Marking Gauges
A high quality marking gauge is essential for your finest work. Many customers have asked me to make a marking gauge for them, unfortunately, I have not had the time to bring one into production.  However, Jeff Hamilton of Hamilton Woodworks has developed a very high quality marking gauge that I am proud to offer to you. It comes in two sizes, 4 inch and 6 inch; this refers to the length of the beam. Both gauges use a precision cutting blade with a radius, thumbnail grind resulting in a smooth, precise and clean mark. The unique shape results in comfortable options for gripping. The wide fence gives great stability resulting in almost effortless marking. The 4 inch size is ideal for small scale work like marking baselines for dovetailed drawers. The 6 inch gauge is a nice size for larger scale work like marking panels or if you have larger hands. The gauges are offered in Cocobolo, Curly Maple and African Blackwood exclusively through Blue Spruce Toolworks. Cherry, locally harvested by Jeff, is also available as an option.

Butt Chisels
Blue Spruce Toolworks is very pleased to offer a new line of fine, precision butt chisels. There are very few butt chisels available on the current market and even fewer quality ones. These are designed similar to Blue Spruce Toolworks’ bench chisels and are some of the highest quality available today, for your finest work. They excel when you like to hold a blade close to your work like chopping to a baseline and fitting into tight places. Butt chisels are also ideal for shallow mortising tasks such as installing hinges. They are quite short with an overall length of only 6-1/2 inches (165 mm). The picture shows one in comparison to a bench chisel and mallet. The blades are 2-1/2 inches (63.5 mm) long from the front of the ferrule and are available in 1/8 to 1-1/2 inch (3.2 to 38.1 mm) widths. The handles are available standard with tough but beautiful, infused maple. Other woods available as a special order option at this time.  They will become a “go-to” chisel for many operations.

Mini Chisels
There has been much interest in very small detail chisels for doing inlay and stringing work. Blue Spruce Toolworks is excited to announce the availability of a range of precision chisels for doing your finest detail work. They are precision ground, straight sided chisels available in four widths, .024, .032, .046 and .062 inches (.61, .81, 1.17 and 1.57 mm). Standard metric widths  of 1.00 and 1.50 mm wide are also available by special order. The blades are ground from M2 alloy steel and hardened to 60 Rc. With careful use, these chisels can also be used for delicate grooving work on a lathe. The handles are appropriately sized to fit snug in your hand and allow working close to your workpiece. The standard wood choices include cocobolo, figured maple and African Blackwood however most any wood can be ordered as a custom choice.