But I don't need any new chisels...

[Claus]

Picking up some groceries at Aldi's and saw the chisels on sale. But I don't need any new chisels... but they're only 6.99 and won't be here long. But I don't need any new chisels... but hey, they're only 6.99. Ok so I bought a set. But I don't need any new chisels...

--Claus

 

[Wyatt Co.]

*giggles*

Can all to well relate.

 

[Mike Davis]

I pick up old chisels at yard sales all the time to give to new woodworkers and for students to practice sharpening.
kinda shocked a guy when I hit one with a hammer a couple times then said here sharpen it.

so, now I do that ahead of time.

was nicely surprised to have two different friends give me a set of these chisels.

Now, we can practice on new clean chisels.

 

[KenOfCary]

I have a set of good chisels that are on my workbench. But I keep some in my tool box that are what I call beaters. They are usually still sharp, but I don't object to some one using them to help extract a nail or pry something out of a tight place. If they get chipped I don't worry about it - I just grind them down and resharpen them. They're meant to be beaten on with a metal hammer.

These might make a good set of beaters that you can put in a work box and use when you need one on the road - example is I had to recently replace a door at my old residence and needed to re-mortise the hinge positions - my shop wasn't there so I had to work with what was in the tool box.

 

[Gotcha6]

I bought a set some time back and haven't had the opportunity to use them yet. The problem is they're metric and I only have American grown wood....... :gar-Bi

 

[Henry W]

I picked up a set myself; for me to practice sharpening with a WorkSharp, and then to pass the set on to my son who is doing a little bit of WW now. My beater chisels are from Horror Fright, before I had heard of the Aldi sets.

 

[LocoWoodWork]

Bought two sets, sharpened one set, pretty good edge for $7 chisels. Will give the other set to my son for Christmas gift (I'm cheap).

 

[bowman]

Steve, the word you are looking for is frugal, not cheap!

 

[Wyatt Co.]

I bought a set some time back and haven't had the opportunity to use them yet. The problem is they're metric and I only have American grown wood....... :gar-Bi

I needed a good chuckle this morning. Thank you for that!

 

[Jim Wallace]

I have a set I got a couple of years ago after a similar thread here. They take a very good edge which seems to hold up well if you don't abuse the chisel. I'm not sure they'll make good beaters, however, as they seem a little brittle.

 

[sawman101]

I bought a set some time back and haven't had the opportunity to use them yet. The problem is they're metric and I only have American grown wood....... :gar-Bi

I really hate it when that happens Dennis. Our luck runs about the same; I bought a box of nails last week, the heads were on the wrong end of about half of them.:wconfused:

 

[Gotcha6]

I really hate it when that happens Dennis. Our luck runs about the same; I bought a box of nails last week, the heads were on the wrong end of about half of them.:wconfused:

Don't throw them away. They are for the other side of the house!!!

 

[Jim M.]

I picked a set up for my construction trailer, after putting an edge on them they seem to be holding up well.

The nearest Ali's is about an hour and half away so when in that area I saw the store and said to my wife, "hey let's go there". She loves to cook and loves going to new grocery stores when she sees one. However when the chisels showed up in the cart, she knew this was not an accident we were there. She sarcasticly said "what are they out of clamps?" I turned and said let me go check, I didn't think to look! It was a quiet ride home.

 

[Bear Republic]

It was a quiet ride home.

That would have been me except my wife went to the Dollar Store across the street. Thanks for the chuckle

 

[mpholway]

I bought 4 sets: 1 for me, 1 for a friend, 1 for my son-in-law, and 1 for a newbie woodworker at work. I was pleased as punch and walked in the door and immediately showed my wife the evidence of my bargain hunting prowess. She just looked at me, grinned, and just shook her head knowingly.

I was certain the were going to be $6.99 each until I got the store and saw for myself - such a deal.

Thanks to Nick for posting the heads up.

Matt

 

[nn4jw]

I bought 4 sets: 1 for me, 1 for a friend, 1 for my son-in-law, and 1 for a newbie woodworker at work. I was pleased as punch and walked in the door and immediately showed my wife the evidence of my bargain hunting prowess. She just looked at me, grinned, and just shook her head knowingly.

I was certain the were going to be $6.99 each until I got the store and saw for myself - such a deal.

Thanks to Nick for posting the heads up.

Matt

You must have cleaned them out. None there when I stopped by today. Oh well, I didn't really need them anyway.

 

[Touchwood]

I got a set a year ago and use them frequently They don't hold an edge like my Japanese ones, but not bad Here's an interesting review of them
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/low-can-go

 

[sawman101]

Our Aldis in Hickory was closed for remodeling for awhile, or so says the wife when I suggest we should go shop at Aldis. Today she said they are now open, so I'll have to increase the pressure to go shop there, and hopefully score a set of chisels. I love my Marples chisels, but there arte those times you really are reluctant to use them, and so I desire to have a set of Aldis chisels. Can always use advice from wiser minds on how steer my lady to where I want to go, while making it seem like it's her idea.:wwink:

 

[nn4jw]

Can always use advice from wiser minds on how steer my lady to where I want to go, while making it seem like it's her idea.:wwink:

Don't even try. They're smarter than we are.

My wife and I needed go different directions this morning, she to the grocery and me to the drug store. I just went to the Aldi's on the way to the drugstore. No chisels so no evidence,

They may be smarter but I can be sneakier.

 

[sawman101]

Don't even try. They're smarter than we are.

My wife and I needed go different directions this morning, she to the grocery and me to the drug store. I just went to the Aldi's on the way to the drugstore. No chisels so no evidence,

They may be smarter but I can be sneakier.

Sage advice Jim! Now if I could just find a reason to go to the drug store, and sneak over to Aldis on the way.............:icon_scra:wink_smil