Chisels
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Stone chisels are used to carve or cut stone, bricks or concrete slabs. To cut, as opposed to carve, a tracer is used; this has a wide, flat blade that is tapped along the cut line to produce a groove, then hit hard in the centre to crack the stone. Sculptors use a chisel, ,with the bezel (cutting edge) on both sides. Stone chisels are hit with a large variety of hammers.
Masonry chisels are typically heavy, with a relatively dull head that wedges and breaks, rather than cuts. Normally used as a demolition tool, they may be mounted on a hammer drill, jack hammer, or hammered manually, usually with a heavy hammer.
The point type chisels are used for roughing out and removing material quickly.
Tooth type chisels are used after the point chisels have roughed out the basic shape. They refines the shapes and removes the imperfections left by the point chisels.
Flat chisels are used to smoothen the general stone work.
