Small Spokeshave Kit: £39 (incl. VAT)
Medium Spokeshave kit: £45 (incl. VAT)
These kits offer woodworkers and furnituremakers a choice between purchasing the tools ready-to-use, and making their own to the same standard, but at a lower cost.
The kits contain the following:
- Hard maple block, (CNC) machined to accept the blade and depth setting grub screws.
- Hock blade – high carbon steel blade hardened to Rc 62 (see www.hocktools.com).
- Two depth-adjusting set screws, with Allen key.
- Brass wear-plate and brass screws to be fixed in front of blade
- Instructions for making the spokeshave
Unlike other kits on the market the wood block has already been machined to accept the blade and set-screws. This leaves the maker to shape the block and to fit the brass wear plate. A range of different shapes can be successful:
Alternative profiles (top) for shaping spokeshave kit bodies
Alternative profiles (back) for shaping spokeshave kit bodies
Two options are given for ejecting the shavings: shavings ejected to the rear of the tool; and TWW’s preferred shape where the shavings emerge from the top of the tool.
Alternative plans for ejecting shavings for wooden spokeshave kits from The Windsor Workshop
The advantages of this latter design is that the back of the tool remains entire giving a comfortable surface on which thumbs/fingers can push/pull; also the back of the blade is supported by the body of the tool over its full length minimising the tendency to chatter.
Spokeshaves are most effective when held lightly, with fingers and thumbs directly in front of and behind the blade. This gives the user maximum feedback from the blade, of how it is cutting through the wood, allowing immediate and instinctive adjustments to be made.
The kits give the maker considerable scope for imagination in shaping the block, allowing him to create a personalised tool.
Prices
Small Spokeshave kit: £39 (incl. VAT)
Medium Spokeshave kit: £45 (incl. VAT)
N.B. If purchasing from outside the EU, Value Added Tax (currently 20%) is not payable. Please email James Mursell for a quotation excluding VAT but including post and packaging. Frequently the total is less than the price shown above!
