Abstract:
A device for fastening a chisel to a rotatable chisel block of a wood working machine by means of a clamping bolt engaging a fastening slot in the chisel block, the shank of said bolt extending through an elongated hole in the chisel and by means of a clamping plate holding the chisel and having a transverse extension supporting set screws which engage a rearwardly diverging safety face of the chisel wherein the transverse extension has safety cams engaging recesses in the fastening slot so that the transverse extension is locked in place in a radial direction.