Chisels & boring tools

Edge tools for paring and chopping, and tools for boring holes.

• ChiselA flat steel blade with a sharpened edge and a handle, pushed by hand or driven with a mallet to cut and shape wood.
• Brace and bitA hand tool for boring round holes, with a crank-shaped frame that turns a cutting bit locked into its jaws.
• AugerA long hand tool with a spiral body that bores a round hole in wood, its spiral clearing the waste as it cuts.
• BradawlA small hand tool with a pointed blade, pushed and twisted into wood to start a hole for a screw, nail or brad.
• Hand drillA hand-cranked tool that turns a drill bit to bore holes in wood.