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Tools and accessories for making sticks Page last updated January 2012 - click on "Refresh" or "Reload" to ensure you see the latest information each time you visit. |
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Carving Knife |
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*Cut-resistant carving glove.
Made from Kevlar (used in bullet-proof vests) these gloves
give protection from knife blade cuts - but they won't stop
you stabbing the point of the knife through or stop slashing
cuts so I can't guarantee no cuts! *Obviously if you try hard enough you will be able to cut through the material - so we can't guarantee them as "cut-proof", only "cut-resistant" |
Cut resistant Kevlar
Carving Glove £5.60 each |
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Leather Carving Glove £6.50 per PAIR. If you use rotary carving tools ("Dremmel" types) then leather gloves are recommended. Kevlar gloves are very soft and can catch the teeth of rotating carving bits - causing the drive to jam and possibly break! I've broken several heavy duty drive shafts so now only use leather gloves with rotary carvers. Leather gloves are also recommended when cutting sticks with a saw in the woods! |
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Folding Saw Ideal saw for cutting your own
sticks in the woods or hedgerows. I use one of these and cut
around 1,000 sticks each winter! £14.50 |
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Carving Chisels The ready honed blades feature 5/16"
8 mm Square Chisel, 5/16" 8 mm Bent Square Chisel, 5/16" 8
mm Skew Chisel, 3/16" 5 mm Straight Gouge, 5/16" 8 mm Bent
Gouge and 3/16" 5 mm Bent 'V'
tool.
Set of six chisels and
gouges in a neat presentation box. |
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Sharpening stone * Any oil will do - light machine oil, engine oil or even vegetable oil from the kitchen will do! |
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Use this for making sure your carvings are even from all angles! The pictures show a dog head blank from above.
Check profile on one side then turn gauge around and check other side matches - if it doesn't you can immediately see where you need to carve off a bit more wood! Useful on wood or horn handles too!
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8 mm Drill Bit Hardened steel twist-drill bit for use with 8 mm studding. |
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Forstner Drill Bits 13 mm (1/2") drill bit for drilling out 'socket' in handles and heads for 13 mm dowel or for brass screw joint. |
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16 mm (5/8") drill bit for drilling out 'socket' in handles and heads for peg joint and 16 mm dowel. |
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20 mm drill bit for drilling out hole for 20 mm compasses. |
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24 mm drill bit for drilling out hole for laminated pictures. |
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Epoxy putty Two-part epoxy - mix equal amounts of adhesive and hardener together to start the setting reaction. The mixture sets slowly, starting off quite soft like Plasticine and slowly getting harder. In effect you have an hour or so before the mixture gets too stiff to work and it's pretty hard after three hours and can be handled after that. |
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Available as single packs or multiples of 12. |
Epoxy liquid Adhesive Similar to "Araldite Rapid" but much cheaper! Equal amounts are supposed to come automatically from each tube as you press, but in use it doesn't always happen. I separate the two plungers using a small saw and this gives me more accurate measurement and less waste! Five to ten minute working time, full strength achieved in 60 minutes. Setting times are slower in cool conditions. You should be able to glue up at least six to ten handle/shank joints with each pack. This is the only adhesive I use for fixing heads and handles to shanks! Also good for filling hollows or cracks in horn handles - it is almost colourless, unlike some other epoxies that are cream coloured. Perfect for fixing glass eyes in heads and many other uses. Price £1.60 per
pack £14.95 for 12 packs (£1.25/pack) |
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The oil finish I use on nearly all my sticks: Ronseal " Furniture Oil", made for protecting outdoor garden furniture but it's great on sticks - I use it all the time! More flexible than varnish so less likely to crack or flake. I've never known it set in the tin or even skin over like so many varnishes do, so it's really economical! Use it on bare wood for a matt or satin finish. Use shellac sanding sealer first (rubbed down with fine abrasive) to get a more gloss finish. Very fast drying time - I often get two coats put on in about an hour. Price £7.50 for 500 mls tin. |
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Shellac sanding sealer Useful for hardening the surface of wood so that you can carve finer detail and get a smoother finish after sanding and to get a smoother, more glossy finish with oil or varnish top coat. Use first (before paint) on carved heads to stop paint "bleeding" into the grain. Price £4.95 for 250 mls |
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Clear Polyester Embedding Resin For more information and associated items look at the HORN page. |
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Below:
Weak solution used to darken pale bark
on hazel. Below:
Strong solution used to "ebonise"
turned ash. |
NEW Used to make wood stain, add crystals to water to make stain from pale brown to almost black - the more crystals you add, the darker is the stain! Brilliant for darkening pale bark or for bringing out grain in peeled or turned shanks or for darkening pale carvings. A really strong solution will "ebonise" wood to make it look black. Natural plant extract - made from walnut shells! Fast drying and no chemical odour, clean brushes (and spills) with water. For more instructions on use see these notes |
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Vinyl glove £1.25
per pack of 10 |
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Coarse flat rasp for 'roughing out' wooden blanks or horn handles. |
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As above but slightly smaller - only 10 " long |
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Coarse half-round rasp for removing material from the inside curves of wood or horn handles. (Cutting teeth on rounded side only). |
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As above but slightly smaller - only 10 " long |
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Fairly fine file for removing tool marks left by the use of the above heavy rasps prior to sanding with tape or Abranet. One side is flat and the other is rounded with teeth on both sides. |
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Abrasive tape. Much longer lasting than sandpaper, used for smoothing shanks, handles, horns and carvings. Sold in a mixed pack or by the metre MIXED PACK Three
pieces in each pack - approx. 30 cm (12") X 2.5cm (1") each
- one in each of three grades (coarse, medium and fine). A
pack contains enough tape for one or two stick projects.
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COARSE tape sold per metre. MEDIUM tape sold per metre FINE tape sold per metre |
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ABRANET Abrasive Mesh This was introduced to
us by one of our customers and we were so impressed we
immediately started stocking it! The Aluminium Oxide
abrasive is presented on a fine mesh which allows the
particles of wood or horn to drop through (use dust mask or
dust-extraction unit where possible) so making the material
clog less often. We stock the four sizes we find most useful - 120 and 180 grit are most useful for starting off and the 400 and 600 grit are great for finishing, particularly on horn where it can be difficult to remove those last scratches before polishing. If you still need a finer abrasive we would recommend the 0000 grade steel wool below.
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STEEL WOOL 0000 grade, VERY
FINE. |
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PEEK polishing paste from the USA. Brilliant for use with horn, antler and clear resin. Use after removing all sanding marks and scratches with the steel wool or fine Abranet. You can get a gloss equal to that obtained with our buffing wheel Polishing kit - though it will take longer! |
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