i am looking to buy some paring chisels, is it better to get japanese or lie neilson chisels.

I currently use maples chisels, but I would like a bit more control when cutting dovetails

Andy

Why would you want  paring chisels to cut dovetails? I would have thought that type of chisel would give less control rather than more.

You`d be better of with Ashley Iles butt chisels for dovetails. Workshop Heaven sell them, & they are listed in the shoping column to the left.

Baz

i am new to woodworking having realy started it in the last year, and find that the current chisels although very sharp still take alot of force when working by hand, and i thought that if i had longer chisels the it would make it easier to control when cutting down to the line.

I only use hardwoods when making anything, currently ash and maple

Andy

 How much timber are you trying to remove, do you use a coping saw to remove the main waste?

The sharpest of chisels is best used to remove a slither at a time, the longer the chisel the more chance of inaccuracies. As your hands get further apart the longer the tool is.

A good analogy is a golfer who is trying to hit a delicate chip with maximum precision will lower his hands down the shaft so shortening the club & giving better control.

Baz

i have tried to use a coping saw in the past but found that i got better results chopping the waste out, after making a number of cuts, cleaing up the joint with a scaple.

 My results get better every time i do the next one, but the main problem that i have is some time cutting below the line leaving a very small gap where the joint is made, and this is what i hoped that the paring chisels would do.

By the sounds of it i would be better trying the Asley chisels, as these have skew chisles with them.

Thanks for your thoughts on this and i will let you now how i get on whith the chisels after i get them.

Thanks Andy

thank mike

andy