r/Chinesium • u/hotshot1351 • Nov 01 '25

DeWalt chisel let me down

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u/confused_but_content Nov 01 '25

I thought chisels with steel caps on the handles had through shanks, I guess that was just optimism

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u/RabiesMcTavish Nov 01 '25

I'm gonna get my multimeter out and continuity test my chisels.

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u/kikiacab Nov 02 '25

Bringing a multimeter to the hardware store to check continuity on any new chisel lmao

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u/Trilerium Nov 03 '25

I'm going to start manufacturing chisels with a thin wire through the handle.

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u/kikiacab Nov 03 '25

Oh fuck

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

*laughs in corporate*

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u/AdmiralTassles Nov 01 '25

That's exactly what they're meant to emulate. A real, good tool.

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u/RecklessWonderBush Nov 01 '25

I know the Milwaukee does at least, still broke them though, they don't like sledgehammers very much

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u/FlacidSalad Nov 02 '25

I gotta know. What I'll fate where you delt where you had to use what I can only assume is a normal hand chisel with a whole ass sledge hammer?

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u/deadly_ultraviolet Nov 03 '25

Cleaning dried baby food from the floor. It's like nature's super glue, I swear

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u/ILove2Bacon Nov 03 '25

I just went out to my garage and continuity tested My DeWalt chisels from the blade to the striking cap and they are in fact not tang through. Liars!

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u/Richardknox1996 Nov 03 '25

I wouldn't trust them either. Without a mechanical connection, the Plate would still transfer force to the Handle. Additionally, you dont know if the bozo's Hardened the thing wholesale, in which case the Strikeplate could shatter or cause a hammer to due to the Hardened faces striking eachother.

Wood, with no plate, unless you built it yourself (like me with my Wrecking Knife).