Thursday, 24 September 2009

Sash Weight pocket cutting

I've just been having a conversation on a forum about the best way to cut out the pockets for the weights. A specialist chisel was mentioned but most folks make saw cut. I ground down an old chisel and did a quick test.
Here's the result..

I'll try a slightly thinner blade and witha bit of practice it will be real time saver.

The problem I originally had can be seen here http://slidingsash.blogspot.com/2008/11/big-mistake.html

3 comments:

sash windows said...

Yep spoyyed the problem. Sash Windows are an art to restore and repair which takes practice.

TheOakBloke said...

Looks interesting, can you show how this tool is used? I don't get it

Andy said...

Hi OakBloke,

It's just hammered in, about 4 or five hits and I think I rocked it slightly. Like I say grinding it down thinner might help a bit. It just proves some of the old forgoten ideas are worth another look.
Andy