Holster for Robert Sorby Timber Framer's Slick
A quality riveted leather holster for safer carriage of the Robert Sorby Timber Framer's Slick.
Quercus Magazine - July/August 2021
QM07 July/August 2021
Sharpening and workbench design are key features of the July/August issue of Quercus. Richard Wile offers tips on setting up a stone station for quicker, better sharpening and honing of chisels and plane irons. John Lloyd shows how to sharpen a carving gouge with ‘in-cannel- bevel, while Sean Hellman saves time and pennies by mending a broken bandsaw blade. Then there...
Pfeil Medium Sized Tools - Set of 18
Pfeil Medium Sized Tools - Set of 18 comes in a beechwood box and includes:
1 x Straight Chisel: 8mm (D1-8);
1 x Skew Chisel: 8mm (D1S-8);
12 x Gouges:
Series 2 - 12mm (D2-12),
Series 5 - 3mm (D5-3) & 8mm (D5-8) & 12mm (D5-12),
Series 7 - 4mm (D7-4) & 14mm (D7-14),
Series 8 - 7mm (D8-7) & 10mm (D8-10),
Series 9 - 5mm (D9-5) & 10mm (D9-10),
Series 11 - 1mm (D11-1) &3mm...
Grinling Gibbons Master Carver
by Paul Rabbitts
Master Carver Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721) is famous for his breathtakingly delicate, intricate and realistic carvings, both in wood and stone. Tantalising cascades of fruit and flowers, puffy-cheeked cherubs, crowds of figures and flourishes of architecture are all trademark features of his energetic, animated carvings that grace stately homes, palaces, churches and colleges...
Carve
By Melanie Abrantes
Norwegian Wood meets How to Tie a Tie in this irresistible gift for DIY enthusiasts.
Using just a tool or two (a pocketknife and a gouge), readers will learn how to whittle 12 small objects, from a coffee spoon to a pair of dice, that take just a few hours to finishand in the process carve out a little peace and quiet for themselves.
Carve is an accessible guide to a...
Tormek DE-250 Diamond Wheel Extra Fine 1200G
The Tormek Diamond Wheel Extra Fine with a grit size of 1200 leaves an extra fine finish and is especially suitable for carving tools and knives when the need for steel removal is minimal.
You can sharpen all types of material, including steel, ceramic and carbide. Fits Tormek T-8, Tormek T-7 and previous models with a 250mm stone diameter.
Included with every diamond wheel is a bottle of Tormek...
Benchcrafted Classic Leg Vice Base Hardware
In the 19th and early 20th century, many vocational schools and commercial shops in France and its colonies were outfitted with Roubo-style benches and metal leg vice hardware. French hardware is typically made entirely of metal, whereas hardware from Britain and America usually features a T-shaped iron casting fitted with a sliding wooden handle. Benchcrafted designed theirs around the French model...
Blades for Veritas Apron Plane
Veritas 1 1/4" blade for the Veritas Apron Plane. Available in O1 or PM-V11 steel with a 25° bevel, or an A2 toothed blade at 38°.
Gyokucho Flush Cutting Saw Single Edge 100mm
Blade Length : 110mm.
Overall Length : 270mm.
Max Cutting Depth : N/A.
Teeth Pitch / TPI : 1.0mm / 25.4.
Blade Thickness : 0.3mm.
Gyokucho Product Number : 1150.
Weight : 40g.
A flexible 0.3mm blade with no set allows you to cut flush wihtout damaging your work surface. Useful for trimming dowels, plugs and smaller joints. These are great saws but care must be taken to keep them...
Joseph Marples Trial 1 - 10'' Mitre Square
The Joseph Marples Trial 1 Double Brass Faced Mitre Square is a tool based on designs that were last made over 70 years ago which were marked with the Trial 1 brand or corporate mark.
This high quality Mitre Square has a blade length of 10'' (250mm) which is made from chemically blacked spring steel.
This Mitre Square is made from either Walnut or Rosewood and has four brass diamond rivets...
Robert Sorby Tool Rest Stem
These stems work with the Robert Sorby Modular Tool Rest System.
Cross bars are specially hardened to avoid those troublesome nicks and to give a smooth finish.
Stems are available in 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8", 1", 25mm, 28mm and 30mm diameters to fit most popular lathes.
Saburrtooth 1/4''' Ball Nose - 1/2'' x 2''
The Saburrtooth 1/4" Ball Nose with a 1/2" diameter and 2" length is perfect for carving, shaping, and smoothing. It is available in multiple grits (X Fine, Fine, Coarse, X Coarse) and is designed for efficient material removal with minimal clogging. Ideal for woodworkers, it provides excellent control and precision for detailed tasks.
If grits are not displayed they are no longer...
Saburrtooth Flat Faced Shaping Wheel - 4'' Sanding Disc
15% discount from price shown.
The Workbench Book
by Scott Landis
First published in 1987, "The Workbench Book" by Scott Landis remains the most complete book on the most important tool in the woodworker’s shop.
"The Workbench Book" is a richly illustrated guided tour of the world’s best workbenches — from a traditional Shaker bench to the mass-produced Workmate. Author and workbench builder Scott Landis...
Veritas Beam Compass
A beam compass (or trammel) offers longer reach and easier adjustment than an ordinary compass. This updated beam compass is made largely of stainless steel, providing it with improved toughness and rust resistance, not to mention a more modern look.
The beams have threaded ends that let you link them together for longer reach. Just the base section of the beam compass deals with circles from...
Veritas Miniature Bench Plane
This 1/3 scale version of the Veritas small bevel-up smooth plane is only 3½" long and 13/16" wide.
Fully functional, it has a 5/8" wide A2 blade (0.06" thick) with a 25° bevel angle that, together with the 13° bed angle, provides an effective cutting angle of 38°. The stainless-steel Norris-style adjuster lets you set the blade with precision.
The body is made from investment-cast stainless...
Brown Ivory
Brown Ivory is red brown with a faint pink tinge with occasional blackish streak. Irresistible! For turning and furniture.
Kutzall 1/8'' Ball Nose Burr - 1/8'' x 7/8''
Kutzall burrs are the perfect companions for your rotary carving tools.Made in the USA, Kutzall burrs provide a great combination of material removal and surface quality. Efficient with or against the grain, these burrs have a long wear life.Their outstanding performance on a wide variety of materials to include wood, plastic, rubber, fibreglass and soft stone.NOTE: These burrs should only be used...
The Robert Sorby ProEdge Ultimate Sharpening System
The updated version of the ever popular Robert Sorby ProEdge sharpening system. In all honesty the machine has remained the same as nothing really needed to be updated!
Robert Sorby have however changed from using the old terms of 'Basic' and 'Deluxe or Plus'. Thankfully it has been simplified, and the Sorby machine comes in one edition which includes a single 120 grit aluminium...
Fisch Elite Black Auger Bits
These German manufactured auger bits have an enviable reputation for superior quality.
Auger bits to satisfy demand from our discerning and growing customer base.
Fisch Elite Black auger bits have a corrosion resistant coating that results in lower friction when drilling. This means deeper, faster drilling.
For deep drilling in all soft, hard, exotic and moist woods
"Sharp-Grip" threaded...
Kutzall 1/8'' Cylinder Burr - 1/8'' x 7/8''
Kutzall burrs are the perfect companions for your rotary carving tools.Made in the USA, Kutzall burrs provide a great combination of material removal and surface quality. Efficient with or against the grain, these burrs have a long wear life.Their outstanding performance on a wide variety of materials to include wood, plastic, rubber, fibreglass and soft stone.NOTE: These burrs should only be used...
Pfeil Palm Carving Tool Sets
Pfeil Palm Carving Tools are for cutting and carving wood.
They have Pear Handles, 135mm overall length, and 80mm blade length.
See images for individual blade shapes.
Sets of 8 include a Linden wood stand (340 x 145 x 50mm, weight 850g).
There are two sets available:
B8er - A includes: B1/12, B1s/12, B3/12, B5/12, B7/14, B8a/10, B9/10 & B12/8.
B8er - B includes: B2/12, B4/12, B7L/12,...
Pfeil Series 21 - Dog Leg Chisels
Dog leg chisels are used for finishing rectangular depressions.
Robert Sorby Spindlemaster - 812H
The spindlemaster will create beads & coves as well as planing and trimming end grain.
Taming the skew is perhaps the most common of problems encountered by the woodturner. The digs-ins which ensue from incorrect presentation cause many turners to avoid using the skew chisels and consequently reduce their skills and limit their opportunities of turning between centres. The new Spindlemaster...
Henry Taylor Incannel Firmer Gouges Set of 6
Henry Taylor standard length carpenters chisels with gouge shaped blades. Incannel gouges are ground on the inside face (as normal) which creates an outside cutting edge. The blades are about about 4" (100mm) long and have stained beech rounded handles with brass ferrules.
Made in Sheffield, England for over 150 years.
Blade about 4" long.
F11 - 1/4" (6mm)
F12 - 3/8"...
Ray Iles 1 3/8'' Modern Stanley Block Plane Blade
Designed for the modern Stanley 60½ Block Plane
Width: 1 3/8''
Length: 4 3/8''
High grade carbon steel hardened to 59 - 61 Rockwell C.
Arbortech Industrial Pro Kit
- Fast, safe & controllable
- Will not bind or grab on tight curves - perfect for shaping & fast removal
- Extremely hard cutting edge & a resilient inner core for high speed work
- Blade hardened to 40 Rockwell C (can be sharpened with a chainsaw file or ceramic sharpening stone)
- Fits 100mm &115mm grinders
The Arbortech Industrial Woodcarver is a unique tungsten carbide tipped cutter...
Auriou Traditional Stonecarving Rondelle Chisels
Rondelle chisels are used for smoothing out the texture left by the toothed chisels and prepares the stone for finishing. These are shaping tools.
Essentially their use is to achieve the concave shapes, to emphasise a relief by hollowing out cavities or to undercut the stone.
Mukwa (Umbilo/Kiaat)
This wood is popular in Souh Africa with furniture makers and woodturners. Soft in comparison to the rest of our exotic timbers
Clifton 600 Flat 10'' Spokeshave
Clifton Spokeshaves are made from virtually unbreakable spheridal graphite/malleable iron; the surfaces are finished and polished to give maximum comfort in the hand; the weight and balance permits the Spokeshave to sit firmly on the wood so that only a stroking action is required to make them cut. The firm seating and fine adjustment allow you the woodworker to make delicate nuances in the weight...
Kutzall 1/8'' Taper Burr - 1/4'' x 1/2''
Kutzall burrs are the perfect companions for your rotary carving tools.Made in the USA, Kutzall burrs provide a great combination of material removal and surface quality. Efficient with or against the grain, these burrs have a long wear life.Their outstanding performance on a wide variety of materials to include wood, plastic, rubber, fibreglass and soft stone.NOTE: These burrs should only be used...
Clifton 650 Curved 10'' Spokeshave
Clifton Spokeshaves are made from virtually unbreakable spheridal graphite/malleable iron; the surfaces are finished and polished to give maximum comfort in the hand; the weight and balance permits the Spokeshave to sit firmly on the wood so that only a stroking action is required to make them cut. The firm seating and fine adjustment allow you the woodworker to make delicate nuances in the weight...
Veritas Combination Plane Rabbet Blade - 1 1/16'
Will only work with the Veritas combination plane. 1-1/16" wide PM-V11 rabbeting blade lets you cut rabbets up to 1". 35° bevel angle
Flexcut 70-degree V-Tools (70°)
The Flexcut 70-degree V-Tools are interchangeable blades with a 70° V-shaped edge used for wood carving. These unhandled V-tools are compatible with the SK100 Quick Connect ABS Handle, SK102 Quick Connect Palm Handle, SK103 Quick Connect Long Handle for carving by hand; and the SK109 Universal Adapter for power carving.
Available Widths:
1/8'' (3mm) SK603
1/4'' (6mm) SK307
3/8''...
Auriou Curved Cabinet Maker's Rasp
Useful for shaping the buttock areas for chair seats and for other concave shaping work. This 10" cabinet rasp is stitched on the underside only and is curved along its length.
Size - 250mm x 32mm x 5.5mm Grain 9
Auriou Traditional Stonecarving Chisels
The Auriou Traditional Stonecarving Chisels are meticulously crafted for exceptional performance in soft stone and marble carving. Available in a wide range of sizes from 4mm to 30mm, these chisels provide precise control and durability for various sculpting tasks. Their traditional design ensures they meet the high standards expected by professional stone carvers.
Sizes Available: 4mm, 6mm,...
Crucible Sliding Bevel
For some woodworkers – particularly chairmakers – a small sliding bevel that locks tightly is an essential tool. Most inexpensive sliding bevels can be knocked off their settings with little effort, and the results can be a disaster. Because sliding bevels guide most of the joinery in a chair, being off by 1° or 2° can ruin a workpiece.
The Crucible Sliding Bevel is designed...
Flexcut Carvin' Jack 2.0 JKN291
The Flexcut Carvin' Jack® 2.0 is the first folding multi-tool designed specifically for the needs of woodcarvers. At 4.4 oz and a closed length of 4 1/4", this jackknife features 6 blade profiles.
The 2.0 version has a new cross-etched, aerospace aluminium handle. Flexcut have also replaced the chisel blade with a pelican knife to provide greater versatility.
Blades included: Detail...
Kutzall 1/8'' Ball Nose Burr - 1/4'' x 1/2''
Kutzall burrs are the perfect companions for your rotary carving tools.Made in the USA, Kutzall burrs provide a great combination of material removal and surface quality. Efficient with or against the grain, these burrs have a long wear life.Their outstanding performance on a wide variety of materials to include wood, plastic, rubber, fibreglass and soft stone.NOTE: These burrs should only be used...
Rob Cosman Shawn Shim Dovetail Offset Tool 3/4
This is the smaller of the two Shawn Shims that Rob offers.
One of the most difficult tasks in hand cutting dovetails is accurately transferring the tails and precisely sawing the pins. Rob's improved method of transferring tails to the pin board by offsetting the tailboard by the thickness of the saw kerf takes all the guess work out of where to saw.
Offsetting by the exact thickness can...
Saburrtooth 1/4'' Rotosaw - 3/4'' x 1/4''
Head Diameter: 3/4"
Head Length: 1/4"
Tormek T-8 Original Sharpening System with Hand Tool Kit
Package deal contains the Tormek T-8 Sharpening System with Tormek HTK-906 Hand Tool Kit
Veritas Square Fence
A carpenter's square is frequently needed just because of its size. The key disadvantage of such a square (its lack of a supporting fence ledge) can now be eliminated using a Veritas square fence.
The 8" (200mm) long anodized aluminum extrusion can be readily attached to either the stock or blade of your square (depending upon intended use) with the two integral brass screws. The face of...
Veritas Thickness Calipers
Primarily used by turners, these Veritas thickness calipers can be fitted into virtually any shape of vase or bowl.
To use, open the caliper by just pulling the legs apart (having the spacing nut between the legs rather than outside them allows this), put in position and then set the spacing nut to the wall thickness. Open calipers, remove and measure tip gap.
The spacing nut can be adjusted...
Warrington Pattern Hammer
Words from Christopher Schwarz......
''Small cross-peen hammers are incredibly useful in furniture making. We've used them in our work for more than 20 years.
Americans don’t have much of a history with this form of hammer. It’s a British thing, just like the lump hammer we make. We don’t know why that is the case because Warringtons are quite useful.
This small...
Henry Taylor Large Slipstone
One of 2 slipstones made by Henry Taylor, this one measures 115 x 45mm and tapers from 11mm to 4mm in thickness.
Robert Sorby Oval Skew Chisels
Robert Sorby oval skew chisels have a profile that allows the tool to glide effortlessly along the tool rest.
Use to smooth cylinders, clean the end grain of spindles, cut shallow curves, beads, pummels and V-cuts, e.g stair ballustrading and chair legs.