Ray Iles Large Froe
The Ray Iles large 10½" froes is tapered from top to bottom, with a tapered eye and a 14" beech shaft.
The shaft had been treated with raw linseed oil and as with all of the Ray Iles beech handles, it is recommended you add further applications from time to time, to improve the durability and appearance of the wood.
Brusso Brass Side Rail Hinge SR-638
The Brusso SR-638 brass square knuckled full mortice side rail hinge is engineered with a built-in stop that allows a lid to remain open at a 95° angle. These hinges are milled from 1/4" thick solid brass stock to precise dimensions and are designed to last a lifetime. They feature stainless steel hinge pins and the standard Brusso burnished finish. The leaf measures 5/16" wide x 1-3/8"...
David Barron 90 degree Guide
A very useful aluminium magnetic jig from David Barron for guiding a saw at right angles. Great for cutting shoulders, tenons, cheeks and variable finger joints. Will work with any style hand saw although the Gyokucho 372 saw works a treat for both cross and rip cuts.
The Stick Chair Journal - Issue No 1
By Christopher Schwarz
This is issue No. 1 of The Stick Chair Journal, which Lost Art Press planned as an annual publication to expand the universe of all things stick chair: More history. More plans. More techniques. Reviews of tools. And Big Thoughts. It is a supplement to "The Stick Chair Book."
In this issue, you'll find:
• A Lousy Way to Run a Railroad: An explanation...
Ashley Iles Dovetail Chisels
These Ashley Iles Dovetail Chisels have the same O1 oil hardened blades as their ever popular bench chisels, the difference being that these chisels are designed pretty much exclusively for dovetails. This is because they have an oval shaped top section which gives you a very minimal edge along the sides and therefore gives you access into even the tightest of spots for cleaning out dovetails.
Available...
DMT Diamond Dia-Sharp 8'' Bench Stone - 3 Stone Deal
The surface of this plate has continuous diamond abrasive bonded to it (not polka dot pattern)
The 8" version of this bench stone is the most popular Dia-Sharp® size. It's large enough to handle almost any tool or knife and is offered by us in 7 grits. Guaranteed not to hollow or groove, DMT®'s precisely engineered Dia-Sharp® Bench Stone with continuous diamond surface assures...
Pfeil Chip Carving Knife - Kerb Pfeil
Pfeil Chip Carving Knives come in a variety of shapes, this one is a Kerb Pfeil also known as Kerbschnittmesser.
The most popular knife made for chip carving (definitely one of our best sellers!). The short pointy blade allows a good grip in the wood.
Fine cherry wood handles, shaped to correspond to the use of the knife.
Blade length 36mm
Nakaya Ryoba 240mm Classic Saw
The Nakaya Classic Ryoba is a great universal saw for your workshop. Ryoba refers to the saw being double edged, so one side with cross-cut teeth, the other rip-cut.
Replaceable blade made from high-quality Japanese steel.
Double-edged cross-cut and rip-cut, perfect for mortise work.
Ultra-thin blade: 0.5mm thick.
Tooth spacing / teeth per inch cross-cut: 1.66mm or...
Shinwa Sliding Bevel 250mm
Shinwa Sliding Bevels are ideal for marking out any angle. This one is 250mm (10") we also stock a 200mm (8") one.
Can be adjusted to any angle and is lightweight.
Fixing screw is on the end, therefore is never in the way.
Aluminium Handle
Stainless Steel Blade
Brusso Brass Intermediate Offset Pivot Hinge LI-97rh
The Brusso LI Intermediate Offset Pivot Hinge fills the gap in their Offset Pivot Hinge line. This hinge is designed to be installed in the mid section of larger doors to provide additional strength and support. When installed inline with the L-97 Offset Pivot Hinges you receive the added benefit of an extra pivot point with the same low profile look of a Off Pivot Hinge. This hinge comes with the...
Lie-Nielsen Honing Guide Long Jaw Pair
The Lie-Nielsen Long Jaws fits blades for all their spokeshaves and for all the following Lie-Nielsen planes: No. 610, 10¼, 041, 042, 073, 1/2, and 85.
These jaws are reversible. The short end hones a bevel up to 40° and the long end hones a bevel up to 30°.
Ray Iles 1 5/8' Stanley & Record Block Plane Blade
Designed for the older Record 09½, 015, 016, 017, 018, 019, 0120 and 0220. Stanley 9½, 9¾, 15, 15½, 16, 17, 18, 19, 118, 220 and A18.
Width: 1-5/8"
Length: 4-1/4"
High grade carbon steel hardened to 59 - 61 Rockwell C.
MoraKniv Double Edge Spoon / Hook Knife Tight Curve - 162
This new re-designed Mora knife is ideal for spoon and bowl carving. It has a double-edged stainless steel blade so that you can use it for both pull and push carving. The 162 has the tightest curve of the Mora hook / spoon knives we carry.
Mora changed the design with input from renowned craftspeople Jögge Sundqvist and Beth Moen, with their help Mora have greatly improved upon the old spoon...
Lie-Nielsen Mortice Chisels
SPECIAL NOTE - MARCH 2025
Please have a look at our Friday Finds section as we currently currently have 2 pre-owned (but hardly used) sets that will save you a few well earned pounds!
Designed with cabinetmaking in mind, these well-balanced Mortise Chisels are ground with parallel sides and are thicker than they are wide to help keep them straight in the cut.
Made of A2 Tool Steel, hardened...
Famag Bormax 2.0 Metric Forstner Bit
The Famag Bormax 2.0 Metric Forstner Bit is a highly efficient tool designed for precise drilling in various materials, including soft wood, European hardwood, chipboard, and MDF. These Forstner bits are made from alloyed tool steel and are optimizsed for rapid drilling and chipping with minimal heat development, which significantly extends their service life.
Key Features:
Hexagonal Shank: Provides...
Veritas Shooting Plane + PM-V11 Blade
The mass of this Veritas Shooting Plane, its long base and low centre of gravity make it both stable and effective. Tipping the scales at just over 3.5kg and just under 400mm long, it is a substantial plane; you will appreciate the authority it provides when shooting.
The body is fully stress-relieved, ductile cast iron, with a sole and running surface machined flat and square to one another;...
Veritas Wide Router Plane Blades
These high-carbon steel router plane blades will fit the Veritas large and medium router planes, and the the Veritas hinge mortise plane, as well as Stanley #71 router planes (with the height-adjustment nut inverted). The narrow single-piece blades are available in five Imperial sizes
The 1/2" blades have a two-piece design and are available in two styles: straight and spear-point (for final...
Veritas Marking Gauge Replacement Wheel - (Outside)
Replacement wheel for the new style Micro-adust and Dual Marking gauges. Both the Inside and Outside cutters are required for the Dual Marking gauge.
Joined:
A Bench Guide to Furniture Joinery
A Bench Guide to Furniture Joinery
By: Joshua A. Klein
Many woodworking how-to books have a distinctly clinical feel to them, taking a formulaic approach (complete with exploded computer-drafted imagery) to describe a woodworking process from start to finish. This method works well for conveying precise measurements and details for replicating a specific piece of furniture, but falls short when it comes to capturing the whole point...
Knew Concepts 5'' Fret Saw with Screw Tension
The screw tension saw was the origin of the Knew Concepts Fret saw line. It is the economy model. It provides extremely precise blade tensioning simply by turning the knurled tension nut at the top of the frame.
Saws come with a dozen Pegas Skip #7 Tooth blades (15 TPI).
Lie-Nielsen No 101 Violin Maker's Plane
This pocket-sized block plane is the smallest of the Lie-Nielsen hand planes to feature a captive nut blade adjuster for precisely controlled depth of cut.
Loosely based on the Stanley No.101 block plane, the Lie-Nielsen Violin Maker’s Plane features several significant improvements that put it in a class of its own. The body and cap are made from Manganese Bronze for extra weight, durability,...
Crucible Card Scraper
Card scrapers are usually sold as rectangles or squares. What has been lost to time is that the woodworker is supposed to shape the tool to his or her needs – much like the cutting edge of a jack plane or smoothing plane.
So woodworkers of the last 50 or 60 years have found ways to make a rectangular scraper work. Most of us bow the tool with our thumbs to present a curved cutting edge to...
Lie-Nielsen Hand Scraper Blade Set
Lie-Nielsen Hand Scraper Set
A pair of 6" x 2 1/2" hand scrapers made from premium, high carbon Swedish Tool Steel.
One scraper is 0.02" thick, which makes a very flexible scraper. The second is 0.032" thick, which is much stiffer. These blades are ground square on the long edges, are easy to use and very handy.
Henry Taylor Registered Mortice Chisel
Made in Sheffield, England for over 150 years.
Blade about 5½" long.
F23 - 1/4" (6mm)
F24a - 3/8" (9mm)
F24 - 1/2" (12mm)
F25 - 3/4" (19mm)
F26 - 1" (25mm)
The Stick Chair Book - Full-size Plans
To remove one more barrier to making a stick chair, we have created this set of full-size paper patterns of all the important components for the five chairs in "The Stick Chair Book".
The five 22" x 34" sheets contain full-scale drawings of all the seats, arms, backrests, shoes and combs for the chairs. The drawings also include all the mortise locations, drilling sightlines...
Brusso Brass Stop Hinge JB-102
The Brusso JB-102 brass square knuckled full mortice butt hinge is engineered with a built-in stop that allows a lid to remain open at 95°. It is milled from heavy brass stock and can be used when an additional stay is not desired. The leaf measures 1¼" in length.
Length: 1.250" - 1¼" - 32mm
Width: 0.495" - 1/2" - 12mm
Thickness: 0.187" - 3/16"...
Veritas Bench Dogs & Pups
These are made from solid brass rod. Sold in pairs.
The crosshatching and 2° slope on the face help to hold wood securely, pulling it down onto the bench's surface. A side spring slides cleanly and holds it in position.
The dogs are 110mm (4.3/8") long, the pups 60mm (2.3/8").
Both work well in combination with Veritas Wonder Dog and Wonder Pup Clamps. For 19mm (3/4")...
Veritas Magnetic Guide & Saw
Hand-cut dovetails remain the mark of the skilled cabinetmaker and a feature that buyers look for in high-end furniture. Veritas has developed a guide and saw system that lets amateurs achieve professional results. The system also allows the seasoned expert to produce dovetail joints more quickly and with less effort.
The Veritas Magnetic Dovetail 1:8 Guide, clamps in position and holds the saw...
Nagura Stone
The Nagura correcting stone is used to condition waterstones during use. For natural waterstones their use is to wear away hard particles or contamination in the waterstone, and to selectively allow flattening by being rubbed on a high spots on the stone. Another usage is to create slurry. Use with Ohishi stones of more than 1000 grit.
Nagura Stone size: 75 x 25 x 25mm
Pocket Stones
Used to create the finest edge on precision tools, delicate instruments, and die work. RH Preyda Arkansas files hold their shape while creating the finest, most uniform finish.
Recommended for outdoor enthusiasts in need of a sharp edge on fish hooks, arrows, and hunting knives. The pocket stone's compact size allows it to easily fit in your outerwear pocket, or pack inside your gear. Pocket...
Brusso Brass Box Lid Stay JB-250
The Brusso JB-250 brass morticed lid support provides an elegant brass look and a functional and reliable 90 degree stop for boxes and cases. Excellent for humidor, jewellery box, and other keepsake projects.
The body is morticed into the side, and a flanged cylindrical anchor is pressure fitted and glued into the lid. The body measures 2-7/8" x 1/4" x 1/2" deep.
Length: 2.875"...
Cricket Tables
by Derek Jones
We will be sending out signed copies of this book until they are out of stock. If you did not want a signed copy then please contact us.
Simplicity, necessity and ingenuity are the three key principles for making cricket tables. This traditional three legged table exists in a variety of forms and woods – no two are the same. So making them follows an organic process –...
Sand-Flex Hand Block
These hand blocks have fine silicon carbide abrasive embedded throughout the rubber block which quickly removes rust from Cast Iron and Steel.
3 1/4" long x 2" wide x 3/4" thick.
Available in fine, medium, and coarse grits. Note coarse is shown in the main product picture
Made in Germany.
Welsh Stick Chairs
By John Brown
Welsh Stick Chairs is a small but mighty book. At 104 pages long, this book can be read in an afternoon, but it has changed the lives of thousands of woodworkers all over the globe.
John Brown (1933-2008) was a chairmaker in Wales who specialized in Welsh stick chairs, a vernacular form of furniture that was typically made by the end users. Compared to Windsor chairs, Welsh stick...
Veritas Curved Scraper Sets
These sets of three curved scrapers will handle a wide range of scraping jobs.
The rectangular model with convex/concave ends is excellent for bowl work or for scraping spindles.
The shmoo shape (easily recognizable to long-time readers of Li'l Abner) is equally useful for a wide range of concave surfaces as well as large moldings and small spindles.
The third style has two different gentle...
By Hound & Eye
By Geo. R Walker & Jim Tolpin, Illustrated by Andrea Love
"By Hound & Eye: A Plain & Easy Guide to Designing Furniture with no Further Trouble" is an illustrated cartoon journey through the world of pre-industrial design geometry. It stars Journeyman and his pizza-loving dog, Snidely, as they untangle the world of points, segments, arcs and the three-dimensional world using...
The Belligerent Finisher
By John Porritt
One aspect of furniture finishing that has not been fully explained is how to achieve the gently worn, warm and human surfaces that you find on antiques. "The Belligerent Finisher" changes that. Furniture restorer and chairmaker John Porritt explains all the steps in taking a new chair and transforming it into something that looks like it’s 200 years old. The goal...
Lie-Nielsen Boggs Spokeshave
The original Boggs Spokeshave is hefty and solid, weighing 12 oz. Designed for fine, precise shaping in all woods. Available with either a flat or curved sole.
Body is 10" long with a 1" wide flat sole.
The sole of the Curved Spokeshave has a gentle, 5" radius for working inside curves.
2" wide x 1/8" thick A2 blade.
Bronze body and cap.
Hickory handles.
Weight is 12 oz.
Veritas Wonder Dogs & Pups
Steel post and screw with black oxide finish, solid brass clamp head and handle.
These can pivot in any direction that clamping is required. An easy-adjusting handle provides ample clamping pressure in any position. The dog head has two screw holes, so any tip shape can be cut with a scroll saw and attached for specialized work.
The Wonder Dog post is 6½" and is drilled and tapped...
Pegas Reverse Skip Blades
Reverse Skip Scroll Saw Blades have the same basic tooth geometry as skip blades except that a limited number of reverse teeth have been added to the bottom of the blade. Reverse teeth prevent splinters from developing on the underside of the work piece because the top teeth do not cut entirely through the work. Thickness of work range 1/4" to 2". Blades perform well with wood, plastic, bone,...
Veritas Card Scraper Burnisher
A new take on typical single-handled burnishers, this latest tool from Veritas is an innovative design permitting a two handed grip, improving control so you can roll precisely the sort of hook you want on your scraper. As comfortable to grip as a spokeshave, it is held between the thumbs and forefingers, keeping your fingertips close to the carbide rod. This gives you much better tactile feedback,...
Robert Sorby ProEdge Zirconium Belts
Designed for HSS tools, drill and router bits this material provides good value.
The 60 grit belt will tackle the most damaged surface. Use the 120 grit to provide a rewarding cutting edge and finish.
Brusso Brass Stop Hinge JB-103
The Brusso JB-103 brass square knuckled full mortice butt hinge is engineered with a built-in stop that allows a lid to remain open at 95°. It is milled from heavy brass stock and can be used when an additional stay is not desired. The leaf measures 1¼" in length.
Length: 1.250" - 1¼" - 32mm
Width: 0.618" - 5/8" - 16mm
Thickness: 0.187" - 3/16"...
Brusso Brass Lift-Off Hinge - Right Hand - LH-201RH
The Brusso LH-201 brass heavyweight lift-off cabinet butt hinge with two knuckles is suitable for doors with a thicknesses between 3/4" and 1". It measures 2½" x 1¾". This hinge is handed; a right-hand hinge is shown.
Length: 2.500" - 2½" - 64mm
Width: 1.750" - 1¾" - 45mm
Leaf Thickness: 0.104" - 7/64" - 3mm
Packs...
Brusso Brass Offset Pivot Hinge L-23
The Brusso L-23 brass offset pivot hinge is employed when a minimum of visible hardware is desired or when the door must swing free of its frame. It is morticed into the top and bottom of the door and frame; only the pivot is visible. The leaf measures 1-3/8" x 5/16" x 1/8".
Length: 1.375" - 1-3/8" - 35mm
Width: 0.313" - 5/16" - 8mm
Leaf Thickness: 0.125"...
The Stick Chair Book:
Revised Edition
Revised Edition
September 2025 - the third edition of this book is being worked upon by Chris, we will update our listing once we know more.
Joseph Marples Trial 1 - 9'' Sliding Bevel
The Joseph Marples Trial 1 9'' Sliding Bevel 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 9'' sliding bevel is used for checking edges, marking joints or marking across boards.
All the Trial 1 tools are made from Walnut or Rosewood and have solid brass edges for extra protection against wear and...