How Do You Use A Brick Chisel?
Construction materials never arrive from the supplier in the perfect dimensions for the job. You have to cut wood to fit, build special forms and if you are laying brick, cut the brick to make the design work. If you are only expecting to have to cut a few bricks you can use a brick chisel or block chisel, as it is sometimes called. A brick chisel is a hand tool that will allow you to cut brick neatly and cleanly with just a whack of a hammer. Set your brick on a flat, solid surface–the ground, a concrete slab or block. Measure where your cut should to be with the ruler on the side of your speed square and make a small mark with your carpenter’s pencil. A carpenter’s pencil is a flat wide pencil that is soft enough to mark many different kinds of material. Flip the speed square so one of the protruding edges at the bottom catches the edge of the brick and holds the speed square against it. Slide the straight long edge of your speed square until it is lined up on the mark you made for
