Japanese Chisel set from Grizzly - Setting the hoops

Many that’s a good price for that set, I bought a similar set elsewhere years ago and it was about $200. It’s probably the same source. I had to whittled my set down until the hoops fit snugly. Then I soaked the ends into hot water then pounded the fibers to mushroom. Some ended up a little loose where the rings would spin. But after a couple years of use, all the hoops fitted tightly. I use the crown wooden mallet on set, as it’s the most comfortable. The mallet faces does show how hard I work it.

-- Thuan

Yes, the price is pretty decent and they were rated in the tool guide last year and this year as “Best Value” and called them “Diamonds in the rough”. I can’t speak for any other chisels, the only other set I have it a set of Harbor Freight chisel like objects, that I keep razor sharp, but they don’t hold their edge long. i.e. I don’t have anything to compare them to. These seem nice to me, I just have to figure out how to set the hoops well. Thanks for the information

Kelly

-- He who dies with the most tools wins!.....Just wait, I'm going to win!..ERR my wife will at least.

I bought that set from Grizzly about 10 years ago and I never worried about it. All the rings are pretty tight and as I have used them they seem to only get tighter. I have found them to be of good value with the only problem I could see is that they may be a little brittle in that I had one chip a little when I was working a knotty area in a piece of western maple.

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