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Sharp & to the Point The Hock Tools Newsletter In-the-Spotlight:Hock: Tools Spokeshave Kit & Replacement Blades #5-2015

he spokeshave is a 16th century T tweak on the ; and contin- ues to be a go-to handtool for cham- fering and rounding edges. Hock Tools has you covered when it comes to spokeshaves! Our bubinga spokeshave kit includes all the parts and Hock Tools bubinga Spokeshave Kit instructions you need to make your own spokeshave. If you’ve not read Joel’s Blog at Tools for Working , you might want to do so. TfWW’s owner and champion Joel Moskowitz’s passion for and knowledge of woodworking reads through every line. His post on Oct. 12, 2012 beautifully describes the wooden spokeshave, including his favorite thing about them, “... they are light and nimble.” Also, quite some years ago “shavesmith” John Gunter- man, a stu- dent of Mike Dunbar’s at The Windsor Institute and From Joel’s Blog at of Dave Wachniki’s of Dave’s Shaves, Tools for Working Wood, 10-16-2012 wrote brilliant instructions for making your own wood shave. John’s instruc- tions — TeachShave, or How to Make A Spokeshave are free and only a click away here, and on the Hock Tools website. Even if you do not use John’s instructions, reading them gives a thorough understanding of what goes into a good wooden shave. They provided Hock Tools the place to being with our spokeshave kit.

We also offer Ca- nadian woodwork- er Mark Kowalski’s terrific — and free — plans for his Small Spokeshave using the Hock #SP044 Blade. You get all this and more oat the Hock Tools web- site. Top: Hock Tools #SP062, 1/8"x5/8"x4-7/16" w/ threaded And, since Hock posts 3-15/16" o.c. High carbon Tools is the blade maker, we make replace- steel, w/ brass thumbnuts. ment blades for both wooden and metal Bottom: Hock Tools #SP044, 3/32"x7/16"x2-1/2" w/ thread- spokeshaves… ed posts 2-1/4" o.c. High carbon steel, with brass thumbnuts. etal spokeshaves are a different proposi- M tion altogether from wooden spoke- shaves. Hock Tools makes Top: Hock Tools blades that can be used #SP151 & #SPA151 for the business end of look much the same. tools made by woodwork- One is high carbon steel, the other cry- ers, and replacement ogenically treated blades for many wood- A2. Both fit Record/ Stanley #151 working planes, including Spokeshaves. the metal spokeshave. Bottom: Hock Tools We offer quality replace- #SP175 (1-3/4") & #SP200 (2") are ment spokeshave blades 2/32" thick and look for most shaves, including alike. Note #SP200X Kunz and Kunz styles. (2") is another look alike but is 5/64", However, we have a caveat — it’s the Kunz 151. which fits adjustable throat models. Customers find it easy to choose the right Hock Tools replacement blade — and like being able to choose between a high carbon blade, the Hock Tools #SP151, or a Cryogenically Heat Treated blade, the Hock Tools #SPA151. But knowing precisely which metal spoke- shave you have is helpful! A potential re- placement blade may look at the outset Record 151 like the one your came with, or the one that will improve upon it; yet, as the saying goes, looks can indeed be deceiving. Hock Tools blades for a #151-style Record or Stan- ley spokeshave will not fit the similar-looking Kunz 151 shave. Weird? Unfortunate, perhaps, but not all that weird.

It’s just that the Kunz 51A, aka151 Does your Stanley Kunz version of the #151 Spokeshave Stanley/Record #151 uses a Blade look something like this? Hock Tools blade that only, mostly, replacement blades somewhat — eyes-of–the- #SP175 (1-3/4") & beholder type of thing — #SP200 (2") fit these! looks similar to the Stan- ley/Record blade, with its well-known central oval slot and two adjuster slots in the top corners. So, please take a second look at your #151 and be Does your Kunz #151 Spokeshave Blade look selective when ordering your metal spokeshave something like this? blade. Note the two adjuster slots! Hock Tools re- Of course the Hock Tools spokeshave blade placement blades #SP175 (1-3/4") & #SP200X (2") fits your other Kunz or Kunz #SP200 (2") do not fit style spokeshaves — like a glove! the Kunz 151 (aka 51A or 51R).

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