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Leon wrote:
Is the waste stringy?
How much does the bit stick out past the chisel?
Is the bit a relative close fit inside the chisel? The chips should not
be
getting stuck between the insides of the chisel and the bit.

I get very little waste before the jam, so it's hard to say, but best I
can tell it's not stringy at all. And of course the material I clean
out of the chisel is a wadded mess.

I've been using the technique on charlie b's site for setting the
clearances, but I even tried huge swings either way on clearance and it
didn't help.

As for how the bit fits inside the chisel, everything _seems_ okay,
although I will say the machining on the bit itself is beyond horrid.

If you have rough spots along the bit the waste could be getting caught up
on that. The bit should be smooth.