Ides of March one day late
A Day late but perhaps if Julius Caesar had one more day things would have turned out better for him.? I've taken the liberty of posting the Ides of March question.
My question is: What tool have you found a new use for outside of its assumed designated role? My answer is the wood chisel. And its use is basically as a cabinet scraper. I have cabinet scrapers and do use them for their designated purpose. I don't seem to be able to roll and burnish the burr on the scraper. I'm sure like anything else if I would practice more I'd get better at it. I have found however that a well sharpened chisel works beautifully as a cabinet scraper. I chose various width chisels and keep them for this purpose. I also tenderly round the corners on the sharpened chisels so that as I drag the tool across the wood surface the corner of the chisel would not create a gouge. There is of course a technique that needs to be carefully administered using the chisel as a scraper-most specifically the need to avoid creating an uneven surface from one long scrape to the next. I have found that the handle of the chisel gives me very good control over the angle and force with which I apply the scraping technique. This technique for this tool is particularly usefull when used to remove an old or bad finish-rather than chemically stripping or using a sander....So without further reasoning behind my use of the chisel as a scraper-there is my Ides of March question for you all albeit a day late. What tool have you found a new use for outside of its assumed designated role?