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Tom West
PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:36 am 
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Filippo: Lee Valley has a 1/16 chisel listed under the Japanese chisel section.
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Mike Lindstrom
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I've got the 1/16" from Lee Valley. It's very little. It works great for getting the binding channel at the neck joint on a classical. I wouldn't want to try and do a lot more than that with it though.

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Dave Stewart
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Todd Stock wrote:
...I have several Marples Blue Chips that are ground to exactly the width needed for the super narrow dovetails found on the Jefferson Lap Desk in the Smithsonian.

Todd, would you have a shot of your lap desk?
I have several pics/details of the original (it was in FWW wasn't it?)...one of my "maybe some day" projects.

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LMI currently has a 2mm chisel roughly between 1/16 & 3/32"
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WaddyThomson
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I have a Hirsch 2 mm chisel that I like a lot. It holds an edge well, and is great for things like cleaning out the bottom of the saddle slot. I use it a lot. Available at Highland Woodworking. HERE

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These are nothing that I would wanna be using much but for a quick swipe at a glue glob in a nut slot or to clean up a finish line under a bridge etc. I find these micro-chisels from Stew-Mac to be handy and nicely sized for a variety of small jobs.

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I have the Veritas detail chisels which include a 1/16" chisel. Great for detail work but I won't be hitting them with a mallet anytime soon. ;). Lee Valley also carries the Japanese carving chisels which are great for cleaning up inlay cavities, binding channels etc. and are cheap. Aorund $4 or $5 if I recall.
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I have a set of Irwin chisels, one of which is about 2.3mm wide.
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