Timber Framers Guild Forums General General Forum Questions type of German chisels

Is there any body on the forum who knows what sort of chisels the german framers traditionally used (to chop a mortice in no more than 7 minutes) I've tried studying some german sites but dont speak the language. Also was that useing ONLY a chisel, and no pre-drilling?
Many thanks, Jonathan

What German URL's were you looking at that you think might be helpful (if you understood it?)

-srj

Hello, srjones
thanks for your reply.
One site I looked at was www.fachwerk.de/
It seems quite a extensive site but I cant understand any of it. There is a translation thing but it doesnt make much sense, its amusing actually the quaint way it works things out. I was just curious as to know what sort of chisels they use to chop mortises in 7 minutes or less (there was a report on the tfg site about a trip to Germany and thats where I heard about it) and some clearer idea of the technique they employ.
Cheers, Jonathan

You might try using the Babelfish translation site. I have had pretty good luck with thier language tools.

This site fachwerk , like many in Europe, translates itself into English by clicking on U.K. flag (top of page to the right...)

a big chisel you can really heef on a heavy malet and a lot of practice