Miscellaneous Marking & Measuring

The Crucible Engraving Tool is a simple, easy-to-use tool that allows you to slice straight and curved decorative lines on almost any wooden surface. The Engraving Tool was designed to create geometric patterns found on old Scandinavian and Eastern European furniture. But we found it also is excellent at carving modern geometric patterns. The Engraving Tool consists of two pieces: a handle and a...

TRIAL 1 - The mark of highest quality This small selection of Joseph Marples tools represents the very best quality that they produce. They are based on designs of the tools last made over 70 years ago, which carried the 'TRIAL 1' brand, or Corporate Mark. The squares have 1/8th inch thick machined brass on both the inside and outside faces, thus ensuring accuracy on the inside and outside...

We were first put onto these little beauties by Jaap Bosma (the taller half of Mappa Tools). Jaap was taking all the credit for uncovering the mechanical pencil, until we stumbled upon a blog from Christopher Schwarz and that they'd been on the market for almost a couple of decades! Anyway, a few years later and the dynamic buying department of CHT sprung into action and finally started to stock...

Specifically designed to be carried in an apron or pocket, this is both a direct-reading compass and a marking gauge, two things that carpenters frequently need but find hard to carry. It has a rotatable head, which locks vertically for use and horizontally for storage and tip protection. It is direct reading, both for radius and diameter, in inches and centimetres. If you have ever measured a...

Setting up machines in the shop can be a frustrating and inaccurate undertaking. Tape measures and rulers are difficult to use when measuring gaps between curved bits and guide fences. Worse, machines often require two hands to adjust, leaving nothing to hold the measuring tool. The Veritas set-up blocks help solve this problem. Simply place the appropriate block or combination of blocks between the...