Caulking

Under Stemmzeug of wood craftsmen understood, especially the carpenter , chip-removing tools for wood joints such as " pins ", " leaf " and " dovetail ".

The caulking tool includes:

Chisels and gouge different forms and manifestations, Stoßaxt , Kreuzaxt , Lochaxt and Klüpfel ( knock wood , "Stemmknüppel").

In modern carpentry, the work that was carried out by hand with these tools is done with machines ( milling machines and so-called "chain cutters ", machines that are similar to a chainsaw). These machines are also counted as chisels today.

literature

• Max Förster: Guide to building materials , Vieweg + Teubner Verlag , 1922, p. 109, ISBN 978-3-663-19334-0 , digitized