also known as: bench chisel
A handled cutting tool with a flat blade, used to remove waste in joinery and pare surfaces flat.
Pare the tenon cheeks with a 1" chisel.
A rectangular hole cut into one piece to receive a matching tenon from another. The female half of the strongest traditional joint in furniture.
A projecting tongue cut on the end of one piece, sized to fit a matching mortise. The male half of a mortise-and-tenon joint.