For more information on chisels, see our beginner site Common Woodworking. Chopping the mortise–Bevel edged or traditional mortise chisel I recently saw a Youtube video put together by Lie Nielsen where it shows a mortise being cut behind glass; the idea was to show the progression of the traditional method using a traditional ‘pig-sticker’ mortise … Continue reading Chopping mortises – bevel-edged or mortise chisels (video)