Examples of chisel

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Tooth chisels are not used in granite carving because the teeth are too delicate and break too easily.
There is some indication, however, that the corners were rounded on some flat chisels.
Separated from their surrounding rock, the fossils are dissected with fine chisels and delicate drills and then photographed.
Another consistent choice is that carving tools (chisels, drill and rasp) rather than polishing tools (abrasives of various levels) were used for finishing.
The rasp was used on the partially finished drapery section as the smoothing tool after point, tooth, and flat chisels.
On its far side the ringing pitch of two men chiselling draws me over.
The words are crisp and definite, chiselled words that demand attention.
The first example is a roughing tool while the next two are finishing chisels.
Tools for this category are tempered steel chisels and rasps.
His features are soft and pink, nothing dramatic; the forehead is broad, suggesting the intellectual; the nose is long and elegant and chiselled, suggesting dignity.
The blouse is finished with a rasp and chisels.
Each carver has his own favorite types and groups of chisels which incorporate his own peculiar variations on the norm.
On certain soft limestones and sandstones these are very useful interim chisels.
Like tooth chisels, flat chisels exist in an almost infinite variety and for purposes ranging from roughing to the most delicate finishing.
The heads of tools made for use with wooden mallets are either wooden, like wood-carving chisels, or bulbous metal.
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