TIMBERLINE

Tonewoods and other special products for guitar makers

April 2020

Grading criterion for soundboards Soundboards

What do tonewood dealers mean by ‘Grand concert’ AAAA, Classic size – 2pc 550 x 195 and up x 4.5mm Master grade etc.? Is it just the best they have in stock Western sizes – 2pc 550 x 205 and up x 4.5mm on the day or are there defined criterion for the grades being Archtop sizes – 2pc 550 x 205 and up x 25mm – 9mm offered? These are minimum sizes. Actual sizes are normally well in Many years ago, when I was still active as a professional guitar excess of the sizes above. builder, I would buy my tops from German traders in grades defined by the numbers 1-8, the higher numbers being the best We apply the prefix letter C to classic sized soundboards and quality. The tops I sell now are based on that old system. I the letter W to Western (known also as dreadnaught or jumbo have deliberately avoided using the terms listed above so that guitar soundboards). Please use these prefixes when ordering. my grading cannot be confused with any less concise grading as might be offered elsewhere.

The grade that I offer are listed and defined below.

Grade 8 – Perfection – extremely slow even growth, the widest growth ring within the template area about 1mm. Straight grain and even colour. Best possible quartering and the minimum possible run-out (short grain). The wood will be stiff with a high-pitched tap tone.

Grade 7 – Near perfection – very slow growth, the widest growth ring within the template area about 2mm. Straight grain. Very well quartered with minimal run-out (short grain). Stiff boards with high pitched tap tone. Minimal colour variation may be present. Most of the wood used in our soundboards is first manually Grade 6+ – Superior – slow growth, the widest growth ring split from the log and then sawn. This prevents short grain or within the template area about 2.5mm. Well quartered with run out in the soundboard pieces. The photo above is of cleft minimal run-out (short grain). Stiff with a high-pitched tap billets of Western Red Cedar prior to sawing. tone. Infrequent inclusion of other quality issues, e.g. minor flame, slight colour variation etc. Most makers would still regard this grade suitable for high end work.

Grade 6 – Fine quality – slow to medium growth, the widest growth ring within the template area about 3mm. Quartering and run-out should still be to a good standard and a good tap tone will still be present. Some inclusion of other quality issues, e.g. minor flame, slight colour variation etc. Ideal for less expensive instruments and student work.

Short grain, poor quartering, fungal discolouration, resin pockets, unsightly colour variation etc. are avoided in the selection process but if present would result in the board being demoted a grade or two.

Bearclaw and Hazelficte – Specially figure tops occasionally available at a premium of between 10% and 50% over normal prices for tops in the same grade.

Mahogany tops – The above grading rules cannot be applied to tops. These tops will be selected as being well quartered, light weight, and with the minimum amount of interlocked grain.

Alpine – Picea abies Sourced from Germany and Austria.

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Grade 6 £55.00 £60.00 Grade 6+ £70.00 £75.00 Grade 7 £85.00 £95.00

Engleman spruce – Picea englemannii Sourced from Canada

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Grade 6 £35.00 £39.50 Grade 6+ £47.50 £53.50 Grade 7 £60.00 £67.50 Grade 8 £77.50 £85.00

Bearclaw Subject to

availability

Archtop

Grade 7 £145.00

Sitka spruce – Picea sitchensis Sourced from Canada

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Grade 6 £35.00 £39.50 Grade 6+ £47.50 £53.50 Grade 7 £60.00 £67.50 Grade 8 £77.50 £85.00

Bearclaw Subject to availability

Archtop Another delivery of tonewoods to Timberline Grade 6+ £105.00 Grade 7 £145.00

Western red cedar – Thuja plicata Sourced from Canada

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Grade 6+ £26.50 £29.00 Grade 7 £37.00 £40.00 Grade 8 £47.50 £52.00

Archtop

Grade 7 £80.00 Grade 8 £105.00

Mahogany – Another delivery of tonewoods to Timberline Sourced from South and central America. Only one of the above captions is correct. Classic Western Prices do not include vat AAA £42.50 £45.00

Back and sides sets Grading criterion for backs and sides Western size backs 2pc 560mm x 205mm and up x 4mm The grading system as detailed below evolved in the tonewood sides 2pc 830mm x 120mm and up x 3.5mm department of Timberline many years ago as an attempt to clearly define quality aspects of guitar back and sides sets. I Classic size backs 2pc 530mm x 190mm and up x 4mm hope that it will be easily understood and that you will excuse sides 2pc 780mm x 100mm and up x 3.5mm me for using a system unique to this company.

These are minimum sizes. Actual sizes are normally well in AAA – Quarter sawn wood or nearly so. excess of the sizes above

AA – Wood that is quartered to one edge, (where the centre joint of the back will be), gradually straying from the quarter Bocote – Cordia gerascanthus – 880kg/m3 ending up slab sawn at the opposite edge. Sourced from Mexico

A – Wood that is slab sawn, the main slab sawn area being approximately midway across the board.

* - One or more asterisks may be added to the grade mark to indicate wood that is aesthetically more pleasing or desirable by virtue of colour, intensity of figure or fineness of grain.

Back and sides sets are pre matched for colour and character.

Back and sides sets frequently are different grades for the back and the sides e.g. AAA sides and AA back. The valuation of these sets assumes the back and the sides each represent 50% of the value of a set and are then added together. Classic Western

A* £99.00 £110.00 Grading for Indian sets AA* £137.50 £155.00

Bocote is a particularly fine and beautiful wood with colours There are some specific grading criterion I use for Indian varying from light and golden brown with dark chocolate rosewood guitar back and sides sets. brown variegated markings giving a truly exotic look.

AAA – Wood that is light in colour and weight. Wood taken In the furniture world Bocote has long been used as a from a higher grade having limited occurrence of small defects ‘rosewood’ variety or substitute. In the world of guitar making such as pin knot, wormholes or silica in the grain within the Bocote works in a similar way both visually and acoustically. template area.

AAA* - Wood with a reasonable to good depth of colour but having rather wild or curved grain along the length of the panels. Good weight. No pinhole or silica, Wood from the Boire – Detarium senegalense - 820kg/m3 next grade up but with below par colour match. Sourced from West Africa

AAA** - Wood with a reasonable to good depth of colour and straight to nearly straight grain along the length of the panels. Good to heavy weight. Good colour match, no pin knot, worm or silica. The default top grade – faultless wood.

AAA*** - Wood with all the virtues found in AAA** sets but with distinct and fine growth lines (annual rings if that is what they are) about 2 – 3mm in width at their widest.

Parlour guitars, Mandola, mandolin and Ukelele sets can be custom cut in most species subject to order size. We can also Classic Western select wood for smaller instruments from undersized guitar sets. Prices will always be fair and proportionate. AAA* £42.50 £47.50

Boire is a quality timber with a subtly striped reddish-brown colour and mid-range density and good working properties. Prices do not include vat

Bubinga – demeusei – 880kg/m3 Cypress – Cupressus sempervirens – 600kg/m3 Sourced from West Africa Sourced from Italy

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AAA* £48.00 £55.00 AA £80.00 AAA** £62.50 £70.00 AAA £110.00

Bubinga is a very strong and naturally stable wood a little The wonderfully fragrant and resonant wood traditionally used denser than Indian rosewood. for flamenco guitars. A joy to share a room with.

Waterfall Bubinga – Guibourtia demeusei – 880kg/m3 Sourced from Camaroon African – Diospyros crassiflora – 1050kg/m3 Sourced from Nigeria

Classic Western Classic Western A* £130.00 £150.00 A** £210.00 £250.00 AAA* black £220.00 £260.00 AAA* coloured £220.00 £260.00 Rare and spectacular figure in Bubinga. A humble timber species taken to the highest levels of ‘bling’. An ideal choice African ebony is very scarce in the sizes required for guitar for those website gallery ‘specials’. back and sides sets and is therefore seldom offered.

Cocobolo – Dalbergia retusa – 1100kg/m3 Macassar ebony – Diospyros celebica – 1090kg/m3 Sourced from Mexico Sourced from the Celebes islands

Classic Western Classic Western AAA* with 4 piece backs £167.50 £185.00 A* £205.00 £215.00 AAA* with 3 piece backs £177.50 £200.00 AA* £235.00 £270.00 AAA* with 2 piece backs £260.00 £290.00

The top choice for many good makers. A guitar The most desirable figured ebony species beloved by art deco combines very clear sound projection with stunning good designers. Stable and virtuous as a guitar builder’s wood. looks.

PNG Ebony – Diospyros spp. – 1050kg/m3 Old Cuban Mahogany – Swietenia mahogani Sourced from New Britain PNG. Sourced from the West Indies – 750kg/m3

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A* £125.00 £145.00 A** Some sapwood £200.00 £225.00 AA* £155.00 £180.00 AA** Some sapwood £270.00 £295.00

Sourced from old stock boards that are sometimes more than PNG ebony has spectacular figure and has shares the qualities a century old this is the original and best mahogany and has of 'black and white ebony from Laos and Macassar ebony proved to make exceptional guitars. from the Celebes islands.

These sets were cut from some boards we had forgotten. It is Cuban specie Mahogany – Swietenia mahogani unlikely we will see any more. Sourced from India, Sri Lanka and Surinam. – 700kg/m3 up.

Lacewood – Platanus hybrida – 560kg/m3 Sourced from Central London

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AAA £80.00 £95.00 AA* Dense Surinam stock 800kg/m3 £95.00 £110.00 Classic Western AAA* Dense Surinam stock 800kg/m3 £120.00 £140.00

AAA* £35.00 £40.00 Cuban specie mahogany is denser and finer textured than the AAA** £54.00 £65.00 more widely used mahogany species and has exceptional stability, subtle beauty and makes great guitars. An interesting option for those who prefer to use home grown timbers. Creamy white in colour with a distinct medullary ray South American Mahogany – Swietenia macrophylla figure in brown. Sound wise similar to . Sourced from South and central America. 650kg/m3

African mahogany – ivorensis Sourced from West Africa – 600kg/m3

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Classic Western AAA £40.00 £45.00 AAA* £62.50 £69.50 AAA* £35.00 £39.50 AAA* cut from 30 years old boards. £70.00 £79.50

Sourced from old stock boards sourced from the estate of an This is the authentic mahogany long considered a in elderly cabinet maker. guitar building. Avoid imitations.

Bird’s eye Maple – Acer saccharum – 800kg/m3 Ripple Myrtle – Umbellularia californica – 635kg/m3 Sourced from USA and Canada Sourced from USA

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Classic Western AAA £85.00 £95.00

AAA* £130.00 £150.00 A** £70.00 £80.00

A*** £95.00 £110.00 Myrtle is a timber tree from California and Oregon and is not A**** £130.00 £150.00 well known outside of the USA.

Bird’s eye maple has been well regarded by guitar makers for The wood is hard and fine grained, rather like maple but with hundreds of years and it produces a fine sounding guitar of more interesting and sometimes variegated colouring. singular beauty.

Curly Maple – Acer saccharinum– 650kg/m3 Sourced from USA and Canada Bog – Quercus spp. – 910kg/m3 and up. Sourced from the Fens

Classic Western Classic Western AAA** £52.00 £60.00 AAA*** £79.00 £90.00 AAA** £190.00 £210.00 AAA**** £100.00 £120.00 AAA***** £130.00 £150.00 Bog oak was created after sea level changes caused the inundation of prehistoric oak forests and the fallen trees were Archtop AAA** £165.00 submerged under water and silt in anaerobic conditions over a Archtop AAA*** £250.00 period of several thousand years.

Arch top sizes wedge or plank cut to The dissolved iron salts in the water react to the tannin in the cover 2pc 560 x 215 x 25mm oak, the same chemical reaction as happen when iron or steel is Ribs 2pc 850 x 100 x 3.5mm in contact with fresh sawn oak.

Our American curly maple (ripple figure in English) is sourced Fiendishly hard to take through the drying process but reliable from specialist suppliers in the East of the USA and Canada and stable when successfully done. The resulting handsome, and is generally Acer saccharinum – the Eastern soft maple dark and dense timber has been found to be excellent for guitar specie. building and produces quality instruments.

Eastern soft maple is similar in density and other aspects to When carbon dated, bog oak from this source was found to be European maple and Sycamore and is used to similar effect. 5300 years old.

Ovangkol – – 800kg/m3 Steamed Pearwood/Rippled Pearwood Sourced from Camaroon Pyrus communis – 800kg/m3 Sourced from Alpine Europe.

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AAA* £48.00 £55.00 AAA** £62.50 £70.00

Ovangkol has the look of a good quality straight grained Walnut but has a density closer to rosewood.

Guitars produced from this wood are handsome and sound very good. There is a long history of use of ovangkol in guitar manufacturing and it is becoming more appreciated now by hand makers. Ripple figure

Classic Western African Padauk – Pterocarpus soyauxii – 740kg/m3 Sourced from Camaroon AA plain £45.00 £50.00 AA* rippled £65.00 £75.00 AAA plain £55.00 £60.00 AAA* rippled £85.00 £95.00

Steamed pearwood is a fine textured, dense and extremely stable timber. It is treasured in continental and alpine Europe for woodwind and stringed instrument construction.

Amazon Rosewood – Dalbergia spruceana – 1050kg/m3 Sourced from Brazil. Classic Western

AAA* £45.00 £52.50

African Padauk is a resonant and naturally stable wood a little less dense than Indian rosewood. It is brick red when fresh cut maturing in time to a dark red brown.

Like all good tone , padauk boards ‘sing’ to us as we move them around in the warehouse.

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The images in this catalogue are approximately to scale and are A* £100.00 £115.00 for guidance only. There can be a wide variety of colour and AA* £135.00 £150.00 figure in each type of wood and at best these images can only be described as typical. Amazon rosewood is a dense species of rosewood and is dark chocolate brown with the occasional darker streak.. Logs and Our online shop at www.exotichardwoods.co.uk has many boards in this species are quite scarce and never very large. images of individual and typical back and sides and electric Amazon rosewood guitar sets are few and far between. guitar facings sets.

Honduras rosewood – Dalbergia stevensonii Santos rosewood – Machaerium scleroxylon – 950kg/m3 1050kg/m3 – Sourced from Guatemala and Belize. Sourced from Bolivia.

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A* £105.00 £120.00 A £50.00 £55.00 AA* £145.00 £160.00 A* £65.00 £75.00 AA £60.00 £70.00 We have successfully offered this back and sides choice for AA* £87.50 £100.00 more than 20 years as an alternative to Indian and Rio AAA £77.50 £85.00 . Honduras rosewood has a long history of use as a AAA* £110.00 £135.00 tonewood and is also the first choice timber for Marimba keys and a popular and successful timber for woodwind musical A very successful rosewood substitute also known as Pao instruments. Ferro and Morado. Dense and close textured, easy to finish and producing good sounding instruments. Honduras rosewood logs are scarce and quite small. Guitar sets are available only in small quantities and are quite scarce in Some users may be susceptible to a skin allergy when using western size. this wood and so we advise that it is chosen only if you have worked it before without ill effect.

Indian Rosewood – Dalbergia latifolia – 880kg/m3 Sourced from Kerala, India Pomelle – cylindricum

640kg/m3 – Sourced from West Africa

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AAA £43.50 £49.00 Classic Western AAA* £52.50 £60.00 AAA** £75.00 £85.00 A* Pomelle £80.00 £90.00 AAA*** £100.00 £115.00 A** Pomelle £125.00 £150.00 A*** Pomelle £190.00 £220.00 Indian rosewood became the standard wood of choice for fine guitars as the availability of Rio rosewood began to wind down Pomelle is a rare and highly prized form of figure technically in the 1950’s and 1960’s. C. F. Martin and co famously very similar to the equally rare and highly prized quilted figure changed over from Rio rosewood to Indian rosewood in 1969. sometimes seen in American maple ( acer macrophyllum ).

Indian rosewood grows to larger sizes than most rosewood It would be hard to find a better example of how special figure species and well produced quarter sawn sets and value for in wood can elevate the humblest of timbers to the highest money are the norm. level of beauty and desirability..

The supply and export of Indian rosewood is comprehensively It really is unusual for solid pomelle to escape the attention of and strictly controlled by the Indian government and future veneer cutters and this is therefore a rare offering indeed. availability looks good.

Sapele – Entandophragma cylindricum– 640kg/m3 Wenge – Millettia laurentii – 880kg/m3 Sourced from West Africa Sourced from the Congo

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AAA £26.50 £29.00 AAA £60.00 £65.00

Sapele is an excellent option for economy and for student Many very good makers have been turning their attention to work. this timber because it has an extraordinary tap tone and good availability. There is no doubt it makes a good guitar.

Ripple sycamore/European maple – Acer pseudoplatanus and Acer platanopides – 610kg/m3– Sourced from England and Europe. Zebrano – Microberlinia brazzavillensis – 740kg/m3 Sourced from West Africa

Classic Western Classic Western AAA* Light ripple £52.50 £60.00 AAA** Very good ripple £85.00 £95.00 AAA* £48.00 £55.00

A simple pale and bland timber often considered a ‘weed’ by Golden yellow finely marked with regular dark brown streaks. landowners in this country. When ripple figured it is elevated Coarse in texture, rather malodourous, but looks fantastic. to become a timber with true ‘world class’ status.

American Black Walnut – nigra – 610kg/m3 – Sourced from USA Ziricote – Cordia dodecandra – 890kg/m3 Sourced from Central America

Classic Western Classic Western AA* £55.00 £59.00 AAA* £62.50 £69.50 A* £180.00 £200.00 AA* £225.00 £250.00 American black walnut has a growing reputation with guitar makers for making good looking and fine sounding guitars Very dark greyish brown regularly showing the rare and without the worry of high cost and difficult working qualities. desirable watermark figure. Utterly gorgeous. Grading criteria for electric guitar tops Quilted Bubinga – Guibourtia demeusei – 880kg/m3 Sourced from West Africa AAA – Quarter sawn wood or nearly so.

AA – Wood that is quartered to one edge, (where the centre joint of the back will be), gradually straying from the quarter ending up slab sawn at the opposite edge.

A – Wood that is slab sawn, the main slab sawn area being approximately midway across the board.

* - One or more asterisks may be added to the grade mark to indicate wood that is aesthetically more pleasing or desirable by virtue of colour, intensity of figure or fineness of grain.

Drop top Minimum sizes A* £60.00 A** £100.00 Type ‘A’ – carved top Matched pair 500 x 170 x18mm

Type ‘B’ –‘drop top’ Matched pair 500 x 170 x 6mm

Actual sizes are normally well in excess of the sizes above

Lacewood – Platanus hybrida – 560kg/m3 Boire – Detarium senegalense– 820kg/m3 Sourced from central London Sourced from West Africa

Carved top Drop top

Carved top Drop top AAA* £69.50 £42.00 AAA* light spalting £77.50 £47.50 AAA** £57.00 £36.50

Bird’s eye Maple – Acer saccharum – 800kg/m3 Sourced from U.S.A. Bubinga – Guibourtia demeusei – 880kg/m3 Sourced from West Africa

Drop top

Carved top Drop top A** £38.00 A*** £69.00 AAA** £62.50 £37.50 A**** £92.50

Burr maple–Acer macrophylum–650kg/m3 Torrified Curly Maple – Acer saccharinum– 650kg/m3 Sourced from USA – sourced from USA.

Carved top Drop top Drop top

AAA** N/A £95.00 A** £45.00 A*** £72.50 A**** £90.00

Quilted Maple – Acer macrophylum – 650kg/m3 Sourced from USA Marblewood – Zygia racemose – 1005kg/m3 Sourced from South America

Carved top Drop top Carved top Drop top

A** £90.00 £50.00 A** £120.00 £70.00 A*** £140.00 £80.00 A**** £210.00 £110.00

Ripple/Curly Maple – Acer saccharinum– 650kg/m3 – Bog Oak – Quercus spp. – 910kg/m3 sourced from USA. Sourced from the Fens

Carved top Drop top Carved top Drop top AAA** £55.00 £30.00 AAA*** £89.50 £49.50 AAA** £250.00 £140.00 AAA**** £125.00 £75.00 AAA***** £165.00 £92.50

Ovangkol – Guibourtia ehie – 800kg/m3 Purpleheart – Peltogyne pubescens– 880kg/m3 Sourced from Camaroon Sourced from Brazil

Carved top Drop top Carved top Drop top

A* £62.50 £37.50 AAA* £62.50 £37.50

African Padauk – Pterocarpus soyauxii – 740kg/m3 Indian Rosewood – Dalbergia latifolia – 850kg/m3 Sourced from Camaroon Sourced from Kerala, India

Carved top Drop top Carved top Drop top

A* £62.50 £37.50 A* £120.00 £70.00

Planetree burr – Platanus hybrida– 670kg/m3 Sourced from central London Santos rosewood – Machaerium scleroxylon – 950kg/m3 Sourced from Bolivia.

Carved top Drop top

AAA* £125.00 £70.00 Carved top Drop top AAA** £160.00 £90.00 A* £120.00 £75.00

Pommelle Sapele – Entandrophragma cylindricum Wenge – Millettia laurentii – 880kg/m3 640kg/m3 – Sourced from West Africa Sourced from the Congo

Carved top Drop top Carved top Drop top

A* £80.00 £50.00 A* £70.00 £42.50 A** £140.00 £85.00

Ripple sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus – 610kg/m3 Zebrano – Microberlinia brazzavillensis – 880kg/m3 sourced from England. Sourced from the Congo

Carved top Drop top Carved top Drop top

AAA** £55.00 £30.00 AAA* £70.00 £42.50 AAA*** £89.50 £49.50 AAA**** £125.00 £74.50

Ziricote – Cordia dodecandra – 910kg/m3 American Black Walnut – Junglans nigra – 610kg/m3 Sourced from Central America – Sourced from USA

Carved top Drop top Carved top Drop top A** £125.00 £70.00 A* £62.50 £37.00 A*** £170.00 £95.00

Electric guitar body blanks Basswood – americana Sourced from USA - 415kg/m3 Electric guitar body blanks are offered as 1, 2 or 3pc sets, 1 piece blanks are subject to availability. The surfaces are planed to ensure they are free of defect but are not dimensioned or joined.

The sizes listed below are typical for our body blanks. There can be variations. Please tell us the length and width of the guitar body you want to make and we will select the most suitable blank for your purposes.

We invite customers primarily interested in the density of the wood used in our body blanks to visit personally and make their own assessment. 1 piece £59.00 2 piece £42.00 3 piece £37.00 Minimum size

1, 2 or 3pc 500 x 340 x 45mm – Terminalia superba Black/White Limba/Korina Actual sizes are normally well in excess of the sizes above Sourced from West Africa - 550kg/m3

Alder – Alnus rubra Sourced from the USA - 450kg/m3

Sap only Heart/sap 1 piece ‘A’ grade £85.00 £110.00 1 piece ‘B’ grade £55.00 £75.00 2 piece ‘A’ grade £55.00 £65.00 2 piece ‘B’ grade £36.00 £47.00 3 piece ‘A’ grade £48.00 £55.00 3 piece ‘B’ grade £30.00 £40.00

‘B’ grade limba is usually wood with worm defect above an 2 piece £48.00 acceptable amount but which is otherwise perfect. Worm 3 piece £43.50 defect is very common in this specie. ‘B’ grade wood is usually used for instruments with ‘’ finishes.

Swamp Ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica Sourced from the USA - 490kg/m3 Honduras Mahogany – Swietenia macrophylla Sourced from Central and South America - 605kg/m3

1 piece £95.00 1 piece £115.00 2 piece £65.00 2 piece £79.50 3 piece £59.50 3 piece £72.50

Neck blanks Maple – Curly, Birdseye and Torrefied curly.

Here are six different neck options in six different woods 1st choice 2nd choice reflecting the most popular ways neck components are put together. Neck blanks are accurately cut from selected timber and meet the standards required for hand built instruments. (A) Quarter cut curly £65.00 £43.50 (A) Slab cut birdseye £65.00 £43.50 (A) Spliced head/stacked slipper heel 1000 x 80 x 25mm (F) Quarter cut curly £58.00 £40.00 (B) Spliced head/separate heel block 750 x 80 x 25mm (F) Slab cut curly £50.00 £33.50 flitch cut piece for slipper heel 150 x 80 x 80mm (F) Slab cut birdseye £57.50 £39.00 (C) Bandsawn neck (double blank) 750 x 110 x 80mm (F) Lab cut curly Torrefied £69.50 £46.50 (D) V joint head/stacked slipper heel 950 x 80 x 35mm (E) Bandsawn neck (double blank) 750 x 75 x 75mm Other premium timbers such as Rosewood and wenge are For fixed neck electric guitars occasionally available for necks. (F) Electric guitar bolt on neck. 700 x 95 x 25mm

These are minimum sizes. Actual sizes are normally well in excess of the sizes above Type ‘A’

Honduras cedar

1st choice 2nd choice

(A) £38.00 £26.50 (B) £44.00 £31.50 Type ‘B’ (D) £48.50 £34.50

African mahogany

1st choice 2nd choice

(A) £22.50 £16.00 Type ‘C’ (C) £57.00 £40.00 (E) £43.50 £31.00

Cuba specie mahogany

1st choice 2nd choice

(C) £140.00 £98.00 Type ‘D’

Honduras mahogany

1st choice 2nd choice

(A) £44.50 £30.00 (B) £51.50 £35.00 (C) £115.00 £79.50 (D) £57.50 £38.00 Type ‘E’ (E) £85.00 £56.50

Sycamore or Maple, unfigured.

1st choice 2nd choice Type ‘F’ (A) £30.00 £21.50 (C) £70.00 £48.50 (E) £50.00 £35.00 (F) Quarter cut £29.00 £20.00 (F) Slab cut £25.00 £17.50

Neck through body blanks Type ‘TN’ – through neck (cross section)

(TN) Slab cut – can be used as is or 1150 x 110 x 50mm sawn down the centre and book matched if a quarter sawn neck is desired. Use slab sawn as is or and invert to create quarter sawn These are minimum sizes. Actual sizes are normally in excess of the above Type ‘EB’ – bass guitar

Honduras mahogany

1st choice 2nd choice

(TN) £95.00 £67.50

Maple, unfigured. Type ‘FB’ – bass guitar

1st choice 2nd choice

(TN) £50.00 £37.50

Maple - Curly.

1st choice 2nd choice Neck laminations (TN) £120.00 £95.00 800 x 110mm in these thicknesses.

Bass guitar neck blanks 0.6mm 2mm 4mm 6mm

Dyed black £4.80 (EB) Bandsawn neck (double blank) 1000 x 75 x 75mm Dyed blue £4.80 For fixed neck electric basses Dyed green £4.80 (FB) Bass guitar bolt on neck. 930 x 95 x 25mm Dyed red £4.80

Dyed yellow £4.80 These are minimum sizes. Actual sizes are normally well in Ebony £35.00 £41.50 £49.00 excess of the sizes above Maple £3.40 £13.50 £14.75 £16.00

Paduak £4.80 £13.50 £14.75 £16.00 Honduras mahogany Purpleheart £4.80 £13.50 £14.75 £16.00 Indian rosewood £7.25 £23.50 £26.00 £29.00 1st choice 2nd choice Santos rosewood £7.25 £23.50 £26.00 £29.00 American walnut £4.80 £13.50 £14.75 £16.00 (EB) £110.00 £75.00 Wenge £13.50 £14.75 £16.00

Sycamore or Maple, unfigured. 1200 x 110mm in these thicknesses.

1st choice 2nd choice 0.6mm 2mm 4mm 6mm

(EB) £75.00 £49.50 Dyed black £7.20 (FB) Quarter cut £40.00 £29.00 Dyed blue £7.20 (FB) Slab cut £35.00 £22.50 Dyed green £7.20 Dyed red £7.20 Maple – Curly, Birdseye and Torrefied curly Dyed yellow £7.20 Ebony £52.50 £62.50 £73.50 Maple £5.15 £20.00 £22.00 £24.00 1st choice 2nd choice Paduak £7.20 £20.00 £22.00 £24.00

Purpleheart £7.20 £20.00 £22.00 £24.00 (FB) Quarter cut curly £75.00 £50.00 Indian rosewood £11.25 £34.50 £38.00 £43.50 (FB) Slab cut curly £66.00 £44.00 Santos rosewood £11.25 £34.50 £38.00 £43.50 (FB) Slab cut birds eye £72.50 £48.50 American walnut £7.20 £20.00 £22.00 £24.00 (FB) Slab cut Torrefied curly £92.50 £62.00 Wenge £20.00 £22.00 £24.00

Fingerboards Marblewood Minimum sizes Standard guitar 530 x 70 x 9mm Guitar AAA* £15.00 Standard bass guitar 710 x 70 x 9mm Bass AAA* £21.00 7 string guitar 530 x 80 x 9mm 7 string Guitar AAA* £18.50 5 string bass guitar 710 x 85 x 9mm 5 String Bass AAA* £26.50 6 string bass guitar 710 x 95 x 9mm 6 string Bass AAA* £30.00

Actual sizes are normally in excess of the sizes above. Bog Oak

African ebony Guitar AAA* £20.00 Bass AAA* £30.00 Guitar AAA* £15.75

Guitar AAA** £26.00 Bass AAA* £25.00 Santos Rosewood Bass AAA** £37.50 7 string Guitar AAA* £22.50 Guitar AAA* £10.00 7 string Guitar AAA** £31.50 Guitar AAA** £15.75 5 string Bass AAA* £33.00 Bass AAA* £14.20 5 string Bass AAA** £46.00 Bass AAA** £22.00 6 string Bass AAA* £41.50 5 string bass AAA** £28.00 6 string Bass AAA** £56.00 Indian rosewood Macassar ebony Guitar AAA* £7.90 Guitar AAA* £25.00 Guitar AAA** £11.00 Bass AAA* £36.00 Bass AAA* £12.70 7 string Guitar AAA* £30.00 Bass AAA** £18.40 5 String Bass AAA* £44.00 7 string guitar AAA* £11.00 6 string Bass AAA* £53.50 7 string guitar AAA** £14.90 5 string bass AAA* £15.50 Katalox 5 string bass AAA** £21.00 6 string bass AAA* £21.00 Guitar AAA* £28.00 6 string bass AAA** £29.00 Bass AAA* £40.00 7 string Guitar AAA* £33.00 Ziricote 5 String Bass AAA* £49.00 6 string Bass AAA* £59.50 Guitar AAA* £20.00 Bass AAA* £30.00 Bird’s eye maple 7 string Guitar AAA* £24.00 5 String Bass AAA* £37.00 Guitar AAA* £9.95 6 string Bass AAA* £44.00 Guitar AAA** £16.50 Bass AAA* £16.00 Bass AAA** £24.00 5 string Bass AAA* £21.00 Pre-slotted fingerboards 5 string Bass AAA** £29.00 Indian rosewood AAA** £23.00 African ebony AAA* £27.75 Curly maple African ebony AAA** £38.00

Guitar AAA* £9.95 Available in these scale lengths Guitar AAA** £16.50 Bass AAA* £16.00 629mm 24.75 Gibson 21 slots Bass AAA** £24.00

5 string Bass AAA* £21.00 630mm 24.8” Martin up to 000 size 19 slots 5 string Bass AAA** £29.00

635mm 25” PRS 21 slots Torrefied curly maple 645mm 25.4” Martin D and OM 19 slots Guitar AAA* £13.95 Guitar AAA** £22.90 648mm 25.5” Fender 21 slots Bass AAA* £22.50 Bass AAA** £33.50 650mm 25.6” Classic 19 slots 5 string Bass AAA* £29.00 5 string Bass AAA** £39.50 660mm 26” Classic long scale 19 slots

Fretwire Internal parts

1.5m 10m Strutting

Standard guage 12% nickel silver £3.50 £17.50 Usually in 550mm lengths

Nuts and Saddles 1st choice 2nd choice

Sitka spruce per kg £12.50 £8.50 Size nut 55 x 11 x 6mm Saddle 90 x 11 x 2.5mm Alpine spruce £17.50 £10.00 nut 60 x 11 x 6mm Saddle 90 x 11 x 3mm Saddle 90 x 11 x 3.5mm

Corian Bone Soundhole reinforcement

Any size nut £1.50 £3.20 Approx. 150 x 150 x 4mm Any size saddle £1.50 £3.20 Sitka spruce per piece £2.50 Englemann spruce per piece £2.50

Head veneers Back Bars 200 x 80mm up to 100mm x 3mm 420 x 26 x 10mm – 4 required per guitar African ebony black grade £8.50 African ebony with coloured streaks £6.50 Honduras mahogany £1.90 Macassar ebony £9.50 Honduras cedar £1.90 Malaysian ebony £6.50 PNG ebony £7.50 Rippled koa £10.00 Neck and tail blocks (cross grained Bog Oak £7.00 Birds eye maple A** £7.00 Neck block 90 x 120 x 35mm, Tail block 80 x 120 x 20mm Curly maple/ripple Sycamore £6.00 Torrefied curly maple £7.50 Neck Tail Marblewood £6.50 Honduras mahogany £4.95 £3.50 Amazon rosewood £6.50 Honduras cedar £4.35 £3.10 Honduras rosewood £6.50 Indian rosewood £5.50 Santos rosewood £6.50 Ziricote £7.50 Plain linings

Rosette pieces 770 x 18 x 6mm – 4 required per guitar 150 x 150 x 2mm Lime –sawn finish £1.40 Honduras mahogany sawn finish £1.65 Goldfields burr £17.50 Lacewood burr £12.50 Marblewood £9.50 Kerfed linings

Bridge blanks 770 x 18 x 6mm – 4 required per guitar

Classical guitar 200 x 35 x 13mm Lime kerfed £3.40 Western guitar 180 x 45 x 13mm Honduras mahogany kerfed £3.90

Classic Western African ebony AAA* £5.75 £6.00 African ebony AAA** £7.00 £7.25 Bridge plate – 200 x 65 x 3mm Indian ebony AAA* £5.75 £6.00 Indian ebony AAA** £7.00 £7.25 Maple £2.75 Macassar ebony AAA* £7.00 £8.00 Indian rosewood £3.60 Bog oak AAA* £5.75 £6.00 Amazon rosewood AAA* £6.25 £6.75 Honduras rosewood AAA* £6.25 £6.50 Back join reinforcement – ‘total’ 450 x 20 x 4mm Indian rosewood AAA* £5.75 £6.00 Santos rosewood AAA* £6.25 £6.75 Spruce £3.20 Snakewood AAA* £22.50 £25.00 Honduras mahogany £3.20

Bandings Purflings

800mm long x 2.5mm high. Widths as listed. 800 x 6 x 2.0mm. Drum sanded finish. Price per piece. B = Dyed black, W = maple, Mos = mosaic. Castello boxwood £1.95

P1 BW 0.6mm £1.20 Black ebony £3.25 P2 BWB 0.9mm £1.35

P3 WBW 0.9mm £1.35 Macassar ebony £3.25 P4 WBWB 1.2mm £1.55

P5 BW 1.1mm £1.20 Lacewood £2.10 P6 BWB 1.65mm £1.35

Steamed pearwood £1.90 P7 WBW 1.65mm £1.35

P10 BWB 2.1mm £1.55 Purpleheart £1.90 P11 WBWB 2.2mm £1.60

Indian rosewood £2.30 P18 BWMosWB 2.6mm £3.85 P19 BWMosWB 2.2mm £3.85

Honduras £2.65 P21 BMosB 1.8mm £4.45

rosewood P22 BMosB 1.8mm £4.45 P23 BMosB 3.2mm £5.00 Bloodwood satine £2.10 P35 BWMosWB 3.0mm £5.90

P131 BWB 2.0mm £3.90 Satinwood £2.50 P132 BMosB 1.3mm £6.25 P133 BMosB 2.3mm £7.50 Snakewood £10.50 P146 BWMosWB 5.0mm £5.95

P141 BWMosWB 5.7mm £6.75 Ripple sycamore £2.10 P33 WMosW 5.0mm £6.75

Constructional banding pieces and veneers Pearly stuff To laminate and cut banding combinations unique to yourself. 800 x 50 x 6mm. Drum sanded finish. Price per piece.

Castello boxwood £12.00 Black ebony £20.50 Mother of Pearl Green Abalone Macassar ebony £20.50 Each 100pc each 100pc Lacewood £11.50 2mm dot £0.30 £25.00 £0.30 £25.00 Steamed pearwood £11.50 3mm dot £0.30 £25.00 £0.30 £25.00 Purpleheart £11.50 4mm dot £0.30 £25.00 £0.30 £25.00 Honduras rosewood £17.25 5mm dot £0.30 £25.00 £0.30 £25.00 Indian rosewood £14.25 6mm dot £0.30 £25.00 £0.30 £25.00 Bloodwood satine £13.50 5mm £1.00 £85.00 £1.00 £85.00 Satinwood £17.25 6mm square £1.00 £85.00 £1.00 £85.00 Ripple sycamore £14.50 11.5mm diamond £1.10 £95.00 £1.10 £95.00 14.5mm diamond £1.10 £95.00 £1.10 £95.00 Laminating veneers – size 800 x 50 25 x 2mm strip £0.65 £55.00 25 x 3mm strip £0.65 £55.00 0.3mm 0.5mm 0.6mm 10mm star £0.95 £82.50

Padauk £2.30 Abalone soundhole ring 125mm inside diameter 18pc set Purpleheart £2.30 Indian rosewood £3.15 2mm wide £18.00 Sycamore £2.65 £1.80 3mm wide £18.00 Dyed black £2.65 £2.30 Dyed blue £2.30 Groundstock – random sized pearl pieces 1.5mm thick Dyed blue green £2.30 50 gm bag Mother of pearl £19.50 Dyed olive green £2.30 50 gm bag Gold lip Mother of pearl £17.50 Dyed red £2.30 50 gm bag Abalone £29.00 Dyed yellow £2.30

Rosettes

Very high quality rosettes made in Germany and sawn from the block for better stability and a higher level of finish.

Inside diameters listed, outside diameters will differ. R1094 95mm £18.80

Thickness 1mm

R1010 110mm £7.20 R1054 95mm £21.50

R1050 110mm £7.85

R1082 90mm £22.90

R2008 110mm £17.00

R1083 95mm £22.90

R1019 95mm £18.00

R2006 95mm £17.30

R1031 90mm £17.65

R2014 95mm £24.00

R1035 95mm £24.65

R1048 95mm £25.70 R2074 95mm £19.90

WOOD FINISHING Friction polish - this is a form of shellac polish used for lathe work which have a high concentration of shellac and include ingredients that allow the application of the polish Shellac polishes – Known generically as French polishes while the wood is rotating on the lathe. This is almost instant this group of products will produce the traditional high gloss . finish as known and loved on antique furniture. It is normally applied by hand using the traditional French polisher’s ‘rubber’. Myland fri ction polish 500ml £15.80 is not suited to areas which may be subject to 1 litre £28.90 heat, dampness or abrasion. friction polish 500ml £13.50 1 litre £23.75 Myland French polish 500ml £15.80

1 litre £28.90 Tip Chestnut French polish 500ml £11.75 (1) A little goes a long way. 1 litre £21.00 (2) Can react with if stored in metal containers. Myland special pale polish (transparent) 500ml £15.80 An improved result may be had by using an undercoat of 1 litre £28.90 sanding sealer especially when finishing open grained Myland button polish 500ml £15.80 woods 1 litre £28.90 Myland garnet polish 500ml £15.80 Lacquers and – there are a variety of finishes 1 litre £28.90 listed here all of which are more durable than the other finishes Myland black polish 500ml £19.80 we sell because they use synthetic resins. They Myland white polish 500ml £15.80 can all be applied by brush with relative ease. Shellac flake 500gm £36.75 Acrylic lacquers are water based and are recommended if you Blonde dewaxed shellac flake 500gm £39.50 have any concerns about unhealthy fumes. Brushing French polish is spirit based and can be built quickly- Tip 2 or 3 coats an hour – to a high gloss which looks and feels like (1) Never use old polish, it does not harden off French polish. properly. Buy polish only when you need it and buy only Rustins plastic coating is the toughest finish listed here being as much as you need for the job. able to withstand higher levels of heat, moisture and abrasion (2) Do not attempt polishing in the cold and damp. than any of the others. (3) Do not skimp on preparation and grain filling. Myland brushing French polish 500ml £19.60 1 litre £35.30 Sanding sealer - designed to be an easily applied basecoat Rustins acrylic – satin 500ml £8.90 on which other finishes can be applied. Additives are included 1 litre £16.75 which make it easy to sand back without clogging the Rustins acrylic varnish – gloss 500ml £8.90 paper. All types are normally applied with a brush and will dry 1 litre £16.75 well enough to be sanded back in just a few minutes. Chestnut acrylic lacquer – gloss 500ml £10.00 1 litre £18.25 Myland pale lacacote sanding sealer 500ml £15.80 Chestnut acrylic lacquer – gloss aerosol 400ml £6.75 1 litre £28.90 Chestnut acrylic lacquer – satin aerosol 400ml £6.75 Chestnut shellac sanding sealer 500ml £12.25 Chestnut acrylic lacquer – ebonise aerosol 400ml £6.75 1 litre £22.00 Myland no. 8 polyurethane varnish – satin 1 litre £25.00 Chestnut acrylic sanding sealer 500ml £9.75 Myland no. 8 polyurethane varnish – gloss 1 litre £25.00 1 litre £17.75 Chestnut melamine lacquer 500ml £10.00 Chestnut acrylic sanding sealer aerosol 400ml £6.75 1 litre £18.00 Chestnut cellulose sanding sealer 500ml £9.00 Chestnut melamine lacquer aerosol 400ml £7.50 1 litre £16.25 Rustins Plastic coating kit £21.50 Chestnut cellulose sanding sealer aerosol 400ml £7.50 250ml £11.00 1 litre £24.60 Rustins clear metal lacquer 125ml £3.00 Tip (1) Can be used to mask off and preserve the original colour of specific areas when wood staining. (2) Can be used on or inlaid areas where Tip many different coloured woods are present to Gloss finishes look awful when applied to rough textured prevent the dust of a strongly coloured wood woods such as oak or padauk without proper grain filling. contaminating the pores of a paler coloured wood. Satin or semi-gloss finishes can give a professional look in just (3) Use for the sanding sealer and wax finish, one of the a couple of coats because for some reason it looks fine even fastest professional looking finishes there is. with the roughness of the wood showing through. This is a Procedure – brush one coat shellac sanding sealer – great time saver. after a few minutes lightly rub down (de-nib) with 320grit lubrasil paper – burnish with 0000 wire wool (1) Oil based finishes such as the polyurethane varnishes to remove any scratch marks – apply one coat wax are much easier to apply evenly by brush. If you do polish in the normal way. not mind slower drying times use these.

Oil finishes – the oils used as wood finishes all change from Woodstains – a selection of easy to use woodstains in a a liquid to a solid state with exposure to the air. When used wide variety of shades. Acrylic waterstains are non-grain sparingly they penetrate the wood more deeply than other raising and can be used to tint acrylic lacquers. Spirit stains can finishes leaving a low lustre finish. Oil finishes offer good be mixed with cellulose and spirit based lacquers and can be water resistance and are easily restored if damaged. Oil finishes thinned with spirit or cellulose thinners. require regular maintenance when used in high traffic areas. Myland acrylic waterstains 250ml £11.30 Rustins 500ml £9.55 1 litre £19.35 1 litre £17.25 Antique Brown mahogany Rustins oil 500ml £8.75 Dark oak Golden oak 1 litre £15.25 Jacobean oak Light oak Chestnut Finishing oil 500ml £8.50 Medium oak Red mahogany 1 litre £16.25 Walnut Yew Chestnut food safe finish 500ml £8.50 Chestnut fade resistant spirit stains 500ml £9.75 1 litre £16.00 Trial set 25ml £16.00 Chestnut lemon oil 500ml £9.00 Antique mahogany Antique pine Chestnut Tung oil 500ml £9.00 Brown mahogany Dark jacobean 1 litre £16.25 English walnut Golden oak Chestnut hard wax oil 500ml £12.50 Light mahogany Mid oak 1 litre £22.00 Red mahogany Rosewood Teak Yew Tip Chestnut fade resistant spirit stains 250ml £7.50 (1) The biggest cause of failure when oil finishing is to Black, Blue, Green, Orange, use it like a paint or a varnish. The correct Purple, Red, Royal blue,Yyellow. application method must be observed, that is to Trial set 25ml £16.00 apply an ample amount by brush and to remove any Van dyke crystals 100gm £6.50 excess within a few minutes leaving the thinnest of Rustins wood bleach – A & B solution 1 litre £20.85 films on the surface. Several hours drying time must Oxalic acid crystals 500gm £15.00 be allowed between coats. (2) The rags you use to ‘rag off’ the excess oil should be Tip considered a fire hazard. (1) We have found when discussing wood staining with our customers that the most commonly made Wax finishes – wax finishes have the least of all resistance error is where the has been applied like to heat, moisture and abrasion. They remain popular as a a varnish or paint. It is important to apply the stain protective layer over French polished finishes, for pine liberally at to remove the excess with a rag well furniture, and where durability is not important. before the surface begins to dry. Staining waxes are intended to colour and age antique (3) All woods react differently to the stains because furniture. the absorbtion rates are different and the Liming wax produces the ‘limed oak’ effect. background colour of the natural wood affects the The woodturners wax stick is applied and burnished with the end result. Always try out on a scrap first. lathe in motion. Solvents and sundries Myland wax 400gm £10.50 Clear Light brown Chestnut cellulose thinners 500ml £8.00 Dark oak Antique mahogany 1 litre £14.50 Antique brown Antique pine Chestnut Spirit thinners 500ml £6.50 Chestnut wood wax 22 450gm £8.50 1 litre £11.25 Clear Medium brown Mylands brushing French polish thinners 500ml £12.50 Golden brown Mellow brown Rustins plastic coating thinners 500ml £9.15 Myland beeswax polish 400gm £11.90 Rustins pure turpentine 500ml £9.50 Chestnut liming wax 450gm £10.00 Rustins methylated spirits 500ml £2.95 Chestnut microcrystalline wax polish 225ml £9.50 Rustins raw linseed oil 500ml £6.90 Chestnut woodturners wax stick ea. £4.25 Rustins boiled linseed oil 500ml £7.25 Chestnut carnauba wax stick ea. £4.25 Chestnut burnishing cream 500ml £11.00 Chestnut microcrystalline wax stick ea. £4.25 Rustins finish reviver 300ml £5.25 Rustins ring remover 125ml £2.60 Tip Mylands dewaxing solution 1 litre £14.00 (1) Wax finishing is always easier and better over a base Rustins Strypit new formula 1 litre £18.30 coat of sanding sealer. Rustins grainfiller in 4 colours 230gm £4.50 (2) For durability and practicality less is more. Natural, Oak, Mahogany, Teak. (3) Application with a 0000 wire wool pad gives a Mylands pumice powder 500gm £15.00 thinner more even coat. Chestnut wax emulsion end seal 1 litre £8.25 (4) Beeswax is not great for items that are going to be Paraffin wax pellets 1 kg £9.95 handled because the melting point is so low that it Javis flat lacquer brush 25mm £4.95 can be marked by just the heat of the hand. Javis flat lacquer brush 38mm £6.00 Javis flat lacquer brush 50mm £7.20

ADHESIVES Pearl glue 1kg £10.50 Pearl glue 500gm £5.50 Hide glue 1kg £12.50 A selection of traditional and modern adhesives especially Hide glue 500gm £6.50 suited for general or specific elements within the many Gelatine based animal glues. woodcrafts that we provide for including many hard to find products and offering good value for money. The traditional ‘glue pot’ glue – animal glue remains a very strong performer for general use and is the superior glue for traditional hand veneering methods because the hot water Cascamite 1kg £12.95 element helps the veneer lie flat.

Urea formaldehyde glue – water resistant The pearls or granules must be pre- soaked in cold water for a few hours and then are brought to a simmer in a glue pot and Titebond original – Aliphatic resin glue 473ml £6.05 applied hot. Animal glues are not waterproof so are ideal for 946ml £8.25 use in joints which may need to be opened up for repairs. 3.8 litre £22.45 Titebond II – water resistant 473ml £7.25 946ml £9.85 3.8 litre £26.65 Titebond III – waterproof 473ml £9.35 Mirox paper 80 grit sheet £0.55 946ml £14.10 pack 25 £11.20 3.8 litre £37.50 100, 120 grit sheet £0.52 Titebond extend – Long open time 473ml £8.50 150, 240 grit pack 50 £18.50 3.8 litre £34.20 Yellow aluminium oxide paper with a flexible backing for Titebond liquid hide glue 237ml £7.50 coarser and faster hand sanding of work. Used cold straight out of the bottle

Titebond polyurethane glue 118ml £5.95 Carat paper 240, 320, 400 grit sheet £0.52 237ml £9.15 pack 50 £18.90

This is an immensely strong type of glue suitable for wood, Open coat flexible aluminium oxide paper treated with zinc metal, masonry, fibreglass etc. It is completely waterproof and stearate to prevent clogging. Excellent for painted surfaces and foams slightly as it dries to fill gaps. wood finishing or for bare wood surfaces where the wood might have an oily nature such as rosewood or teak.

Z poxy 30 minute drying time 8 oz set £15.00 Waterproof paper 400, 600, 1000 grit sheet £0.60 Top quality epoxy resin for incredibly strong bonds in a wide pack 50 £21.50 range of materials. Can be used lubricated with water or white spirit on painted or Large value for money pack varnished surfaces as part of the wood finishing process.

Zap CA 2 oz. £10.80 Mirlon web abrasive medium, fine sheet £1.30 Zap CA 1 oz. £6.50 ultra fine. Pack 20 £19.50 Zap a gap 2 oz. £10.80 Zap a gap 1 oz. £6.50 Like a scouring pad but impregnated with abrasive particles. Slo Zap 1 oz. £6.70 Zip Kicker – Accelerator aerosol 2 oz. £6.95 Zap debonder 1 oz £3.95 Silverline rolls 80, 120, 180 grit 10m roll £4.20 Cyanoacrylate adhesives – Superglues. Heavy duty aluminium oxide paper 115mm wide x 5 m long. Zap CA is thin and watery and will successfully and instantly repair hairline cracks and heat checks in wood. Zap CA can Silverline rolls 240, 320, 400 grit 5m roll £2.95 give an instant and effective fix when trickled into loose mortice and tenon joints in chairs and other items of furniture. Stearated aluminium oxide anti-clog paper for finishing.

Zap A Gap is an almost instant settingglue but is a more viscous formulation that has very good gap filling properties. Abrasive belt cleaner 200 x 38 x 38mm £10.50 Zap A Gap is of great use when loose fitting joints or more substantial repairs in wood.

Slo Zap is a viscous slow setting formulation allowing more Wire wool coarse no. 2 250gm £4.25 time for assembly and alignment of parts. Slo Zap can be used medium 0 250gm £4.75 with zip kicker to speed up the final bond. extra fine 0000 250gm £5.25 WOODCARVING Pfeil and gouges

Cut 1 2mm £18.50 Cut 1S 3mm £18.50 3mm £18.50 5mm £18.50 5mm £18.50 8mm £18.50 8mm £18.50 12mm £20.00 12mm £20.00 16mm £20.00 16mm £20.00 20mm £24.00 20mm £24.00 25mm £27.00 25mm £27.00 Cut 1 Cut 2

Cut 2 3mm £18.50 Cut 3 2mm £18.50 5mm £18.50 3mm £18.50 8mm £18.50 5mm £18.50 12mm £20.00 8mm £18.50 16mm £20.00 12mm £20.00 20mm £24.00 16mm £20.00 25mm £27.00 20mm £24.00 30mm £32.00 25mm £27.00 30mm £32.00

Cut 5 2mm £18.50 Cut 7 2mm £18.50 3mm £18.50 4mm £18.50 5mm £18.50 6mm £18.50 8mm £18.50 10mm £20.00 12mm £20.00 14mm £20.00 16mm £20.00 18mm £24.00 20mm £24.00 20mm £27.50 25mm £27.00 25mm £27.50 Cut 3 Cut 5 30mm £32.00 30mm £34.00

Cut 8 2mm £18.75 Cut 9 2mm £18.75 3mm £18.75 3mm £18.75 4mm £18.75 5mm £18.75 7mm £18.75 7mm £18.75 10mm £20.00 10mm £20.00 13mm £20.00 13mm £20.00 16mm £24.00 15mm £24.00 20mm £27.50 20mm £27.50 25mm £27.50 25mm £27.50 30mm £34.00

Cut 11 0.5mm £21.00 Cut 12 2mm £21.50 1mm £21.00 3mm £21.50 2mm £21.00 4mm £21.50 3mm £21.00 6mm £21.50

4mm £21.00 8mm £25.00 Cut 7 Cut 8 5mm £21.00 10mm £25.00 7mm £21.00 10mm £23.50 Cut 15 3mm £22.00 15mm £27.20 6mm £24.90 Spoonbent Cut 2A 8mm £18.50 Cut 3A 8mm £18.50 12mm £20.00 12mm £20.00 20mm £24.00 20mm £24.00 Cut 5A 8mm £18.50 Cut 7A 10mm £19.00 12mm £20.00 18mm £24.00 20mm £24.00 25mm £29.50 Cut 9A 3mm £19.00 Cut 11A 2mm £21.75 7mm £19.00 4mm £21.75 Cut 12A 3mm £21.75 Cut 25 6mm £24.80 6mm £21.75 12mm £24.80

25mm £29.50 Cut9 Cut 11 Cut 12 Cut 15

Pfeil chisels and gouges – contd. Pfeil products

Fishtail Cut 1F 8mm £19.50 Cut 3F 6mm £20.75 14mm £21.00 8mm £20.75 Straight gouge 20mm £22.50 12mm £22.00 14mm £22.00 Cut 5F 6mm £20.75 16mm £26.00

8mm £20.75 20mm £26.00 Longbent gouge 12mm £22.00 14mm £22.00 Cut 7F 6mm £20.75 16mm £26.00 8mm £20.75 20mm £26.00 12mm £22.00 Spoonbent gouge 14mm £22.00 Cut 9F 10mm £24.50 16mm £26.00

20mm £28.00 20mm £26.00 Fishtail gouge

Longbent Cut 5L 16mm £23.00 Cut 8L 13mm £24.50 20mm £27.50 18mm £28.50 25mm £31.75

Other Pfeil products

Drawknife – exquisite, small and very sharp £35.00

Blockcutting set A – 6pc in a box £90.00 Short carving tools with mushroom shaped handles Cut 1/8mm, 1S/8mm, 1A/8mm, 5/3mm, 11/4mm Violin maker’s knife 12A/2mm. Blockcutting set B – 6pc in a box £90.00 Cut 5/3mm, 7/6mm, 7/10mm, 9/5mm, 11/1mm 12/1mm Blockcutting set C – 6pc in a box £90.00 Cut 8/3mm, 8/7mm, 9/2mm, 11/0.5mm, 12/4mm 15/2mm

Chipcarving knifes Blockcutting set ‘A’

No. 1 £11.50 No. 6 £12.50 No. 2 £11.50 No. 7 £10.00 No. 3 £10.00 No. 8 £10.00 No. 4 £10.00 No. 9 £10.00 No. 5 £12.50 No. 10 £10.00

Violin makers knifes 6mm £10.80 Blockcutting set ‘B’ 12mm £10.80 19mm £10.80

Other makes 1 2 carvers – 3 ½” £36.50 Beechwood carvers mallet – 80mm £13.30 3 4 Beechwood carvers mallet – 100mm £19.50 Veritas journeyman’s mallet – 570gm brass head £22.50

Veritas carvers vice £109.00 5 6 Comes with dog hole mounting assembly

1000 grit Japanese multiform water slipstone £12.40 7 8 4000 grit Japanese multiform water slipstone £14.40 Arkansas slipstone 125 x 45mm £20.80 9 10 Arkansas slipstone 60 x 25mm £12.50 Chipcarving knifes SHAPING TOOLS

Hand stitched

Needle rasps – 38 teeth per cm.

Flat 160mm £8.45 Tapered 160mm £7.80 Triangle 160mm £11.60 Round 160mm £10.65 Oval 160mm £10.90 Half round 160mm £9.70

Each point in a hand stitched is tapped into the metal one Hand stitched needle rasps at a time using a special pointed and a carefully measured hammer blow. This rare skill is only practised in a few factories in the world, these tools are from the Czech republic.

Shinto saw rasps

SR10 Saw rasp – one handle 250mm £15.00 SR30 Saw rasp – two handles 250mm £24.15 SR30 Saw rasp – spare blade 250mm £12.50

This unique Japanese tool is a lattice constructed from an adapted form of hacksaw blade and is double sided fine/coarse. They shape wood extremely quickly and almost never clog because the waste simply falls through the gaps in the lattice.

Shinto saw rasps Iwasaki files

Standard half round – 1 cutting face 200mm £17.50 Standard flat – 2 cutting faces 200mm £17.50 Polished half round – 1 cutting face 200mm £25.80 Polished flat – 2 faces smooth 200mm £23.00 Polished flat – 2 faces extra smooth 200mm £25.80 ‘Needle’ half round – one face 100x10mm £17.50 ‘Needle’ flat – 2 cutting faces 100x10mm £17.50

Iwasaki carver’s files are precision manufactured in Japan and have a unique tooth design that removes material quickly and cleanly leaving an exceptionally smooth surface comparable to 280 grit abrasive paper. Iwasaki files The chemically polished files go through aa additional process that makes them ultra-sharp and these tools work more quickly and with lighter pressure that would be necessary with the standard tools.

Beber hook knifes

Double edged deep profile hook knife £18.80 Double edged shallow profile hook knife £18.80

Hook or spoon knives are they are sometimes called are very popular with spoon makers and green woodworkers. Beber hook knives

JAPANESE TOOLS

Saws – by Z saw and Shogun

Kataba saw 265mm – 14tpi £22.50 Spare blade £8.55 Kataba saw The kataba saw has a relatively fine tooth and a short back and functions as a cross cut .

Hassunme 250mm – 16tpi £26.60 Spare blade £13.50 Designed for fast rip sawing of long boards. Hassunme saw

Dozuki saw – fine tooth – 240mm – 26tpi £31.25 Spare blade £17.70

Mini dozuki saw – regular tooth – 150mm – 18tpi £19.10 Spare blade £9.00 The dozuki saw has a very fine tooth and long back and is used in place of a tenon or dovetail saw. Dozuki saw

Kugihiki flush cut saw 125mm 24tpi £16.65 Flexible blade to flush cut through & tenons.

Ikedami dovetail saw £17.10

Azebiki barrel saw 70mm £16.65 Mini Dozuki saw

Precision v tooth saw 115mm £12.50 Super precision dozuki saw 100mm £12.50 Folding fine cut saw 100mm £15.00

Laminated steel oiri nomi chisels Kugihiki saw

Premium SK5 3mm £37.50 £14.00 6mm £38.35 £14.00 12mm £39.15 £14.50 18mm £40.80 £15.50 Azebiki saw 24mm £49.50 £19.20 5 pc. set SK5 grade - with canvas tool roll, one of £82.50 each to the above sizes

Shirogami and Maruya brands. Precision v tooth saw

Kiridashi knives

Super precision dozuki saw 12mm £15.00 18mm £15.00

Waterstones – by Ice Bear Folding fine cut saw

Bench stone – medium / 800grit 200 x 63 x 30mm £18.00 Bench stone – fine / 4000grit 190 x 63 x 19mm £19.00 Multiform slip stone – medium / 1000grit £12.40

Multiform slip stone – fine / 4000 grit £14.40 Kiridashi knife

Waterstones are man-made from very sharp particles fused together in a friable bond. This allows new sharp abrasive particles to be constantly exposed and the stones maintain a very fast cutting action.

Laminated steel

HAND PLANES BY VERITAS

Veritas range offer some of the most accurately made planes available today. This combined with some interesting and unique aspects to the design make them an ideal choice for the serious craftsman in wood.

Plane bodies are made from stress relieved ductile iron DX60 Block castings surface ground to very fine tolerances. Where possible we supply planes fitted with the new PM-VII blades as standard for ease of sharpening and extended edge holding on all types of wood.

Most planes have adjustable mouths and blade adjustment is via a single screw/lever ‘Norris’ style mechanism that adjusts the blade up/down and laterally. Grub screws from the side ensure correct blade alignment. Standard

DX60 Block Plane £167.90

Supplied with a 35mm PM-VII steel blade 12 degree bed angle, 25 degree

Standard block plane £130.40 Low angle block plane

Supplied with a 41mm PM-VII steel blade 20 degree bed angle, 25 degree bevel

Low angle block plane £130.40

Supplied with a 42mm PM-VII steel blade 12 degree bed angle, 25 degree bevel Skew block plane

Toothed blade 41mm A2 steel £24.80

Suitable for low angle or standard block plane 25 degree bevel.

Skew block plane £161.25 Pocket plane Supplied with a 38mm A2 steel blade 15 deg. skew,12 deg. bed angle, 25 deg. bevel

Pocket plane 115mm overall length £75.40

Supplied with a 44mm A2 steel blade 15 degree bed angle, 25 degree bevel

Low angle Low angle smoothing plane 254 x 63mm £197.90

Supplied with a 21mm PM-VII steel blade 12 degree bed angle, 25 degree bevel

Low angle 380 x 70mm £219.60

Supplied with a 57mm PM-VII steel blade 12 degree bed angle, 25 degree bevel Low angle jack plane

HAND PLANES BY VERITAS contd.

No.4 Smoothing plane 240 x 63mm £222.90

Supplied with a 50mm PMV11 steel blade

No.4 ½ Smoothing plane 254 x 73mm £223.70 No. 4 ½ Bench plane

Supplied with a 60mm PM-VII steel blade

No.6 457 x 73mm £243.30

Supplied with a 60mm PM-VII blade

No 6 Fore plane Large 210 x 32mm £182.90

Supplied with a 32mm PM-VII blade

Small shoulder plane 155 x 13mm £143.50

Supplied with a 13mm PM-VII blade Large shoulder plane

Side rebate plane £94.20

Supplied with O1 steel blades Small shoulder plane

Wooden plane hardware kit £41.60

Supplied with PM-VII blade

Side rebate plane – choose flat or curved base £76.25

Supplied with PM-V11 steel blade

Scraping plane £146.40 Wooden plane hardware kit

Supplied with A2 steel blade

Small scraping plane 135 x 50mm £76.60

Supplied with a high carbon steel blade Spokeshave

Scraper plane

No. 4 Bench plane Small scraper plane

HAND PLANES BY VERITAS contd.

This selection of Veritas miniature tools are fully functional versions of their full sizes counterparts. The block plane, bench plane, shoulder plane and planes have screw adjustment for depth of cut. The block plane and bench plane’s Norris style Mini block plane adjusters also allow adjustment of blade angle.

They are charming and desirable little items that easily find their place in small scale work such as box making, or in the fine detail work often found in crafts such as guitar building.

Miniature low angle block plane 60 x 19mm £37.70 Mini bench plane Supplied with 12.7mm wide A2 steel blade 12 degree bed angle, 25 degree bevel In fitted metal case

Miniature bevel up bench plane 90 x 20.5mm £41.60

Supplied with 16mm wide A2 steel blade Mini shoulder plane 12 degree bed angle, 25 degree bevel In fitted metal case

Miniature shoulder plane 65.5 x 6.3mm £35.80

Supplied with 6.3mm wide A2 steel blade In fitted metal case Detail palm plane flat sole and compound curve sole

Detail palm plane flat sole 38 x 16mm (sole) £49.90

Supplied with 9.5mm wide A2 steel blade

Detail palm plane compound convex sole £49.90 Mini edge plane

Supplied with 9.5mm wide A2 steel blade

Miniature edge plane 60mm long £33.90

Supplied with 12.5mm wide A2 steel blade In fitted metal case

Mini Miniature router plane 75mm wide £37.70

Supplied with 3.2mm wide A2 steel blade In fitted metal case

Miniature spokeshave 89mm long £36.10

Supplied with 19mm wide A2 steel blade

In fitted metal case Mini spokeshave

VERITAS QUALITY HAND TOOLS

Tenon saw £89.90

Cross cut teeth 12tpi Blade length 400mm

Tenon saw Small cross cut saw £50.40

Cross cut teeth 16tpi Blade length 235mm

Small cross cut saw Dovetail saw £50.40

14tpi Blade length 230mm

Dovetail saw

Fine tooth dovetail saw £50.40

20tpi Blade length 235mm

Fine toothed dovetail saw

Variable £25.50

For raising a burr on cabinet scrapers Angle can be set from 0 – 15 degrees Carbide rod bearing surfaces.

Cabinet scraper holder £24.45 Variable burnisher

Protects from the heat and stress on the hands when using a cabinet scraper. The appropriate bow can be set using the central screw adjuster. Accepts scrapers 140 – 150mm long

Glass reinforced nylon and brass construction.

One veritas cabinet scraper included in the box.

Cabinet scraper holder

3pc Super hard curved cabinet scraper set £10.25

These Veritas scrapers are hardened to HRC 48-52 for increased edge holding capability, somewhat harder than most cabinet scrapers. The thickness of 0.4mm makes them suitable for fine and delicate work.

3pc Scraper set

4pc Super hard cabinet scraper set £14.75

Harder than most cabinet scrapers at HRC 38-42 this set of standard 150mm x 60mm cabinet scrapers comes in four thicknesses: for fine work 0.4mm and 0.6mm and for heavy work 0.8mm and 1mm. 4pc scraper set

TOOLS OF GENERAL INTEREST

Marking and measuring tools Sharpening tools

Stainless steel rule – metric/imperial 150mm £4.90 Ezelap diamond sharpening plate 8 x 3” fine £65.00 300mm £8.60 Ezelap diamond hand lap 2 x ¾” fine £8.90 600mm £20.50 1000mm £38.00 Ice bear 800 grit bench waterstone 200x63mm £18.75 Ice bear 4000 grit bench waterstone 190x63mm £20.80 Ice bear 1000 grit multiform slip 100x50mm £12.40 Rosewood – Crown tools 3” £11.70 Ice bear 4000 grit multiform slip 100x50mm £14.40 4” £12.20 6” £14.40 Arkansas slip stone 120x45mm £20.80 9” £17.00 Arkansas slip stone 60x25mm £12.50 12” £21.70 Cutting tools Rosewood mitre square - Crown 10” £29.90 Miniature brass plane - Silverline 75mm £7.50 Rosewood dovetail square – Crown 3”angle 1:6 £13.90 Miniature bullnose plane 75mm £7.50 3”angle 1:8 £13.90 Miniature scraper plane- Silverline 75mm £7.50

Rosewood bevel – Crown 3” £10.60 3 pc scraper set – Crown £9.50 7 ½” £16.80 4 pc mini scraper set – Crown £10.50 9” £18.20 Cabinet scraper– Crown 5 x 3” £3.90 Scraper Burnisher £10.90 Rosewood marking guage – Crown miniature £9.00 Standard £20.50 Swann Morton scalpel handle No. 3 £2.75 Acrylic scalpel handle No. 5A £6.80 Rosewood cutting guage – Crown miniature £12.00 Retractaway handle Each. £4.95 Standard £23.50 Scalpel blades 10A, 11, 15, 15A 5pc. pack £0.80 100pc. box £9.95 Rosewood mortice guage – Crown screwslide £44.50 Swann Morton scalpel handle No. 4 £2.75 Acrylic scalpel handle No 6A £6.80 Rosewood crown l/h or r/h £6.00 Scalpel blades 25A or 26 5pc. pack £0.80 100pc. box £9.95 Silverline precision square 75mm £3.95 100mm £4.50 Clamps 150mm £5.50 Silverline deep throat F 200x100 £8.00 Digital vernier calliper 150mm £17.50 300x120 £12.00 Igaging digital protractor 350mm £24.00 500x120 £13.50 Igaging digital outside caliper 200mm £35.00 1000x120 £18.50 Igaging digital inside caliper 200mm £35.00 Outside calliper 6” £5.20 Inside calliper 6” £5.20 Silverline G clamp 75mm £3.90 Double ended calliper 12” £17.60 100mm £4.70 Locking pencil 10” £18.60 150mm £7.90 Silverline locking dividers 150mm £6.00 200mm £11.50

Saws Other useful stuff All by Crown hand tools Leather chisel roll £8.95 Tenon saw – handle 12” £54.50 Dovetail saw – Beech handle 8” £52.00 Wood moisture meter £19.95 Gents saw – Rosewood handle 4” 25tpi £14.00 6” 17tpi £15.00 8” 17tpi £16.30 10” 17tpi £16.90 Model makers saw – Rosewood 6” 20tpi £17.50 Flush cutting saw – Rosewood 6” 20tpi £13.40 – beech handle 3” £16.40 Veneer inlaying saw – Rosewood 3” £17.80 fret slot cutting saw 8” £22.50

How to order Who are we?

Please check availability by emailing your requirements to Timberline was established in 1980 and the core business was [email protected] or contact us by phone on to find rare woods for musical instrument makers. Up to that 01732 355626. time the current proprietor of the business had been building musical instruments as an amateur, student and professional We will then confirm availability and the price including the for 10 years. delivery method of your choice including vat. For the entire history of the company Timberline staff The minimum value for mail order consignments is members have been drawn from the musical instrument and £25.00 plus carrier plus vat. There is no minimum order cabinet making trades. This means that a skill set has evolved value for personal callers. to produce tonewoods for guitar makers to an exceptionally high standard. You are welcome to visit to make your own selection. Please call us first to check that specialist staff will be available to help Over time the business has grown and has evolved to supply you. Our opening hours are 9.30am – 5.30pm Monday to speciality timbers to many other wood crafts. We regularly Friday. supply bespoke furniture makers, Archery bow makers, Antique restorers, Woodturners, Woodcarvers and many other The prices in this catalogue do not include vat. fine crafts through our ‘Decorative and Specialist timbers’ catalogue. Please request this catalogue or Orders are sent after payment has been made. download it from the website for information about our stocks and other items We accept card payments. To pay by card please call us on 01732 355626 with your card details. Card details are not retained and any paper copies of card transactions are shredded From the Forest for your security.

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We can also accept payment by cheque. Please make your cheque payable to ‘Timberline’. Cheque payments take a few days to clear and this payment method should not be used if speed is of the essence.

Typical courier rates for most of mainland Britain are as follows. There are geographical supplements for the Scottish Highlands, Northern Ireland and some other regions. For these areas we will quote the best rates we can find.

Premium courier 1 – 2 day service for parcels more than 1400mm long. First 20kg £15.00 plus vat then 55p per kg plus To the Guitar maker vat thereafter.

Premium courier 1 – 2 day service for parcels up to 1400mm long with maximum weight 20kg. £12.00 plus vat.

Standard courier 3 – 4 day service for parcels up to 1200mm long with maximum weight 15kg. £7.50 plus vat.

Timber from species listed on Appendix II and III or CITES cannot be shipped out of Europe. The species this applies to are:

Bubinga Honduras and South American Cedar Cuban specie Mahogany Honduras and South American mahogany All timbers in the dalbergia genus – all the rosewoods!. We try harder