On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:47:26 -0800 (PST), the infamous
"SonomaProducts.com" scrawled the following:

Use the square chisel from a square chisel mortiser if the slot is big
enough. I think Lee Valley or Nielsen is making them for that purpose
now with a bang surface on top after getting the idea from Darrell
Peart.

I'd rather not go deep like that. Mortiser chisels have that rounded
edge which is longer at the corners. It allows too much wood to chip
out if the grain is so inclined. BTDT and learned to use a sharper
chisel and a lighter (ShopFox urethane) mallet (Yes, Leon, your spel
chucker missed that one, too) whack for hinge, striker, and door lock
cylinder mortises.

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We either make ourselves happy or miserable.
The amount of work is the same.
-Carlos Castaneda, mystic and author (1925-1998)
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