What Is a Quirk Router

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8 ай бұрын

The Quirk Router or Carriage Maker's router is an interesting tool from history. It is like a plow plane that is shaped like a spokeshave. Here is a look at the Quirk Router from Preston.
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@damiencwalker 8 ай бұрын

Hi James. That's a Preston model 1388P and you've missed the primary purpose that router was used for - not just to create grooves, but sprecifically to add grooves to mouldings. They were most commonly used to run a groove alongside a bead to create visual separation from the surrounding pattern. Also, they weren't designed to cut grooves for inlay, that was the job of the Preston 1396 stringing router.

@jfarmer1711 6 ай бұрын

Sometimes it's the comments that bring me back to rewatch a video! Thanks for the info!

@robertweldon7909 8 ай бұрын

This is the kind of stuff I like seeing on your channel, unique tools and uncommon processes. Both were shown here. I can see were this tool would be used in making groves in cabinet door stiles to fit the panels, back when there were no (cover your eyes and ears) power tools. ;-)

@johnfisk811 Ай бұрын

I have the instructions for making a wooden quirk router but this video shows me so much more about the blade and how it is used. Thank you.

@ericrichter7933 8 ай бұрын

Love seeing the oddities in the historical record. There was enough need to drive a market for all of these specialty tools. Really neat

@Rsama60 8 ай бұрын

You quickly get into the groove for the groove with this tool.

@johnfreiler6017 8 ай бұрын

A tool I had never even heard of before! Thanks! More of this sort of thing please!

@sawdustmaker9631 8 ай бұрын

Nice to see “new” tools. My wife’s ancestors made carriages and worked on Pullman Cars in southern PA. So seeing a tool they may have used is pretty fine. Thanks for putting out another good vid!!

@perstaunstrup3451 8 ай бұрын

Groovy! Fun to see the old tools for stuff most never thought about.

@AllanMacMillan 8 ай бұрын

An interesting niche tool. I wouldn't have thought of including nickers and the cutter in the same iron, that's a nice compact approach.

@transmundanium 8 ай бұрын

I've used mine to cut grooves for bottoms in big shrink pots. And for stringing inlay.

@williammaxwell1919 8 ай бұрын

For no other reason than "just because", I'd love to play with this quirky groove cutter.

@AngriestEwok 5 ай бұрын

Ha, I just bought one, by accident. It came in a box of old moulding planes I was after at auction. The one I have is incomplete and all wooden, probably 1800s or something. Interesting stuff, thanks.

@BobMuir100 8 ай бұрын

Now that is well thought out tool!!! They weren’t fools! Bob England

@stevem268 8 ай бұрын

i recently picked one of these oddities, had no idea what it was or how to use it! Now i know, thanks

@tomengel8833 8 ай бұрын

Now we all are going to look into getting one of these!

@rhpsoregon 8 ай бұрын

And all of a sudden they will become fantastically over-priced.

@richs5422 8 ай бұрын

Another tool I'd never heard of... Thanks!

@michaelmcdermott2178 8 ай бұрын

I saw one of these in a yard sale a few years ago complete with several cutters and passed on it because I thought it was too esoteric to be very useful. Since then, I've wished I had it at least twice. Thanks for a cool entry!

@Ralphfili 8 ай бұрын

Do you recall how much the seller was asking for it? I've run into a few instances where I've strongly regretted not buying an odd looking specialty tool because I had no clue what it was at the time or thought I wouldn't need it (when I do know what it is). I've also run into even more situations where I was standing in front of a tool or a group of tools that I wanted at a garage sale or related, but I tell myself that I can still take my time browsing a little longer and then someone else swoops in and takes what I was planning to buy (almost within seconds of me making the decision in my mind to hold off a little longer on picking up the tool even though it had just been there waiting for me to find it for all that time up to that point, sometimes for hours). Some of the things I didn't grab when I had the chance over the years... just thinking about it bothers me a lot more than it probably should.

@williammaxwell1919 8 ай бұрын

Sometimes we buy old tools, not because we have a use for them, but just because they are cool... and eventually, we invariably find we do have a use for them

@michaelmcdermott2178 8 ай бұрын

@@Ralphfili Mebbe $15? Don't recall for sure.

@Apillicus 8 ай бұрын

Another tool i don't really need, but immediately have used for it

@chrisemens4022 8 ай бұрын

James made me “wait until the end” just to hear him call it groovy.

@user-tz2gc5im4s 8 ай бұрын

I see your videos like this and think “I could use that”. Fun times

@austininatx 8 ай бұрын

This is so cool

@paco_vazquez 8 ай бұрын

Nice tool, and I need to keep an eye on my router and my spokeshaves 😂

@edwardleonard9901 8 ай бұрын

Thank you James! Always sharing and helping us learn more about this wonderful craft. I personally see it more as an inlay type of tool. A marriage between the router plane and a scratch stock. (More than with a spoke shave) Actually for inlay looks really cool as it can manage different depths and the ability to work for making stopped grooves, flat and curved surfaces and allows for the fence to have several distances from the edge. Looking at old/classic furniture with lots of inlay, this tool to me makes a lot of sense. Thanks again!

@stephenjervis4426 8 ай бұрын

My understanding has always been that a 'quirk' is a feature of moulding. A 'quirked moulding' is one which features a groove between convex & concave surfaces. If you wished to quirk your moulding, and had only hollows & rounds, then a quirking plane / router would be used (as opposed to a complex moulding plane which could achieve it from a single cutting iron).

@WoodByWrightHowTo 8 ай бұрын

That is probably the biggest feature that they advertised it for.

@glennbrouwer5253 8 ай бұрын

Hey James, it's Glenn, liked this video so much guess what, ya I bought off of ebay all redone and nickel plated ,comes with 2 3/4 straight ,2 3/4 curved and the 1 1/4 curved fences along with 0.177 and 0.10 cutters, who else out there makes the cutters for these, Jim Bode auctioneer had a set for 39 bucks but sold it awhile ago, I think this would come in handy for small grooves In wood rather than my Stanley 45 ,any way thanks again for a great video, best to you and your family Glenn

@mimikay3224 8 ай бұрын

I didn't know it 7minutes ago, but I need one. So much ideas

@notreallymyname3736 8 ай бұрын

So thats how they cut the grooves in the wooden toy train tracks!

@jamiehanson4955 8 ай бұрын

Like James, i saw this and several other related Preston types and decided that there are only a finite number of them now, so ill not ealk pat but get them as ive seen them then ill wait til James eventually gets some and expains how to use them, and he's finally done it, More to do yet James to explin tbe dtringing routers and the long compassing features. You know its a great vid for it.

@ga5743 8 ай бұрын

You are a treasure James, thanks for all the knowledge you share with us. What a cool tool.

@kencarlile1212 8 ай бұрын

Cool little doohicky! Should one pop up somewhere at a price I can't resist...

@techheck3358 8 ай бұрын

this looks like it would be very useful for making grooves for glass doors for cabinets!

@johnwolf4023 8 ай бұрын

There is a similar, wooden, plane called a "coachmaker's single stem plow plane" shown in the book "Christopher Gabriel and the Tool Trade in 18th Century London".

@margaretaltvater8765 8 ай бұрын

Keep 'em coming , James! I love seeing old tools i've never seen before! Great stuff!

@MCsCreations 8 ай бұрын

Pretty interesting tool indeed, James! Thanks!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@tatehogan5685 8 ай бұрын

Such a cool tool! Thanks for sharing it with us James!

@CleaveMountaineering 8 ай бұрын

Interesting - never heard of it before but beats doing that with a skinny chisel.

@OpossumPiper 8 ай бұрын

That's the quirkiest router I've ever seen!

@christopherharrison6724 8 ай бұрын

Love seeing tools I’ve never seen before thank you cool groovy cat.😂

@planeoldwoodworking 8 ай бұрын

This is a very interesting tool. Thank you for sharing.

@sjhcfp8146 8 ай бұрын

Funnily enough I had Quirk Router on my eBay watch list for months, missed out on a few then lost momentum - until now!

@rawr2u190 8 ай бұрын

Lol I was going to ask about the Reed Planes Howard adjuster. I never heard of these things, thank you for showing.

@johnford7847 8 ай бұрын

I'm not a tool collector nor a historian - but I do find your discussions of these specialized tools quite interesting. Thanks, James.

@kenny-anjanettehorn7722 8 ай бұрын

Never ever heard of one of those….. how many times have I watched one of these videos and said that?

@NanashiRyuu 8 ай бұрын

It's a little quirky, but quite handy once you get in the groove.

@professor62 8 ай бұрын

Wow, very cool! That’s a new one to me. Thanks for sharing it with us!

@gmmeier321 8 ай бұрын

Wow, cool. Never saw one before

@tomjkelleher 8 ай бұрын

Groovy tool! Thanks for sharing 👍

@J.A.Smith2397 8 ай бұрын

Been waiting to come across this since toenail

@ZER0MPH 8 ай бұрын

"Very very groovy!" Lol! 😂

@joseislanio8910 3 ай бұрын

That would make an interesting looking binding in a guitar

@iainmcculloch5807 8 ай бұрын

Oh. Now that really is a cool, fab, and groovy tool!

@ericpeery8004 8 ай бұрын

Another awesome video!

@bluesideup007 8 ай бұрын

Wow. I've never seen one of those. I've use a scratch stock to good effect, but i can see if you were doing inlays that would be handy.

@hassanal-mosawi4235 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that!

@user-yt5nx6jw4c 8 ай бұрын

Amazing the things human beings can come up with, especially woodworkers. Genius!

@ProfWisecrack 8 ай бұрын

Cool tool!

@B.A.Bassangler Ай бұрын

Looks like an ancient alien biscuit jointer.

@scottswineford6714 8 ай бұрын

Okay, I saw one years ago in Archie's carriage shop and didn't ask. I was too busy learning enough smithing to make a couple adzes and left hatchet. I imagine he used it for the inlays on the fancy carriages, certainly not the farm wagons still in use.

@ianpearse4480 8 ай бұрын

Very cool. Groovy!

@theidlehandsworkshop3884 8 ай бұрын

That's Groovy Baby.... Yeah !!!! I have to agree with some of the other comments, love this odd tool lesson, more please... some of us are sponges and never can have enough knowledge. Thank you very much for sharing this !!!

@HWCism 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thanks

@jrkorman 8 ай бұрын

Interesting, something I saw in an old catalog once but had no idea what it was used for.

@marcbarash6045 8 ай бұрын

Thanks James

@michaelballinger6419 8 ай бұрын

Thats so interesting cheers 👍

@mattf9096 8 ай бұрын

That seems like it could be useful to make funky shaped raised panel doors.

@anonymousaccordionist3326 8 ай бұрын

Exactly my thought. I've already started to look for one.

@multicoloredwiz 8 ай бұрын

Cute router+

@user-ht3wt1ew4v 4 ай бұрын

Hi from Cape Town

@neilstutely3147 8 ай бұрын

Want one! I don't need one, but want one!

@anonymousaccordionist3326 8 ай бұрын

Knowing this tool exists makes me think of projects I could make using it, which makes me need one.

@wouterengels7769 8 ай бұрын

I could see this could be a really quick way to make the groove for the bottom of a drawer. Plus it wouldn't show up on any of the sides. Clever tool!

@anonymousaccordionist3326 8 ай бұрын

My first thought was making a raised panel with a curved top. This could cut the groove in the top curved rail.

@ssrattus 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@timwhite9255 8 ай бұрын

I can think of a few ways to make that groove without the Quirk but it sure as heck would be faster with one.

@kylejohnson4662 3 ай бұрын

Seems like it could be used for paneling where you might want to have curves in the framing

@ScDulcinea 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if it could be used to for inlay work, maybe not the intricate designs but probably for even edges and borders...

@WoodByWrightHowTo 8 ай бұрын

Yes. You would usually see it used for stringing

@otterylexa4499 8 ай бұрын

I'm watching this and I'm thinking "biscuit joint". Although thinking about it, you'd probably want to scale the tool up by a factor of two.

@anonymousaccordionist3326 8 ай бұрын

He does mention that multiple cutter thicknesses are available.

@dpmeyer4867 8 ай бұрын

thanks

@johnblocher912 8 ай бұрын

Good fit for your quirky channel 😏

@glencrandall7051 8 ай бұрын

Strange tool.. I'm still not sure how it works. But thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

@DavZell 8 ай бұрын

The side with the curved blade is drawn in one direction. The two edges of that curve cut the sides of the groove. So, after that side has been pulled, all you have are two parallel slices in the wood. Then, you draw the tool in the other direction, rotated slightly so the flat blade digs into the wood. As you draw that blade, it cuts (scoops) under the wood that was between the slices. As it does this, the wood in the center is sheared off underneath. That leaves you with a groove or channel. I hope that helps.

@DetroitSicilian 8 ай бұрын

Cool!

@mikeatccscs 8 ай бұрын

Shake your groove Thang!

@WoodByWrightHowTo 8 ай бұрын

Boogie down

@JackFright 8 ай бұрын

So just a regular router plane for most dados? It cuts those just as fast as this, right?

@warrenmunn3224 8 ай бұрын

Thats what you call a groovy tool

@mikeking7470 8 ай бұрын

Looks like you could use it to cut biscuit slots.

@XyerDark 8 ай бұрын

There's plenty of tools that could do the same job or even a better one but it is such an interesting design I can't help but kind of want one or see what other types of grooves are possible with it.

@anonymousaccordionist3326 8 ай бұрын

I can't think of a single tool that could do this specific job, and especially not better. Would you mind enlightening me?

@XyerDark 8 ай бұрын

@@anonymousaccordionist3326 There's grooving planes which do something similar, but they can't really deal with curves like this one, the Stanley 45 also probably covers this with similar probems, or like he mentioned there's the scratch stock which does a similar thing, hell you can do it with a chisel too, it's all a matter of what you need specifically for the job, and there's probably more.

@williammaxwell1919 8 ай бұрын

Knickers.. not to be confused with knackers?

@S1246659 8 ай бұрын

Groovy

@theeddorian 8 ай бұрын

Would a quirk router also be used in a cooper's shop? A similar groove, across grain, is needed for installing the bottoms and tops of barrels and kegs.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 8 ай бұрын

No. For that there's a very different tool.

@neoanderson5027 8 ай бұрын

Good

@peterdewitt8585 8 ай бұрын

Are there any other cutters for bedding or other decorative cuts in the same way there are multiple cutters for Stanley 45 and 55?

@DavZell 8 ай бұрын

He did mention something about this near the end. I imagine people could modify the straight edge to be concave to create recessed beeding.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 8 ай бұрын

I have seen a few modifications. But they didn't make them initially with the plane.

@PeanutsDadForever 7 ай бұрын

Cool

@standswithfish 8 ай бұрын

From the movie "The Quirk and the Dad"?

@JakeRaytheRounder 8 ай бұрын

cool

@roydaley3413 8 ай бұрын

👍

@llaroque211 8 ай бұрын

Comment, very interesting.🙂

@mattmorrisson9607 8 ай бұрын

If I'm reading between the lines, I'm hearing you say you're going to be building a carriage next, right?

@DavZell 8 ай бұрын

Let's not get carried away. He may not go down that route.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 8 ай бұрын

Lol. I have thought about making an old wooden wheel a couple times. Maybe someday

@anonymousaccordionist3326 8 ай бұрын

Can the cutter be reversed so that it can cut in whichever direction you choose?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 8 ай бұрын

Yes.

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@wayneswonderarium 8 ай бұрын

Don't get your nickers twisted!

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