Designed to revolutionize your wax carving processes

Designed to revolutionize your wax carving processes. Wolf ’s Precision Wax Carvers are made of chromium manganese tool steel for precise, sharp, dur...
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Designed to revolutionize your wax carving processes. Wolf ’s Precision Wax Carvers are made of chromium manganese tool steel for precise, sharp, durable edges. The Beech wood handles are color coded and numbered for quick identification. The set of 18 tools comes complete with lidded plastic/wood canister and 24 page, 7”x7” full-color instructional booklet. Ideal for hand wax carving and touching up CAM models. Wolf Wax Carvers and Micro Carvers are manufactured by Ikohe, Inc.

Full Set: #CS-025 18 pc set with canister and booklet $156.40. Individual carvers: #CS-001 - CS-018 $11.70 ea. Tool Details: #1- scribe/detailing, #2- small 90°, #3–carving knife, #4 diamond point, #5- medium hollower, #6- medium rake hollower, #7-detailing knife, #8-small hollower, #9- small rake hollower, #10- medium 90° with safety edge, #11- pavilion with safety edges, #12- tapered triangle, #13- small rounding, #14 medium rounding, #15- undercutting, #16- concave/convex, #17- large hollower, #18- large rake hollower.

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Wolf ’s Precision Wax Carvers Booklet #CS-020 $12.50 ea. 24 page, 7” x 7” full-color booklet featuring Wolf ’s Precision Carvers and Wolf Wax by Ferris™. With over 120 color photographs, illustrations, step-by-step instructions and tips.

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Wolf Micro Carvers

#57-1658 $88.00 By popular demand. This set is smaller than the original 18 pc. set and is ideal for fine detailing of wax patterns. Set of 8, precision ground steel Micro Carving Tools, #19-26, with lidded plastic/wood container. These tools have color coded and numbered beechwood handles. #19 Wolf Micro Carver 90° with one safety edge and one cutting edge on the end. #20 Wolf Micro Carver 90° with safety edge on one long side. #21 Wolf Micro Carver smallest detailing knife. #22 Wolf Micro Carver small diamond point. #23 Wolf Micro Carver smallest hollower. #24 Wolf Micro Carver smallest rake hollower. #25 Wolf Micro Carver small pavillion tool, with safety edge on one long side. #26 Wolf Micro Carver small tapered triangle.

Wolf High Speed Cylinder and Round Burs are Coarse cut for rapid removal of wax or plastic. Use in rotary hand piece, drill press, milling machine or with Wolf Trimmers. Wolf Cylinder Burs have teeth on the end for milling. The cutting surface is 25mm long and shanks are 25mm long. The 11.1 and 8mm Cylinder Burs have 1/8” shanks, the other burs have 3/32” shanks.

#WX-CYL13 #WX-CYL19 #WX-CYL26 #WX-CYL30 #WX-CYL34

Cylinder 3.3 Cylinder 4.7 Cylinder 6.3 Cylinder 8.0 Cylinder 11.1

$12.92 ea. $14.50 ea. $15.22 ea. $18.26 ea. $24.38 ea.

#WX-RD05 #WX-RD14 #WX-RD20 #WX-RD28 #WX-RD31

Round 1.7 Round 3.5 Round 5.0 Round 7.2 Round 8.9

$ 8.26 ea. $10.88 ea. $12.36 ea. $13.92 ea. $16.32 ea.

Manufactured by Spearhead Tool Co.

Wolf Adjustable Trimmer #59-1728 $118.97 Stainless steel, aluminum and plastic. Ripfence and Wolf Collar included. Easy to use. One knob tightens to adjust the angle and secure the Wolf Adjustable Trimmer to a #30 flex shaft hand piece. Can be hand held (against a bench pin or table-top) or held in a GRS Benchmate™ with included Wolf Collar. Stainless steel table slides to keep gap between table and bur minimal. Use with cylinder bur (11mm dia. maximum) to quickly and accurately trim carving wax. Angle easily adjusts for making accurate bevelled cuts.

Wolf Trimmer #59-1127 $41.50



Plastic and stainless steel. The top is 3” diameter for easy use. Slides over a #30 flex shaft hand piece. Use with cylinder bur (11mm diameter maximum) to quickly and accurately trim carving wax. Use with separating disk(s) on metal to cut grooves for inlay or channel setting. Can be hand held (against a bench pin or table top) or held in a GRS Benchmate™.

Wolf Collar

#WT-22 $ 9.95

This plastic sleeve fits around a #30 flex shaft hand piece and into the collar of a GRS Benchmate™ for polishing, finishing and wax lathe turning. Use to hold a ring mandrel in a GRS Benchmate™ Collar.

Wolf ’s Touch-Up Wax™ is ideal for final touch-up of surface imperfections such as pits and cracks on carving waxes. Flow Touch-Up Wax inside bezel walls for a tighter fit. Use hot tool to melt and apply Touch-Up Wax. Allow a few minutes for it to harden, then excess Touch-Up Wax can easily be scraped off for a smooth finish. This wax is liquid at 165°F.

Wolf ’s Relief Wax™ is ideal for creating intricate raised detail on the surface of carving and milling waxes. Apply Wolf ’s Relief Wax™ onto finished carving wax with a wax pen and allow it to harden for a few minutes. Excess Relief Wax is easily carved and detailed. Red color provides contrast making it easy to see detail and thickness of raised design. Melts at approximately 155°F.

Wolf ’s Wicked Sticky Positioning Wax™ is used to secure stones for accurate positioning and tracing.

Visit www.wolfwax.com and www.wolftools.com for free instruction.

Today’s high speed 3-D wax milling machines demand a wax that withstands extremely high RPM milling– and that is exactly what Wolf Milling Wax™ by Ferris® delivers. Possessing both high ductility and toughness, Wolf Milling Wax™ can be milled into the thinnest of cross sections with the most intricate details and minimal tool path residue. Wolf Milling Wax™ patterns clean up easily and burn out completely. Wax models produced from Wolf Milling Wax™ exhibit a goldish tone that is both easily read and helpful in visualizing how the finished piece will look when cast.

Wolf Milling Wax™ by Ferris® is available in many sizes of blocks, slices, round bars, ring tubes and other designer shapes to best meet your near net shape milling needs. Wolf Milling Wax™ by Ferris® can be special ordered in slices to fit any 3-D wax milling machine. Please specify thickness, length and width. Minimum order quantities may apply. For complete details visit www.wolfwax.com

Wolf Milling Wax™ by Ferris® is also an excellent hand carving wax!

Wolf Belt Sander #BE-100 $186.00 This compact and convenient Belt Sander is ideal for sprue grinding, model making and bench work. It is powered by a flex shaft that is easily attached with the quick change collar. Quick belt tensioning and changing is done with the turn of a knob. Clamps onto bench or counter, adjustable to infinite angles. Uses 1” x 10” belts. Comes complete with Adjustable Clamp, vacuum connector and 5 assorted ruby belts– 80, 120, 180, 240 & 320 grit. Dreamy.

Work on the end wheel, the top flat deck or turn Wolf Sander upside down to slack sand between the rollers. Ideal for sprue grinding, model making, graver sharpening, knife making, and bench work. Included Vacuum Connector can be used to connect a shop vac. A wide range of 3M™ belts are available for this sander.

Wolf GRS™ Adapter #BE-101 $13.60 Steel and plastic. Attaches the Wolf Belt Sander into a GRS™ Benchmate collar; allowing you to quickly adjust the Wolf Belt Sander to optimal working positions. (Benchmate collar not included). The Wolf Belt Sander and Wolf GRS Adapter are manufactured by Ikohe, Inc.

These 3M™ belts, when used correctly with medium to light pressure (and with lubrication for Imperial™ and Diamond Microfinishing Film™) offer much quicker cutting, longer life (3 -12 times longer!) and more consistent finishes than aluminum oxide belts. Although pricier than other belts, they are a much better value. Stone, E125 = 120 Provides the unique 3M™ Diamond flexibility of film and the Metal, grit Micro consistency of micron Enamel, finishing graded diamonds. Glass & E74 = 220 grit Film Fiberglass. You may find you will E45= 320 grit be able to start with a Product finer grade than normally used because of its more aggressive cut rate. Use water or Burr Life, which extend the life of the Diamond. Use light pressure. Do not dwell on one area of the belt.

can be run Wet or Dry.

E30 = 400 grit E20 = 600 grit E9 =3000 grit ( E = micron )

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Imperial Microfinishing Films

A high-strength polyester film backing is coated with a premium, micron-graded mineral particles that are electrostatically oriented for greater cutting efficiency, and resinbonded for increased durability. The result: a fast cutting abrasive that provides precise, consistently uniform, close tolerance finishes.

Metal, plastic, fiberglass, solid-| surface composites and wood. Product can be run Wet or Dry.

E60 = 220 grit E30 = 400 grit E15 = 600 grit E9 = 1,200 grit

3M™ Trizact™

A flexible cloth backing and aluminum oxide mineral makes 3M’s Trizact 217E a perfect choice for critical finishing applications. 217E starts sharp and stays sharp, resulting in more predictable

Use on metal, plastic, fiberglass, solid-surface composites and wood.

XODust

Combines two of 3M’s premier technologies: Cubitron™ mineral and Xodust™ dust control technology. These purple belts are coated with Cubitron™ ceramic aluminum oxide mineral, simply the best you can get. When removal of material is required at a fast rate, Regal purple is your choice.

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Wolf Sandblaster #52-1721, $572.00. The Wolf Sandblaster features an air filter to eliminate moisture which causes clumping, and a dust filter to keep hazardous dust from your workspace. It has a gasket to prevent leakage and a metal grate to keep the work up off the abrasive. The lid is lined with replaceable layers of clear film by 3M® to protect the lid from being frosted. Two gloves make it easier to hold the pieces you are blasting. The nozzle pivots to adjust for the dimensions of the piece you are working on. The on/ off switch is located inside the cabinet. It has a quick change nozzle to make it easy to attach the air hose. Manufactured by Ikohe.

Set of 3: #MAN-450.00, $8.95. Small Mandrel: #MAN-450.01, $2.50; For 3/4” wide sandpaper. 1/4” diameter mandrel has 1/8” shank, 1-3/4” long overall. Medium Mandrel: #MAN-450.02, $2.80. For 1” wide sandpaper, 5/16” diameter mandrel has 1/8” shank, 1-7/8” long overall. Large Mandrel: #MAN-450.03, $3.50. For 1” wide sandpaper. 1/2” diameter mandrel has 5/32” shank, 1-7/8” long overall. These mandrels are larger diameters and run true for quicker smoother finishing.

Wolf Groovy Chain Nose Pliers #PLR-752.00 $16.95 Use to close jump rings and to hold wire perpendicular to jaw for accurate filing and bending. Wolf Groovy Looping Pliers #PLR-751.00 $16.95 One round tapered jaw for loop making. Narrow flat jaw helps make a tight, close bend. Wolf Looping Pliers #PLR-753.00 $16.95 One tapered jaw and one narrow grooved jaw make it easy to reproduce 3 sizes of loops for wire wrapping and making earring loops. All Wolf Pliers are stainless steel and have box joints, dual leaf springs and are ergonomic PVC grips and are manufactured by EURO TOOL.

Wolf Groovy Cross Lock Tweezers #TWZ738.00, $8.95 The perpendicular groove in the jaws of these tweezers allows you to securely hold a wire, earring post or solder in position for precise soldering. Heat resistant fiber grips.

I’ve been at the bench and making jewelry for 34 years now. I love streamlining production processes; figuring out easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable ways to make things. If I’m struggling– maybe it’s not me– maybe the tool can be better. Every tool that crosses my bench is a good beginning– an invitation to improvise and improve. Located in Portland, Maine. In 2003 we launched Wolf Wax Carving Tools and Wolf Wax™by Ferris® and they won MJSA’s 2004 Innovator’s Award! As we continue adding tools to our product line, our mission is to provide you with impeccably designed, well crafted, reasonably priced tools and waxes; and to give you excellent educational product support. All prices in this brochure are Suggested Retail Prices and are subject to change. Wolf Tools sells directly only to students of Kate Wolf. All other orders can be placed through tool retailers. For a list of retailers and distributors of Wolf Tools; and for free tutorials and articles visit www.wolftools.com Wolf Wax™ can be purchased from Ferris Distributors and tool retailers world wide. www.wolfwax.com For information about Wax Carving Workshops taught by Kate Wolf and other workshops by leading educators visit: www.katewolfdesigns.com

Wolf Tools (207) 871-1343 P.O. Box 244, Portland, ME 04112 email: [email protected] www.

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