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| Adam |  SlickAugust 21st, 2008 12:16 AM Not my spell'n. Or, an oil one. A Woodworker's "Slick" is an old-time extremely long handled wood chisel, that was used to trim timber-frame and some log-cabin HUGE wood joints, to fit smoothly and tightly together. Have you ever heard of "dovetailed" cabin joints? No, not "cabinet" joints, like in the drawers. CABIN sides! This was the tool that shaved that wood to final shape. You push into the handle with your whole shoulder. They're generally either 4 inches or 2 inches wide chisels. Well, I saw a little 1-1/2 inch socketed wood-chisel, that was modified into a miniature "Slick", via a long handle fitted to it. It was so cute! But, at 60 dollars, I'll make my own outa one of my handleless wood-chisels I'm restoring here in my workshop. I've already made my very own 2 inch "Slick" from a socketed chisel blank. Turned the handle myself, on my ShopSmith lathe. Pattern for the handle? I had two standard 4 inch Slicks already. One was a Blacksmith made unit and the other was a "new" one, given to me as a gift. |
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