{"product_id":"timber-frame-starter-kit","title":"Starter Timber Framing Tool Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Starter Timber Framing Tool Kit is a beginner timber framing tool kit with the core hand tools to lay out, cut, bore and sharpen the joinery for your first timber frame, packed in a Bucket Boss Gatemouth tool bag. 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 $100 with this kit as opposed to buying the tools individually.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/messerschmidt-timber-framing-chisel\"\u003eMHG Messerschmidt Timber Framing Chisel\u003c\/a\u003e (1-1\/2 in) and \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 is a German framing chisel with a 7 in blade, 18 in overall, hardened to 61 HRC over its full working length, on an oiled ash handle in a steel sleeve. 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\/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. 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) cuts the tenon. It is a Japanese pull saw with 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 for scoring lines, 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\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 chisel, saw and other carbon steel, and it will not dry or gum. Everything packs into a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/gatemouth-tool-bag\"\u003eBucket Boss Gatemouth Tool Bag\u003c\/a\u003e (24 in) with 16 pockets, double-wall water-resistant fabric and a removable padded shoulder strap. 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 first project like a sawhorse or a mailbox post, start with the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/timber-frame-weekender-kit\"\u003eWeekender Timber Framing Tool Kit\u003c\/a\u003e. To go further, step up to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/timber-frame-complete-kit\"\u003eComplete Timber Framing Tool Kit\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":49430782869726,"sku":null,"price":734.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Imperial System of Measurement \/ Magnetic Lock","offer_id":49430782902494,"sku":null,"price":734.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Metric System of Measurement \/ Clamp Lock","offer_id":49430782935262,"sku":null,"price":734.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Metric System of Measurement \/ Magnetic Lock","offer_id":49430782968030,"sku":null,"price":734.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/1838\/8808\/files\/timber-framing-starter-kit-029.jpg?v=1794608648","url":"https:\/\/www.sheltertools.com\/products\/timber-frame-starter-kit","provider":"Shelter Institute","version":"1.0","type":"link"}