I purchased this MSWZ Tungston Steel Chisel Sets from SMS some months ago now. I've used it a few times for various things and thought i'd give some feedback / review for it.
I bought this to help make some deeper panel lines and make grooves in certain builds.
The chisels come in a nice little holder that contains five chisels and one allen key. The chisel sizes range from 0.2mm to 1.0mm (increasing in 0.2mm sizes)
The chisels look nice and are sharp to the touch. They are held in the handle by an allen key grub screw.
Using the chisel is simple. But it has to be done correctly or you will not get the required results.
The handle is nice to hold and a decent size. But this is also the problem.
If you are using near to the edge of the surface you are trying to make a 'groove' in then it is ok as you can get the shallow angle you need to make the chisel work effectively. But! If you are trying to make a groove further in then i have found that the chisel is at a too acute angle then it bites into the surface far too much and tries to remove far too much material.
As you can see by this picture, it is quite an angle that is bites in at.
To get good results where you are removing really thin layers of material then you need to have the chisel almost flat to the surface. So the handle isn't really good for this. If you can find a different item to clamp / hold the chisel and still be able to use it at the required angle then it is a perfect bit of kit to have at your disposal.
I did a couple of lines on this old B-25 that i dropped and broke a few months ago. The line on the left and at the top are the ones that are too deep. The one on the right is the one where i took off thin layers.
I bought this to help make some deeper panel lines and make grooves in certain builds.
The chisels come in a nice little holder that contains five chisels and one allen key. The chisel sizes range from 0.2mm to 1.0mm (increasing in 0.2mm sizes)
The chisels look nice and are sharp to the touch. They are held in the handle by an allen key grub screw.
Using the chisel is simple. But it has to be done correctly or you will not get the required results.
The handle is nice to hold and a decent size. But this is also the problem.
If you are using near to the edge of the surface you are trying to make a 'groove' in then it is ok as you can get the shallow angle you need to make the chisel work effectively. But! If you are trying to make a groove further in then i have found that the chisel is at a too acute angle then it bites into the surface far too much and tries to remove far too much material.
As you can see by this picture, it is quite an angle that is bites in at.
To get good results where you are removing really thin layers of material then you need to have the chisel almost flat to the surface. So the handle isn't really good for this. If you can find a different item to clamp / hold the chisel and still be able to use it at the required angle then it is a perfect bit of kit to have at your disposal.
I did a couple of lines on this old B-25 that i dropped and broke a few months ago. The line on the left and at the top are the ones that are too deep. The one on the right is the one where i took off thin layers.
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