to do their job and They do it with passion, in your videos you can see that you enjoy your work and you do it with professionalism and love, that is worth much more than having top tools. the tool does not make a good carpenter. A hug
My personal favourite is your tool belt - a 58 pattern army web belt, if I'm not mistaken, lol. Wore those for twenty years and wish I'd kept a couple having seen a 'proper' use for them.
Ha this is so true I have a rough set and a good set of tools for inside work and a bag for inside work and outside a wooden box which I wouldn’t want inside a house lol
Hi there🖐I think it's pretty cool that you, basically, have a good set of kit for good jobs, and 'rougher' set for the not so good ones🤟Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Defo relate to this!! Marples Splitproof and Blue Chip for everyday and outdoors with a few 'best' and sharpest Dynagrip for indoors. I am an anorak about using a mallet though but do have to fess up...I do still use my Yankees from time to time despite having cordless, they can still do things drill drivers can't.... Keep it up Dell, always nice to see what you're up to.
Hi John🖐Blimey bud, can't believe you still use a Yankee every now and again🤯It's definitely good to have a set of chisels for best, and perhaps I'm being a little lazy and tight by not having a set off to one side😬Thanks for watching, and it is really cool that fellow carpenters like you are watching and commenting so generously on my videos🤩Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter I still have yankee and spirolux pumps in the shed 🤢Tools are great, but too many get stolen off the job 😤 so, you end up having to replace stuff through the years. Love your vids Del. Keep them coming.
Yeah got a set of bahco chisels for most stuff but got a nice set of German chisels which only get used when I am doing oak doors or only fine stuff as I can get a really good mirror finish on them.
Hi Alex🖐It's cool that you and lots of other guys still have a nice set of chisels to one side for special jobs👊I bet that, physiologically, that you make a better job of finer work because you are using your 'best' chisels👍Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
I'm with you Del .if got one chisel which I call my destructor chisel you can guess what that's for... and my besties chisels are my marples had them probably 15 years now. metal not as good in chisel now I don't think. Great video keep it up 👍
Hi Nigel🖐I find it better to have a specific 'beater' chisel, as I saves endangering the better ones👊I'm sure you're right about the grade of steel in newer tools as that's seems like the modern way😬Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
No need to apologise for anything sir, I've got sharpened screwdrivers (for chisels) and blunt chisels (for screwdrivers) I've used nails for drill bits and even a kids plastic sand pit spade for a trowel! And a dolly peg top for pointing! (Don't tell anyone!!) Sometimes you just have to get things done.
Hi Del, Some years ago some of my kit was stolen. My Dad had bought me a set of Footprint wooden handled firmers . They had not been used and still in box in van . Looking at Ebay, I see the odd set of these for sale and often wonder where they ended up. I have tools in my understairs cupboard where brand new tools sit in original packaging (just in case) and my go to are Marples splitproof and for rough work Marples green handle. BUT, I have a set of the yellow handled Stanleys and was told they were made from Ball bearing steel. They do keep and edge. My wife reckons that she will have a field day on Ebay if I snuff it. Are we both tool geeks then?? Bob in Weston super Mare.
I think we are ALL tool geeks Bob😆 You're comment has made me think of a few tools I have got that are still, completely unused😵They say a man's biggest fear is, that when he's gone, his wife will sell all his stuff for what he told her he paid for it😖Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Hi Del great vid just to let you know you can still pick up rhe marples auger bits on ebay brand new but there is limited stock so may be worth picking some up 👍🏼
Great to watch I’ve marples but it seems like a throw away society I’m abit gilty of that after all my tools were stolen recently looking forward to your next project
Hi Trevor🤗You're quite right about a throw away society, and I think we are all guilty of it to some extent🤔Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Ha ha we are so alike I’ve got a set of green Marples still. That bit on the end was for a brace 😉 just brought a set of 1980’s black Stanley chisels think they were called 9001. Or 9002 Keep up the great work and show more hand tools 🤘
Hi John🖐We are members of the same 'bit brace' club, and it was a joyous day when I got my first battery drill👊 Crikey, those black handled chisels you mention take me right back🤩Great and generous comment😎Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
John I’ve still got a 3/8 black handle chisel from years ago they were supposed to be a very high grade steel the 9001 it’s like chrome . They wownt make anything like that again 😉
@@Tez73 yes that’s what I got a set of seven or eight. Still in the plastic sleeve paid £80 for them of eBay. Put my OG set of marpels in the shed. They are good chisels 👌
Hi John🖐I don't think I will be upsetting my fellow carpenters when I agree with you about being a geek🤪because I think most carpenters are😵I'm so glad I don't have to use a bit brace anymore💪Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
If you are looking for some good flat bits try the Milwaukee ones, I bought a set and they are razor sharp and so far have held an edge really well. I don’t think they were expensive either
Hi del I have been same on the field hard to look after tools. Then on nice jobs nice tools. Dont use heat ie belt sander. sharpening up chisels. They will blue the steel then wont hold an edge. Use stones or slow grinding wheel .
Hi Barrie🖐I hear what you are saying about heat build up when grinding, but I always use water to keep them cool. I did the chisel in after every couple of seconds against the belt and never get any blueing on the tips👊Still finish them off on an oilstone which is just habit I guess, but there is something quite therapeutic about the sharpening process🤩Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Del no shame, I have never had any best tools just tools that I need to complete the job my tool roll is only a cheap one but I've had it for years now.😊
I've got a set of TP own brand chisels I got reduced to clear for £5 and a small trend fold up sharpening stone and they've been brilliant. They need a good sharpen before each use but I'd do that anyway.
Hi Gareth🖐If it works bud, it works👊 It's a really good habit you've got into aswel to touch up your chisels regularly👍as there's nothing better than a super sharp edge💪Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Del, I would love to see a video on sharpening chisels. I bought the trend chisel sharpener with diamond stones but still not as sharp as I would like them.
Hi Stuart🖐I think it's probably laziness on my part, that I don't keep a slightly better set off to one side for more civilised jobs😬Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Like you say all depends on what type of work you do , I use dewalt flat bits these days with multiple chisels, I do general carpentry ,cut roofs etc ,I have the same roll 😆
Welcome to the tool roll club David🤪I really should try some of those DeWalt flat bits, as I've heard they're pretty good👊Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del
As long as the tool does the job it’s good! expensive tools attract the wrong kind of people…. I got a wooden handle Nooitgedagt (Neverthought) chisel set which I bought in school but never used professionally not even at home. For work I got the same brand but the with plastic (if that’s the word) handles and out of the 8 I probably use 2 the most.
You're not alone mate. There will be loads of tradesmen who love tools and buy some really nice tools only to look at them and show them off. I'm one of them. Sad , yes but I don't care.
Hi Ziggy🖐I think it's something we all do in some respects😆There is something special about having a nice set of tools and not over using them and them always being ready for action👊(or shown off😍) Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Hi del I bought a set of those green record Marples auger bits 25 years ago they came in a quality leather roll which I still use daily . I bought a set of those try tipped bits tried sharping one with a rat tailed file but made it worse than before I started .del if you ever have the opportunity to fit a night latch again lift the 32 and not the 38 mate or you'll b kicking yourself lol.
Hi Brian🖐Like you, I found that most other types of self feeing bits don't sharpen up that well, which is why I like the green Marples ones👊I'm glad you picked up about the hole for a night latch cylinder, as I actually got that bit wrong in the video😬as you are quite right that the hole for these is 32mm not 38mm👍Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
I’ve got a set of those Stanley Dynastrike chisels - brought them when I was working retail back in my early 20’s - the steel in them is quite good and better than a lot of the off the shelf ones now. I’ve got some Marples rhubarb and custard that I use out on jobs, the handles still stink after 20 plus years of ownership 😂 I too am also a bit of a drill bit nut 😬
Hi NS🖐I've never heard of 'rhubarb and custard' chisels😬Yeah, I get on fine with those Stanley chisels and they get the job done👊Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Have you got a video on tool storage do you keep hand tools in a bag or custom box I’ve settled on packout by Milwaukee for power tools and for hand tools I tried a bag but went with a wooden box
Shocked and stunned Del 🤭. Well it goes to show don’t need a £500 set of chisels to do decent work. I find when ever I sharpen a chisel I then drop it, butter side down…. Doh 🙄
Hi Doug🖐If I had a £500 set of chisels, I'd have to then buy a £350 titanium hammer to hit them with🤯Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Interesting one here I hope.I bought an Axmister Rider 50mm soft grip (site chisel) from my local store. Decent price and good quality, so went back to buy a couple more of different sizes. If you read the Axminster blurb on the web site their chisels are made in Europe, of steel which is to the exact spec as Narex chisels. The Rider chisels have a tiny blank on the handle where a manufactures name should go. Lo and behold on one of my chisels it has Narex embossed on it where I presume some poor guy forgot to remove the die. So I can only presume that Narex are producing for Axminster. I can't fault the quality. They hold an edge for ages. The only down side is they have a finger grip style of handle which may be wrong for lefties. Thoughts?
Hi George🖐I did quick bit of Googling, and the wooden Narex chisels do look identical to the Rider ones from Axminster🤔 I'm not sure about the finger grip though, as you rarely grip a chisel with a fully wrapped hand😬(well I don't anyway) Great comment, and thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
Great insight as always T.C, 👍😁 I have two sets of bevel edge chisels. A Draper set (6,12,18+26mm) which I keep in a canvas tool roll with a selection of spade bits. They go into my Bucketboss tool bucket with soft top. The Draper's have long shanks rather like a paring chisel and I like that feature. My second set of chisels live in a tan premium grain leather tool roll I purchased from Rutlands about ten Years ago. They are a set of Irwin Marples bevel edge chisels with red/yellow split proof handles, 6,10,12,18,25,32,38,44+50mm) I sharpen my chisels with Eze-Lap diamond plates and then honed to shaving sharpness on a leather strop. There is no difference in the keeness of the edge between the Draper's and the Irwin's. But I find the Irwin's hold their edge for longer. I carry an old Craftsman 32mm butt chisel in my tool belt. It's my beater chisel and it has a hundred uses. I have some of those old Marples auger bits still in the original packaging. I found one the other Day in the shed. It's a bit rusty bit still good. I mainly use Bosch Forstner bits now, I find them to be excellent. Those old Marples auger bits were designed to be used with a brace and bit. As far as I know that's the reason for the indent in the shank, 🔨 🇮🇪
Hi TN🖐What an epic comment, and really appreciate you taking the time to write it👊I still use my original oilstone for sharpening, but am really interested by the diamond ones🤔Yet another thing I'm going to have to buy after a recommendation from you😬😉Thanks, as always, for watching bud😎Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter No problem T.C, 👍 I like most started out sharpening on an oil stone. They produce an excellent edge but they require reflattening periodically. Diamond plates are flat and stay that way. I use a diamond plate honing compound from Trend. I mix it with some Kerosene to thin it out a bit. This increases its viscosity and makes it a better cutting fluid. Regardless of what type of stone one uses the use of a leather strop to buff the edge is key. It takes a keen edge to a laser sharp edge, 🔨🇮🇪
@@Toyotaamazon80series You've taken tool sharpening to another level TN🤯If I did mine like that I'd probably drop the chisel or plough straight into a nail😖Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter Ahh not really! 😁 Sharpening is a bit of a black art, but once one get's it one will have it for life. We all nick chisel's and plane irons off hidden nails, frustrating but that's life, 👍🔨🇮🇪
Everyone needs a couple of bashed up chisels for getting those odd nails or lumps of concrete out of the way or doing some levering when the "proper" tool is out of reach. Mine are Blue Stanleys, 4 out of 4 still going from 1983. I call them my "Builders Chisels"!
Judging by the packaging they're not older than about early 1990s. Irwin branding appeared about then after acquiring a number of British brands like Record, if I remember right. Also those augers have fittings for brace and bit or normal drill fitting, hex 6mm/1/4" bit holders didn't come out until much later. I still have my Stanley brace and bit also the short between joist version for cable or pipe holes. Thing is as technology moved on tools became very much cheaper since the 1970s and time/cost on the job became a bigger factor every year and still is, power tools for every possible thing have become the norm. Ever since the late 1990s to date have seen the massive shift to battery powered tools with the advantages of site safety and cost as economics drives the workplace more than ever. How many tradesmen will use a screwdriver over an impact now? Spade bits in case is okay because you can see what's missing. If missing then replace the individual one, doesn't have to be same as others just the size. Those Bosch or Irwin augers are really worth having. Unless you're doing really high end fine work just use good quality stuff that you don't need to be precious about it's cheaper and less stress.
Hi David🖐Great comment with some great details👊You've obviously been in or around the trade for a fair while, and your comment also suggests that you are pretty switched on about the tools you/we use and how they, and us have changed over the years🤩I think one of the biggest drivers towards power tools has been the construction industries need for everything to be done quickly, and the sort of tool kit I had in my early carpentry days, simply wouldn't be viable today. I do think it's sad that it's all about how quick a job can be done now, as I, and many others, still enjoy the craft or carpentry👍Thanks again for your great comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
I have then stanley chisels as well, they are excellent. Had them for years. I also have the blue bosch multipurpose bits, one of the best bits ever made. Not too fussed on the auger bits, but i think somebody skilled like Del, will be able to handle them with more control, i find them a bit wayward and aggressive. Great video, thanks Del. My workshop legends are Irwin quickgrip clamps, nothing i would swap those for.
Hi Bob🖐I got the Bosch drills after a recommendation from a good mate, and they really are handy to have👊Thanks for adding in your favourite workshop tools which you couldn't do without👍(I couldn't be without my quick clamps either💪) Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Hi Luke🖐It's actually so the bits could be used in an old hand brace drill👍that we all used to use before battery drills came out😖Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Great stuff but I don't get the dislike for the brace and bit. I still use mine from time to time and find using it almost therapeutic. The one tool that no sensible person could mourn the passing of is the rawl drill. More an instrument of torture than a tool. And you always seem to need to use it first thing on a freezing winter morning. Horrible things.
Fair play for still enjoying a hand brace Dai🤩Those concrete 'drills' were before my time, but I know they were pretty savage to use😵Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Hi Aaron🖐I know loads of guys that also use spade bits,cand perhaps, I'm being a little bit stuck in my ways by sticking to my auger bits🤔Old habits die hard, as they say🤩Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter last time a used one it caught a knot and split the door a was out of pocket 😂 a like the 24mm as well get hit more room on the faceplate why don’t why make the barrel smaller 😡
my chisel roll is a bit random.... mostly propper marples and deffo one stanley chisel which i stabbed my wrist with whilst working still pissed as a young man about 20 years ago .... met a lass im still friends to this day in a&e that day actually haha. my drill bits are all scattered in the botom of a festool tool carry case thing.... amonsgst a shed load of other crap.... i really need to sort my kit out. auger and flat bits are usualy burried under a load of crap. do like a good new old stock marples chisel or bit or whatever
Hi Paul🖐It's funny you mention your chisel injury, as I did a similar thing probably about the same length of time ago😩Still irritates me when I'm pairing our for hinges and I can clearly see the scar from where the chisel slipped😖 Great little comment, ad always bud🤩Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Hi Ian🖐I never had one, but they looked both amazing and terrifying in equal measure😲They had a proper name, but I cant remember it now🤔(was it expansive bits?)Great comment and takes me right back🤩Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter Think your right expansion bit it had two different sizes of spur section which you tighten up with a screwdriver .If I remember I couldn’t get on with it back in the early days .😂
You win first prize Dan👊I, genuinely, ceremoniously, threw my bit brace in the skip when I got my first battery drill🤩It was wretched drilling holes with it😩Did you ever use one, I think you're a bit younger than me🤔Cheers bud
@@thetallcarpenter what have I won Del, a old copy of woodworkers weekly? 🤔 It certainly was ‘wretched‘ for a young me trying to turn one with a 1 1/4 “ bit for a night latch. 🙌🏻🌪🌪🌪
You're actually right and wrong bud😲That waisted section is so these bits CAN be used in a hand brace🤯If you watch the part of the video where I hold the packet up to the camera, you can see a little picture of a drill and a hand brace printed on it👍Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter ahh I’ve never seen those the onse I’ve got and always seen are more pointed at the end I can see how that works must be a more modern version mine are pre war onse so fairly old now
Believe it or not Tony, I've never actually owned or used one, AND I started my time in a workshop🤯Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter I can remember getting one when I was a kid with my dad who was a carpenter never lasted long always folded the wrong way and snaped it,
Tool roll when new was full of Sandvik Red handle chisels all like soldiers in a line. Then it to battle some are now missing in action some are limbless war torn and scared and as for the roll its totally FUBAR. Keep your powder dry. Been sent to the front come Monday.. Wish me luck. Over the top give em hell. Tally ho.....
@@thetallcarpenter ahhh ok... remember the lads still having them when i first started... but only just.... probably had them still in their tool kits but were all buying battery drills
Hi Carter🖐Trouble is bud, I seem to be embracing a lot of things latey that 'afflict gentleman of a certain age' 😵 (that reminds me, I must get some Voltarol and hemorrhoid cream😆) Thanks for your comment and have a nice weekend 😎 Cheers Del
No chisel roll ,!!!! no chisels more like , only ones with alligator teeth , and messed up power tools off a car boot sale , with random names printed on them 🙈
Some people seem to like to have the best of everything, but no matter your trade I think it's always a good idea to have a second set of 'rough and ready' tools for certain situations. Saves your best tools from ever getting abused. Even with power tools you can dig out your old ones for working in a muddy field or fixing the car etc.
Hi there🖐Youre comment is bang on the money, and I still dig out a few of my old, corded tools, if I'm doing anything really rough, or like you say, in really crappy conditions😮Thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
the start of the video was so funny, felt like you where after breaking the window with the football or somthing and you had to confess to mum lol
Hi Colm🖐Yeah, I felt like I should come clean about my 'proffesional' set of chisels/drill bits😆Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Ive had that same leather roll in my tool bag for over 10 years and it’s still spot on.
The old marples augers I have are dual purpose Jennings/hex so fitted in brace and corded drill. I still use augers for morticing locks and have found the Irwin bits hold an edge very well unlike the chisels.
Hi Se7en Teen🖐You probably make a good point about the steel in those older drill bits holding a better edge🤔My chisels hold a fairly decent edge, but probably not as good as older ones😲Appreciate your comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
I remember when I was an apprentice I bought a Jennings auger bits after pay day once a week .still have them in an old tool roll with two brace and bits large and small , but now collecting dust in me tool chest but now have all the same bits and type that have moved on to as it’s all about speed now , keep up the good work, love your channel
Hi Garry🖐I wish I'd have kept all my original hand tools and the wooden box I made to keep them😢I suppose I was so excited at new tools like battery drills etc, that I just let them go or lost them😬Thanks for watching and your kind comment😎Cheers Del
40yrs ago at the start of my apprenticeship i was in the joinery shop, every tool was pristine. 12months after that it was on site work. Wow what a difference, graded down from the best stuff after hitting nails etc.
We must be almost tte same age Steve👍(I'm 36 years in now😵) Sounds like we found some things out at about the same stage of our apprenticeship 👊Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
There was a time, when a carpenters tool roll and box showed how they cared for the trade. Young people today, often carry the tools in a drywall bucket, with cutters banging against each other. I live in the States, and for me to find old quality tools such as Marples, Robert Sorbey, Record or a better built Stanley plane I have to root thru flea markets garage sales estate sales... very few have the passion to care for their tools now and days...
That wasted saddle part of the drill bit, is to allow it to be chucked into an impact driver, or 1/4" bit holder of sorts...
Great comment comment Don👊and sadly all too true😩I'm stuck in the mud now and will always try and care for my hand tools in the same way as I was taught👍I do have to tell you though, that waisted section in the auger bits shank is so it could be used in a Carpenters Bit Brace🤩Cheers Del
Auger bit for me for good jobs spade bits for going at angles. Cheap chisels sharpened on sanding disc. We can see you are a Good carpenter no matter what tools you use.😊
You're too kind Ian🤩You're the same as me then bud👊If a tool works, it works, and that's all there is to it💪Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
When I first started no cordless drills and so still on occasion used the brace and bit. Those bits are what they used to call universals. The old brace bits only had the big triangular block on the end. I still have loads. I carry three such tool rolls though only use two. One is only drill bits. The other two chisel sets. The set I use and the best set that never seems to make their appearance. I have loads of auger bits. Many unused. It is a dividing tool. Love or hate. I am a hater. I have loads they look good and tempt me to buy them. Then I use one and realise no still hate them. Spade bits for me and always has been. Cheap. No cut to sharp in seconds. Sharpen them down to nearly nothing left still work. Infinite control. No problem with splitting timber. Don't hook up and break your arm. Don't hook up and blast through something exspensive. Did I mention I don't like Auger bits. Yet others such as yourself love them. It makes the World go around like the odd South Paw for balance.
Hi Dave🖐I love your comment😍it made me chuckle in the middle, and I'm getting the slightest vibe that Auger bits might not be your favourite🤣I think I might be missing out by sticking to auger bits, and, after yours and many others comments on this video, I think I'm going to have get some and try them out🤟Thanks again for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
😂 I can so relate to this video, I owned a posh set of chisels but never used them so sold them. Now own hultifors red handles that I use for every thing. Great videos keep them coming mate 👍🏻
We all do it/have done it Neil😆Sometimes it's hard to resist buying more, lovely shiny tools whether you need them or not😵Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
as a apprentice joiner i have to say great auger bits i highly recommend the Irwin x4 bits there not self feed but great flat bits good to see a joiner not wanting a Martinez hammers and spending money/wasting on tools that are stupidly over priced when tools cheaper just as much quality i am guilty i have two main sets of chisels one for site one for finer work shamrock marples for bench handed down to me by my mentor and i have a set of marples split proof for main site same as i have a 41/2 for site and i use a 51/ all fettled up for my bench with a few spare blades (cambered and straight) great work keep the content coming looking forward to more
Hi there🖐Great to have you watching bud, and awesome that you are doing an apprenticeship👊Sounds like you've got it sussed with your chisels and drill bits💪Thanks for watching and all the best in your training😎Cheers Del
Hi Del always love the tool reviews, it’s amazing how we adapt are kit to the work we do all the best Tony 👍
Hi Tony🖐You're quite right bud, and, sometimes, the work environment has a large part to play in the quality of the tools we use🤔Thanks for watching, and looking forward to a catch up soon🤘Cheers Del
Great video del I tend to be one of those guys who is over the top taking care of my tools but after a while it is almost annoying being like that it all comes down to the work that is produced with them and everything I’ve seen you do is spot on I really enjoy your tool videos hope there is more to come !👍🏻
Hi John. That's a great comment bud, and I appreciate your kind words🤩I could make videos about carpentry and all that goes with it till the cows come home, and never really know what people would find interesting🤔Have a good weekend😎Cheers Del
I totally agree with you. I have a nice set of lie nielsen bench chesils that I only use at home making boxes and stuff like my lunch box. Got to be a wooden lunch box eh but them chisels will never see a building site. I have a 25 year old set of Stanley for site work that work just fine
Hi Dan🖐It's cool that you have that special set of chisels that you know will always be in top condition and is a treat to use, even if not very often🤩Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Definitely interesting to see the tools of your trade Del, and what you do and don't sweat over the quality of.
I'd say its testament to your work that your don't need tarty artisan chisels to make nice stuff! Pretty much the opposite of so much of the woodworking content you see out there.
I think a great sign of experience and expertise is not what your tool box contains, but what it doesn't. A seasoned professional has weeded out the dead weight - just like the best campers.
If I worked on a building site I think the biggest barrier to having nice stuff would be it getting nicked, borrowed / broken. But then again I am a tool tart and they mostly get to stay in the garage/ wood shop.
I think where quality pays is having tools that are up to the task and will last. I have hand tools that were my dads and grandads, or somebody else's grandads (good old ebay!)... that were rusty, chipped and in a terrible state when I took them on. But all could be stripped, cleaned, sharpened and work like new with some TLC. Especially old Stanley, Marples or Record stuff.
As you can tell, I could also talk about tools all day!
Here's a video idea for you... whats the furthest / remotest your tools have travelled for a job? I lugged my Milwaukee cordless hundreds of miles down to Devon, then hiked it up a big hill in the woods to make a new door for a woodland cabin for a mate. Fun job!
Hi AH🖐You're not the only one that would spend all day talking about tools bud😆I have mentioned in other videos, how many of my tools have been with me all over the UK and some of Europe, but thanks for you great suggestion, ad I think it would be a cool subject for a video👊I really appreciate you kind and generous comment 😀 and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
On another note; I'll admit to being a double chisels wanker; because when I naively decided to woodwork as a hobby I bought some big burly site chisels, and then wondered why I couldn't do nice dovetails them. So then I bought some fancy chisels thinking they'd make me better at dovetails (they didn't) 🤣. Still practising.
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Nothing better than getting second hand , cleaning them up , and putting them back to work , knowing someone else as earned a living of them , old steel is the best steel
Awesome comment Mark🤩and I am still using a coping saw and smoothing plane that I bought off a retired carpenter in 1987, so goodness knows how old they actually are🤔Thanks for watching bud 😎 Cheers Del
I'm with you there Mark. My oldest plane (Stanley no 5) turns 90 next year... and it's the best one I own.
@@pjeball That's absolutely fantastic🤩Any chance you could send me a picture of it on Instagram 🤞 thetallcarpenteruk Be cool to see it😎
@@thetallcarpenter I'll send you a message on IG Del. You can rate some of my limited creations too. 🤣
@@pjeball Absolutely loved the video😍
Great video Del my mate,, I have mostly two sets of everything one set is for my workshop BEST lol the other set is for when I’m out on the job not so best lol 👍👍👍👍
Hi Carl🖐It seems like you are quite organised bud, and having two sets is, obviously working for you👊Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
For general stuff you've got the right idea with buying good enough stuff because manufacturers nowadays are making reasonably priced gear of better quality than ever due to better machinery, measurement equipment, standards, so as long as you don't go too cheap you should be fine.
Bahco and DeWalt both do a side strike chisel which also had a normal end blade as well as one one the side for awkward jobs.
Also DeWalt have a couple of demolition screwdrivers that can take some grief.
Hi David🖐You're quite right, and, as you say, unless you go silly cheap, most of these type of tools will do the job fine👊I've always fancied one of those Bahco side strike chisels, as they just look really useful💪Thanks for watching and your great comment 😎 Cheers Del
I like that little kit. Personally i replaced my original chisels with the Irwin Bluechip when a lot of my kit was stolen, the bluechips are fantastic. The notch on the auger bits is designed to fit the old bit and brace hand drill, Do a tool box tour next?
Hi T🖐Sorry to hear your gear was stolen😩Top marks on the wasted section of shank and you're probably showing you age there 😉 I will do a little tool box/tote video, as it might be interesting to see what's in there😖Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Excellent. Really enjoyed it. I’m like you same chisel roll. Mix match chisels but works. Would be interesting to see your go to bag/box? Keep it up del
Thanks for your comment JD🤩I probably will do a video on my tool bag/tote. It has most of my every day hand tools in it, and might be interesting👊Have a great weekend, and thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
hear hear!
I've got a couple of those old green Record Marples bits...great quality made in U.K. Ive had them at least 25 years. The new ones a chinese made and last about 5 minutes!
Hi David🖐You're absolutely right about the newer ones, and they don't hold their edge for long at all, but at least they are fairly cheap🤩Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Got a leather pouch full of my old auger bits, that I used with my wheel brace, always ment to cut the ends of them so they can fit into my drill ,,( the ends are tapered so the only fit a wheel brace ,)iwas always taught to file the end if the screw (we called the worm )so that it didn't pull the augers bit into your work ,,easier to control,,,,the chisel you use for rougher work,we called that a bashing chisel,,for taking bits of timber close to brick work etc,,🏴🏴🏴,,
Hi Chris🖐Your comment takes me back bud, as I did exactly what you describe, and cut the square tapered ends off all my hand brace bits when I went over to a cordless drill😵Not ideal though, as the bigger diameter bits used to spin in the church as the shafts were just round😖I'm sure most of us have a 'bashing chisel'💪Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Dear, having more better tools only help to do the job faster, they do not help to do it better, the carpenter's expertise is what counts, sometimes with very poor tools better work is done if they are in the hands of professionals who know how to do their job and They do it with passion, in your videos you can see that you enjoy your work and you do it with professionalism and love, that is worth much more than having top tools. the tool does not make a good carpenter. A hug
Hi Carlos🖐Thanks for you great comment🤩and you quite right on what you say👊Thankyou for watching😎Cheers Del
My personal favourite is your tool belt - a 58 pattern army web belt, if I'm not mistaken, lol. Wore those for twenty years and wish I'd kept a couple having seen a 'proper' use for them.
Hi Neil🖐Yeah, that webbing belt is a proper oldschool design and still works really well👊Thanks for watching and your great comment 😎 Cheers Del
Ha this is so true I have a rough set and a good set of tools for inside work and a bag for inside work and outside a wooden box which I wouldn’t want inside a house lol
Hi there🖐I think it's pretty cool that you, basically, have a good set of kit for good jobs, and 'rougher' set for the not so good ones🤟Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Defo relate to this!! Marples Splitproof and Blue Chip for everyday and outdoors with a few 'best' and sharpest Dynagrip for indoors. I am an anorak about using a mallet though but do have to fess up...I do still use my Yankees from time to time despite having cordless, they can still do things drill drivers can't.... Keep it up Dell, always nice to see what you're up to.
Hi John🖐Blimey bud, can't believe you still use a Yankee every now and again🤯It's definitely good to have a set of chisels for best, and perhaps I'm being a little lazy and tight by not having a set off to one side😬Thanks for watching, and it is really cool that fellow carpenters like you are watching and commenting so generously on my videos🤩Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter I still have yankee and spirolux pumps in the shed 🤢Tools are great, but too many get stolen off the job 😤 so, you end up having to replace stuff through the years. Love your vids Del. Keep them coming.
@SAWED IT Appreciate your comment bud👍and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Yeah got a set of bahco chisels for most stuff but got a nice set of German chisels which only get used when I am doing oak doors or only fine stuff as I can get a really good mirror finish on them.
Hi Alex🖐It's cool that you and lots of other guys still have a nice set of chisels to one side for special jobs👊I bet that, physiologically, that you make a better job of finer work because you are using your 'best' chisels👍Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
I've got so many tools waiting for the right job, car boots sometimes turn up some quality stuff 👍
So I have I Andy, trouble is I need to carry them all my van as I never know when that 'right job' will be😆Cheers mate
I'm with you Del .if got one chisel which I call my destructor chisel you can guess what that's for... and my besties chisels are my marples had them probably 15 years now. metal not as good in chisel now I don't think. Great video keep it up 👍
Hi Nigel🖐I find it better to have a specific 'beater' chisel, as I saves endangering the better ones👊I'm sure you're right about the grade of steel in newer tools as that's seems like the modern way😬Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
No need to apologise for anything sir, I've got sharpened screwdrivers (for chisels) and blunt chisels (for screwdrivers) I've used nails for drill bits and even a kids plastic sand pit spade for a trowel! And a dolly peg top for pointing! (Don't tell anyone!!)
Sometimes you just have to get things done.
Crikey Paul, we really are sharing with group now🤗🤣Great comment and you're absolutely right. It's about what gets the job done👊Cheers Del
Hi Del,
Some years ago some of my kit was stolen. My Dad had bought me a set of Footprint wooden handled firmers . They had not been used and still in box in van . Looking at Ebay, I see the odd set of these for sale and often wonder where they ended up. I have tools in my understairs cupboard where brand new tools sit in original packaging (just in case) and my go to are Marples splitproof and for rough work Marples green handle. BUT, I have a set of the yellow handled Stanleys and was told they were made from Ball bearing steel. They do keep and edge. My wife reckons that she will have a field day on Ebay if I snuff it. Are we both tool geeks then?? Bob in Weston super Mare.
I think we are ALL tool geeks Bob😆 You're comment has made me think of a few tools I have got that are still, completely unused😵They say a man's biggest fear is, that when he's gone, his wife will sell all his stuff for what he told her he paid for it😖Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Not at all there’s many people out there that spend hundreds on a single chisel and out it away in a box and never look at it again
Hi Del great vid just to let you know you can still pick up rhe marples auger bits on ebay brand new but there is limited stock so may be worth picking some up 👍🏼
NICE👊Thanks for the heads up bud, and I'm going to get over on Ebay straight away and see what's available 😀 Cheers Del
I've just bought a load👍(the 10mm were £2.51 each🤯) No brainer👊Thanks again
Great to watch I’ve marples but it seems like a throw away society I’m abit gilty of that after all my tools were stolen recently looking forward to your next project
Hi Trevor🤗You're quite right about a throw away society, and I think we are all guilty of it to some extent🤔Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Ha ha we are so alike I’ve got a set of green Marples still. That bit on the end was for a brace 😉 just brought a set of 1980’s black Stanley chisels think they were called 9001. Or 9002 Keep up the great work and show more hand tools 🤘
Hi John🖐We are members of the same 'bit brace' club, and it was a joyous day when I got my first battery drill👊 Crikey, those black handled chisels you mention take me right back🤩Great and generous comment😎Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
John I’ve still got a 3/8 black handle chisel from years ago they were supposed to be a very high grade steel the 9001 it’s like chrome . They wownt make anything like that again 😉
@@Tez73 yes that’s what I got a set of seven or eight. Still in the plastic sleeve paid £80 for them of eBay. Put my OG set of marpels in the shed. They are good chisels 👌
Great video Del, thanks
As always Michael, thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Yes Del your a geek , join the club 😁 might need the old brace for some of those 😅👋🤟☘️🇮🇪👏
Hi John🖐I don't think I will be upsetting my fellow carpenters when I agree with you about being a geek🤪because I think most carpenters are😵I'm so glad I don't have to use a bit brace anymore💪Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
I’d really value a practical trade level sharpening vid. Please could you also show us how to sharpen an auger bit?! Cheers Del
Hi Philip🖐I will definitely be doing a sharpening video on my channel👍Cheers Del
Yep…agree with you Dell , mid price chisels are fine for almost all general carpentry.
Glad you agree Russell🤩Plus leaves more money to spend on cordless stuff😆 Thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
If you are looking for some good flat bits try the Milwaukee ones, I bought a set and they are razor sharp and so far have held an edge really well. I don’t think they were expensive either
Hi Matthew🖐Thanks for your recommendation as I am actually thinking about getting a set👊Cheers Del
Hi del I have been same on the field hard to look after tools. Then on nice jobs nice tools. Dont use heat ie belt sander. sharpening up chisels. They will blue the steel then wont hold an edge. Use stones or slow grinding wheel .
Hi Barrie🖐I hear what you are saying about heat build up when grinding, but I always use water to keep them cool. I did the chisel in after every couple of seconds against the belt and never get any blueing on the tips👊Still finish them off on an oilstone which is just habit I guess, but there is something quite therapeutic about the sharpening process🤩Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Del no shame, I have never had any best tools just tools that I need to complete the job my tool roll is only a cheap one but I've had it for years now.😊
Hi Peter🖐Phew, looks like I'm not alone then😉Thanks for your comment bud, and for watching😎Cheers Del
I've got a set of TP own brand chisels I got reduced to clear for £5 and a small trend fold up sharpening stone and they've been brilliant. They need a good sharpen before each use but I'd do that anyway.
Hi Gareth🖐If it works bud, it works👊 It's a really good habit you've got into aswel to touch up your chisels regularly👍as there's nothing better than a super sharp edge💪Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Del, I would love to see a video on sharpening chisels. I bought the trend chisel sharpener with diamond stones but still not as sharp as I would like them.
Hi Paul🖐I will definitely be doing a sharpening video to show how I do it👍I still use an oilstone to get a nice edge on mine👊Cheers Del
Guilty …….. I only use a mallet and a set of Narex chisels for second fix
Rougher work ….. Estwing and old chisel 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Stuart🖐I think it's probably laziness on my part, that I don't keep a slightly better set off to one side for more civilised jobs😬Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
The bit holder has a sprung ball bearing to keep the bit from falling out.
It's a very handy feature👊(apart from when they start to get old and the spring stops working😬). Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Like you say all depends on what type of work you do , I use dewalt flat bits these days with multiple chisels, I do general carpentry ,cut roofs etc ,I have the same roll 😆
Welcome to the tool roll club David🤪I really should try some of those DeWalt flat bits, as I've heard they're pretty good👊Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Really good flat bits those dewalt and no fangs so can sharpen if need be.
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Black Dewalts are really good
As long as the tool does the job it’s good! expensive tools attract the wrong kind of people….
I got a wooden handle Nooitgedagt (Neverthought) chisel set which I bought in school but never used professionally not even at home. For work I got the same brand but the with plastic (if that’s the word) handles and out of the 8 I probably use 2 the most.
Hi Rob🖐Great comment, and I think it's the 'every day' tools that we reach for first and use the most👊Have a nice weekend 😎 Cheers Del
You're not alone mate. There will be loads of tradesmen who love tools and buy some really nice tools only to look at them and show them off. I'm one of them. Sad , yes but I don't care.
Hi Ziggy🖐I think it's something we all do in some respects😆There is something special about having a nice set of tools and not over using them and them always being ready for action👊(or shown off😍) Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Hi del I bought a set of those green record Marples auger bits 25 years ago they came in a quality leather roll which I still use daily . I bought a set of those try tipped bits tried sharping one with a rat tailed file but made it worse than before I started .del if you ever have the opportunity to fit a night latch again lift the 32 and not the 38 mate or you'll b kicking yourself lol.
Hi Brian🖐Like you, I found that most other types of self feeing bits don't sharpen up that well, which is why I like the green Marples ones👊I'm glad you picked up about the hole for a night latch cylinder, as I actually got that bit wrong in the video😬as you are quite right that the hole for these is 32mm not 38mm👍Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Phew! Thank God there are others out there like me
I think there's a lot of us Garviel🤗(I'm also relieved😆) Have a good weekend mate and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Get the Irwin spade bit set - cheap and cuts great. They come in a terrible pouch though 😂
Hi Billy🖐Recommendations I love bud👍Thanks you😎Cheers Del
I’ve got a set of those Stanley Dynastrike chisels - brought them when I was working retail back in my early 20’s - the steel in them is quite good and better than a lot of the off the shelf ones now. I’ve got some Marples rhubarb and custard that I use out on jobs, the handles still stink after 20 plus years of ownership 😂
I too am also a bit of a drill bit nut 😬
Hi NS🖐I've never heard of 'rhubarb and custard' chisels😬Yeah, I get on fine with those Stanley chisels and they get the job done👊Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter I think normal folk call them Splitproof - the ones with red and yellow handles
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Have you got a video on tool storage do you keep hand tools in a bag or custom box I’ve settled on packout by Milwaukee for power tools and for hand tools I tried a bag but went with a wooden box
Hi there🖐I am planning to to do a video showing the everyday kit I carry in my tool tote👍I like the sound of your storage set up👊Cheers Del
Shocked and stunned Del 🤭. Well it goes to show don’t need a £500 set of chisels to do decent work.
I find when ever I sharpen a chisel I then drop it, butter side down…. Doh 🙄
Hi Doug🖐If I had a £500 set of chisels, I'd have to then buy a £350 titanium hammer to hit them with🤯Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter I thought that was a unwritten rule for RUclips’s have to have a titanium hammer to be part of the club M1
@@dougsaunders8109 I heard this Doug😵The only M1 club I ever joint is when I travel down to London on the nearest motorway🤣
Interesting one here I hope.I bought an Axmister Rider 50mm soft grip (site chisel) from my local store. Decent price and good quality, so went back to buy a couple more of different sizes. If you read the Axminster blurb on the web site their chisels are made in Europe, of steel which is to the exact spec as Narex chisels. The Rider chisels have a tiny blank on the handle where a manufactures name should go. Lo and behold on one of my chisels it has Narex embossed on it where I presume some poor guy forgot to remove the die. So I can only presume that Narex are producing for Axminster. I can't fault the quality. They hold an edge for ages. The only down side is they have a finger grip style of handle which may be wrong for lefties. Thoughts?
Hi George🖐I did quick bit of Googling, and the wooden Narex chisels do look identical to the Rider ones from Axminster🤔 I'm not sure about the finger grip though, as you rarely grip a chisel with a fully wrapped hand😬(well I don't anyway) Great comment, and thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
Great insight as always T.C, 👍😁 I have two sets of bevel edge chisels. A Draper set (6,12,18+26mm) which I keep in a canvas tool roll with a selection of spade bits. They go into my Bucketboss tool bucket with soft top. The Draper's have long shanks rather like a paring chisel and I like that feature. My second set of chisels live in a tan premium grain leather tool roll I purchased from Rutlands about ten Years ago. They are a set of Irwin Marples bevel edge chisels with red/yellow split proof handles, 6,10,12,18,25,32,38,44+50mm) I sharpen my chisels with Eze-Lap diamond plates and then honed to shaving sharpness on a leather strop. There is no difference in the keeness of the edge between the Draper's and the Irwin's. But I find the Irwin's hold their edge for longer. I carry an old Craftsman 32mm butt chisel in my tool belt. It's my beater chisel and it has a hundred uses. I have some of those old Marples auger bits still in the original packaging. I found one the other Day in the shed. It's a bit rusty bit still good. I mainly use Bosch Forstner bits now, I find them to be excellent. Those old Marples auger bits were designed to be used with a brace and bit. As far as I know that's the reason for the indent in the shank, 🔨 🇮🇪
Hi TN🖐What an epic comment, and really appreciate you taking the time to write it👊I still use my original oilstone for sharpening, but am really interested by the diamond ones🤔Yet another thing I'm going to have to buy after a recommendation from you😬😉Thanks, as always, for watching bud😎Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter No problem T.C, 👍 I like most started out sharpening on an oil stone. They produce an excellent edge but they require reflattening periodically. Diamond plates are flat and stay that way. I use a diamond plate honing compound from Trend. I mix it with some Kerosene to thin it out a bit. This increases its viscosity and makes it a better cutting fluid. Regardless of what type of stone one uses the use of a leather strop to buff the edge is key. It takes a keen edge to a laser sharp edge, 🔨🇮🇪
@@Toyotaamazon80series You've taken tool sharpening to another level TN🤯If I did mine like that I'd probably drop the chisel or plough straight into a nail😖Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter Ahh not really! 😁 Sharpening is a bit of a black art, but once one get's it one will have it for life. We all nick chisel's and plane irons off hidden nails, frustrating but that's life, 👍🔨🇮🇪
Everyone needs a couple of bashed up chisels for getting those odd nails or lumps of concrete out of the way or doing some levering when the "proper" tool is out of reach. Mine are Blue Stanleys, 4 out of 4 still going from 1983. I call them my "Builders Chisels"!
That's amazing Richard that you chisels are still going after all these years👊Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Ha ha great video can relate to this. 👍🏻
Cheers John🤩Thanks for watching
Loved your video
Thanks Mohammed🤩Have a nice weekend bud 👍 Cheers Del
Judging by the packaging they're not older than about early 1990s. Irwin branding appeared about then after acquiring a number of British brands like Record, if I remember right.
Also those augers have fittings for brace and bit or normal drill fitting, hex 6mm/1/4" bit holders didn't come out until much later.
I still have my Stanley brace and bit also the short between joist version for cable or pipe holes.
Thing is as technology moved on tools became very much cheaper since the 1970s and time/cost on the job became a bigger factor every year and still is, power tools for every possible thing have become the norm.
Ever since the late 1990s to date have seen the massive shift to battery powered tools with the advantages of site safety and cost as economics drives the workplace more than ever. How many tradesmen will use a screwdriver over an impact now?
Spade bits in case is okay because you can see what's missing. If missing then replace the individual one, doesn't have to be same as others just the size. Those Bosch or Irwin augers are really worth having.
Unless you're doing really high end fine work just use good quality stuff that you don't need to be precious about it's cheaper and less stress.
Hi David🖐Great comment with some great details👊You've obviously been in or around the trade for a fair while, and your comment also suggests that you are pretty switched on about the tools you/we use and how they, and us have changed over the years🤩I think one of the biggest drivers towards power tools has been the construction industries need for everything to be done quickly, and the sort of tool kit I had in my early carpentry days, simply wouldn't be viable today. I do think it's sad that it's all about how quick a job can be done now, as I, and many others, still enjoy the craft or carpentry👍Thanks again for your great comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
I have then stanley chisels as well, they are excellent. Had them for years.
I also have the blue bosch multipurpose bits, one of the best bits ever made.
Not too fussed on the auger bits, but i think somebody skilled like Del, will be able to handle them with more control, i find them a bit wayward and aggressive.
Great video, thanks Del.
My workshop legends are Irwin quickgrip clamps, nothing i would swap those for.
Hi Bob🖐I got the Bosch drills after a recommendation from a good mate, and they really are handy to have👊Thanks for adding in your favourite workshop tools which you couldn't do without👍(I couldn't be without my quick clamps either💪) Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Hope you have everything tied Del 💯💨🇮🇪☘️👋🤟
Its a bit windy here John, but nowhere near as bad as they said it was going to be🙄Thanks for watching bud, and have a great weekend😎Cheers Del
I’ve no idea what the missing bit in the shank of a drill bit is for 🤷🏻♂️. Bit of string with a plumb bob on it to keep you drilling level???
Hi Luke🖐It's actually so the bits could be used in an old hand brace drill👍that we all used to use before battery drills came out😖Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Great stuff but I don't get the dislike for the brace and bit. I still use mine from time to time and find using it almost therapeutic. The one tool that no sensible person could mourn the passing of is the rawl drill. More an instrument of torture than a tool. And you always seem to need to use it first thing on a freezing winter morning. Horrible things.
Fair play for still enjoying a hand brace Dai🤩Those concrete 'drills' were before my time, but I know they were pretty savage to use😵Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
the opposite of all the gear no idea good vid Del
Cheers Tomo 👍👍
I have a £30 set of Irwins. Do the job, as long as they're sharp then all good.
Yeah Gavin, sharpness trumps everything else I reckon👊Thanks for watching, and have a great weekend😎Cheers Del
Am a spade bit guy 24mm for latched can’t mind the last time I used my auger bits
Hi Aaron🖐I know loads of guys that also use spade bits,cand perhaps, I'm being a little bit stuck in my ways by sticking to my auger bits🤔Old habits die hard, as they say🤩Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter last time a used one it caught a knot and split the door a was out of pocket 😂 a like the 24mm as well get hit more room on the faceplate why don’t why make the barrel smaller 😡
@@aaronbell8527 You're spot bud, and 24mm IS the sweet spot for tubular latches🤩
Lol, looks like I have the same tool roll, same augers, and Irvin flutes. Like I heard before, expensive tools does not make you a better carpenter!
Hi there🖐That's quite true👍It's cool that we've got, more or less, identical tool room contents🤩Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
my chisel roll is a bit random.... mostly propper marples and deffo one stanley chisel which i stabbed my wrist with whilst working still pissed as a young man about 20 years ago .... met a lass im still friends to this day in a&e that day actually haha. my drill bits are all scattered in the botom of a festool tool carry case thing.... amonsgst a shed load of other crap.... i really need to sort my kit out. auger and flat bits are usualy burried under a load of crap.
do like a good new old stock marples chisel or bit or whatever
Hi Paul🖐It's funny you mention your chisel injury, as I did a similar thing probably about the same length of time ago😩Still irritates me when I'm pairing our for hinges and I can clearly see the scar from where the chisel slipped😖 Great little comment, ad always bud🤩Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Hi Del back in the day I remember having an adjustable Augar bit .Did you ever have one .?
Hi Ian🖐I never had one, but they looked both amazing and terrifying in equal measure😲They had a proper name, but I cant remember it now🤔(was it expansive bits?)Great comment and takes me right back🤩Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter Think your right expansion bit it had two different sizes of spur section which you tighten up with a screwdriver .If I remember I couldn’t get on with it back in the early days .😂
@@iansherman6638 That's it, expansion bits with two sized cutting arms👍Blimey, good memory Ian🤩
Great video Del. Do you still use the belly brace to turn them auger bits… 🙄
I’m more of a flat drill bit man now days.
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You win first prize Dan👊I, genuinely, ceremoniously, threw my bit brace in the skip when I got my first battery drill🤩It was wretched drilling holes with it😩Did you ever use one, I think you're a bit younger than me🤔Cheers bud
@@thetallcarpenter what have I won Del, a old copy of woodworkers weekly? 🤔
It certainly was ‘wretched‘ for a young me trying to turn one with a 1 1/4 “ bit for a night latch.
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@@Ultimate-roofing-square. I just had an awful flashback Dan to fitting a nightlatch with bit and brace😩😆
@@thetallcarpenter 🙈😝
What was the bit at the end of the auger bits for there not but and brace bits there a different shape
You're actually right and wrong bud😲That waisted section is so these bits CAN be used in a hand brace🤯If you watch the part of the video where I hold the packet up to the camera, you can see a little picture of a drill and a hand brace printed on it👍Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter ahh I’ve never seen those the onse I’ve got and always seen are more pointed at the end I can see how that works must be a more modern version mine are pre war onse so fairly old now
@@bearwoodcraft3591 Proper old then 🤩
@@thetallcarpenter well from my grandfarther and they were from his teacher so early 1900s I think
Have you still got a carpenters folding rule
They worth a bit now
Believe it or not Tony, I've never actually owned or used one, AND I started my time in a workshop🤯Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter I can remember getting one when I was a kid with my dad who was a carpenter never lasted long always folded the wrong way and snaped it,
@@tonyclark9851 Did you get a clip round the ear🤪
@@thetallcarpenter o yes definitely
@@tonyclark9851 🙉😆
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Cheers Paddy😎
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Cheers Wayne👊
@@thetallcarpenter Used a brace and bit myself years ago, so glad all this cordless gear came along 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@SuperWayneyb Same here Wayne🤩
Tool roll when new was full of Sandvik Red handle chisels all like soldiers in a line. Then it to battle some are now missing in action some are limbless war torn and scared and as for the roll its totally FUBAR. Keep your powder dry. Been sent to the front come Monday.. Wish me luck. Over the top give em hell. Tally ho.....
What an awesome comment Tim🤣Made my laugh🤩It's always hard loosing good tools, remember them😎Cheers Del
also.... i have zero idea what the bit on the shank is for
These are so old, that the waisted section on the shank, meant they could be used in a hand operated bit brace😲
@@thetallcarpenter ahhh ok... remember the lads still having them when i first started... but only just.... probably had them still in their tool kits but were all buying battery drills
TREND SNAPPY DEL
I hear you Thomas👊They do awesome drills and bits👍Thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
I have 10 to 15 subbies doing extensions and loft conversions, you should see the so called carpenters who turn up 👀🙈🤦♂️
I dare,nt think David😩I've seen a few 'carpenters' in my time as well🤯Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Embrace the shame and remember, it’s a national affliction in gentleman of a certain age.
Hi Carter🖐Trouble is bud, I seem to be embracing a lot of things latey that 'afflict gentleman of a certain age' 😵 (that reminds me, I must get some Voltarol and hemorrhoid cream😆) Thanks for your comment and have a nice weekend 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter well Del, it’s a great thing you’ve got a stand up job and hopefully comfortable seats in the van. 🤦🏻♂️
@@carter83419 🤣👍
No chisel roll ,!!!! no chisels more like , only ones with alligator teeth , and messed up power tools off a car boot sale , with random names printed on them 🙈
Hammer and bolster eh David😬Crikey🤯
Be honest, you never going to unbox them bits
I think I've gone to far with them now FB🤔and you're probably right😵Thanks for your comment bud😎Cheers Del