Hi, I've recently swapped to a chisel from this rubbish hand saw that I had - figured it's less wasteful to just chop a piece of wood rather than sawing through it.
However I am now up against a new enemy - bits of wood flying everywhere when I chisel through it! I'm sure that I've lost a bit of wood by doing this.
Does anyone have any tips on avoiding this, and also for splitting smaller chunks of wood where it won't sit "flat" on the cutting board? I had a thick piece last night that I wanted to split but couldn't get the piece to rest on the board in a way that'd let me split it where I wanted to.
BTW I am doing all my chopping on a smallish wooden cutting board which is pretty solid. My chisel was cheap, nothing special but it's quite sharp with sharp sides of the chisel too
However I am now up against a new enemy - bits of wood flying everywhere when I chisel through it! I'm sure that I've lost a bit of wood by doing this.
Does anyone have any tips on avoiding this, and also for splitting smaller chunks of wood where it won't sit "flat" on the cutting board? I had a thick piece last night that I wanted to split but couldn't get the piece to rest on the board in a way that'd let me split it where I wanted to.
BTW I am doing all my chopping on a smallish wooden cutting board which is pretty solid. My chisel was cheap, nothing special but it's quite sharp with sharp sides of the chisel too