Tools

• Smoothing Plane: No 4 or No 5 (No 5 recommended
• Pair of Tenon saws: 1 x cross cut and 1 x rip cut. New "Adria" are excellent but expensive. Older pre 1950's "Disston" brand are superb saws and inexpensive.
• Dovetail Saw: Again "Adria" or "Lie-Nielsen" are quality tools, but "Pax" or older English or American brands with heavy backs are very good tools.
• Block Plane: Low angle, and ideally with an adjustable mouth. The very best of these are modern "Lie Nielsen" and "Veritas" brands, if you can afford them.
• Try Square: Engineers type 100mm.
• Steel Rule: 300mm "Toledo" brand.
• Marking Knife: Flat bladed Japanese type or "Pfeil" Violin makers 15mm.
• Cutting Gauge: "Veritas" wheel marking type recommended.
• Scraper: Flat metal cabinet type. Try to get a stiff thick one.
• Scraper Burnisher You can make your own with an old tungsten router cutter shank.
• Piercing Saw: Jewellers or fret type with blade clamps.
• Chisels: Bevel, fine edged. 3mm, 6mm, 10mm, 12mm, 19mm, 25mm or imperial equivalents.
• Japanese Water Stones: 800, 1200.
• Clutch Pencils: 0.35, 0.5, 0.7mm
• Safety Equipment: Ear Protection, eye protection and a comfortable dust mask.
• Tape Measure: 5m "Stanley" or "Lufkin"

 

Suggested Reading

• The Technique of Furniture Making, Ernest Joyce
• Wood in Australia, Keith Bootle
• Mastering Woodworking Machines, Mark Duginske

Drawing tools required

• Set squares 45/45 & 60/30
• T square
• 360 degree protractor
• Scale rule with scales 1:5 1:10 1:20
• Pad A4 graph paper 1mm or 2mm
• Good compass
• Plastic erasers
• Technical drawing pens.  (Sold in pack of 3.)  Typically 0.2, 0.4, 0.8.
• HB pencils, 4B pencils, 2B pencils, 6H pencils, clutch pencils  0.3 & 0.5, pack coloured pencils
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Visual diary A4

Other Equipment

• Try or Fore Plane:No 6, 7 or 8.
• Spokeshave: Flat face No 152.
• Adjustable sliding bevel: 150mm or larger.
• Set of twist drills: Engineers type or spur centre 1 – 12mm or imperial equivalent.
• Countersink bits: Small and medium engineers de burring type.
• Hammers:1 x 10oz cross pein, and 1 x 16oz claw
• Rubber mallet: Inexpensive white rubber if available.
• Veneer Saw: Make your own if left handed
• Scientific Calculator: Must have trigonometric functions.
• Steel rulers:150mm and 600mm
• "Toledo"Veneer Calipers:150mm or 200mm digital.
• Centre Punch: Engineers spring type is desirable.
• Camelia Oil: For rust protection
• Japanese Water Stone 4000 grit
• Non-slip bench mat