{"product_id":"timber-frame-pro-kit","title":"Pro Timber Framing Tool Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Pro Timber Framing Tool Kit is a timber framing tool kit for taking a frame from first layout line to final peg: everything in our Complete Kit plus a pair of Robert Sorby skew chisels, a Melbourne low angle smoothing plane, an Olfa marking knife and a Lug-All come along for the raising. It comes in four versions: an imperial or metric framing square, with a clamp lock or magnetic lock combination square.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou save over $165 with this kit as opposed to buying the tools individually.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/messerschmidt-timber-framing-chisel\"\u003eMHG Messerschmidt Timber Framing Chisels\u003c\/a\u003e (1-1\/2 in and 2 in) and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/wood-is-good-mallet-30-oz\"\u003eWood Is Good Mallet\u003c\/a\u003e (30 oz) cut the mortise. The MHG chisels are German framing chisels with 7 in blades, 18 in overall, hardened to 61 HRC over the full working length, on oiled ash handles in steel sleeves. The 30 oz mallet has a lead-plugged urethane head that absorbs shock and will not split a chisel handle, and it is the mallet we recommend to nearly everyone driving framing chisels. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/mhg-slick\"\u003eMHG Timber Framing Slick\u003c\/a\u003e (2 in) pares wide surfaces flat. Its canted blade gives your knuckles clearance, it is made in true inch sizes, and like every slick it is pushed, never struck. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/skew-chisel-set-robert-sorby\"\u003eRobert Sorby Bevelled Skew Framing Chisel Pair\u003c\/a\u003e (1 in, one left and one right) handles detailed paring and fitting. The chisels are made in Sheffield, England, with 9-3\/4 in blades on ash handles, and their side bevels let you undercut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo planes trim and finish the joints. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/60-1-2-sweetheart-block-plane-stanley-bailey-line\"\u003eStanley No. 60-1\/2 Sweetheart Low Angle Block Plane\u003c\/a\u003e is 6-1\/2 in long with a 1-5\/8 in A2 iron bedded at 12 degrees, the low angle that suits end grain, and an adjustable mouth. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/low-angle-smoothing-plane\"\u003eMelbourne Tool Company Low Angle Smoothing Plane\u003c\/a\u003e does the final surfacing. It is a bevel-up plane with a 9-5\/8 in sole, a 2 in M2 high speed steel blade on a 12 degree bed, and a fully adjustable mouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/wood-owl-ultra-smooth-tri-cut-auger-bit-18\"\u003eWood Owl Tri-Cut Auger Bit\u003c\/a\u003e (18 x 3\/4 in) bores the mortise, and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/centering-mirror\"\u003eCentering Mirror\u003c\/a\u003e helps you bore square without a drill press: sight the bit against its reflection, and when the two form one straight line you are at 90 degrees. Two Japanese pull saws cut the tenon. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/ryoba-handsaws\"\u003eGyokucho Ryoba Saw\u003c\/a\u003e (300 mm) has rip teeth on one edge and crosscut teeth on the other on an 11-3\/4 in blade. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/universal-saw-h-300-by-z-saw\"\u003eZ-Saw Universal Kataba Saw\u003c\/a\u003e (300 mm) has no back spine, so it cuts to any depth, and its teeth handle rip, crosscut and angled cuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/shinwa-framing-square\"\u003eShinwa Japanese Framing Square\u003c\/a\u003e (16 x 24 in, imperial or metric) lays out the joints. It is stainless steel with deeply etched graduations and carries the rafter table, brace table and octagon scale, and we put it in our kits because it is truer than the common hardware store square. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/kapro-combination-square\"\u003eKapro Combination Square\u003c\/a\u003e (12 in) checks square and sets depths. The clamp lock version (Kapro 352) locks the blade with a traditional clamp, and the magnetic lock version (Kapro 325) holds it with magnets so it stays where you set it. A \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/stanley-fatmax-35-ft\"\u003eStanley FatMax Tape Measure\u003c\/a\u003e (35 ft, 1-1\/4 in blade), a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/lutz-357-utility-knife\"\u003eLutz 357 Utility Knife\u003c\/a\u003e, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/knife-olfa-34b-craft\"\u003eOlfa 34B Stainless Craft Knife\u003c\/a\u003e for precise marking, and three black Shelter Institute \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/carpenter-pencil\"\u003ecarpenter pencils\u003c\/a\u003e finish the layout tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen it is time to raise, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/lug-all-2-ton-cable-hoist\"\u003eLug-All 2 Ton Cable Hoist Come Along\u003c\/a\u003e gives you the mechanical pull to draw joints tight. It is rated 4,000 lb on a double line with 10 ft of lift, and it is made in the USA with an aluminum frame and a handle that bends before the hoist is overloaded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor sharpening, the kit includes our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/shelter-sharpening-kit\"\u003eShelter Sharpening Kit\u003c\/a\u003e, the setup we teach in the Purely Post \u0026amp; Beam Online Course and our in-person courses: a glass plate with sandpaper, a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/veritas-honing-guide-mkii\"\u003eVeritas Mk.II Standard Honing Guide\u003c\/a\u003e to hold the bevel angle, and a leather strop. We add 12,000-grit aluminum oxide for the final polish and a cleaning rag. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/camellia-oil-8-oz\"\u003eKurobara Japanese Camellia Oil\u003c\/a\u003e (245 ml) keeps rust off the chisels, slick, saws and other carbon steel, and it will not dry or gum. The hand tools pack into a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/extreme-big-daddy-tool-bag\"\u003eBucket Boss Extreme Big Daddy Tool Bag\u003c\/a\u003e: 26 in long, 30 liters, with 25 pockets and a PVC-reinforced bottom. You will need a drill, or a hand brace with an adapter, to drive the auger bit's 7\/16 in hex shank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt pairs with our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltercourses.com\/purely-post-beam-online-course\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePurely Post \u0026amp; Beam Online Course\u003c\/a\u003e. For a smaller set, see the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/timber-frame-complete-kit\"\u003eComplete Timber Framing Tool Kit\u003c\/a\u003e, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/timber-frame-starter-kit\"\u003eStarter Timber Framing Tool Kit\u003c\/a\u003e or, for a first weekend project, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/timber-frame-weekender-kit\"\u003eWeekender Timber Framing Tool Kit\u003c\/a\u003e. To add power tools, step up to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/timber-frame-pro-kit-power-tools\"\u003ePro Timber Framing Tool Kit + Power Tools\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePat and Patsy Hennin founded Shelter Institute in Bath, Maine in 1974 to teach people to build their own homes. They built their early frames outside on their farm, and Pat recalls that their most important tool was the framing square: they used it to scrape the ice off the beams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shelter Institute","offers":[{"title":"Imperial System of Measurement \/ Clamp Lock","offer_id":49430783197406,"sku":null,"price":3310.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Imperial System of Measurement \/ Magnetic Lock","offer_id":49430783230174,"sku":null,"price":3310.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Metric System of Measurement \/ Clamp Lock","offer_id":49430783262942,"sku":null,"price":3310.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Metric System of Measurement \/ Magnetic Lock","offer_id":49430783295710,"sku":null,"price":3310.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/1838\/8808\/files\/timber-frame-pro-kit-045l.jpg?v=1794608648","url":"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/en-ca\/products\/timber-frame-pro-kit","provider":"Shelter Institute","version":"1.0","type":"link"}