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Bernard Jones on the Tool Chest c1920

Herewith you will find the chapter on the making of the typical 19th and early 20th century tool chest from the inimitable Bernard Jones' The Practical Woodworker: Read more →

The Mechanic's Companion by Peter Nicholson 1850 ISBN: 9780983150008

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Henry Disston Hand Saws from the John H. Graham Hardware Catalog 1891

I don't know where or when I found this PDF file of the 1891 Disston saw line as offered by John H. Graham Hardware Co. My guess is that whosoever created it will chime in and I can provide attribution. It's a helpful guide to what was available from that... Read more →

James E. Price: English Bitstock Tools - PDF download

A Museum Curator's & Collector's Guide To English Bitstock Tools by James E. Price. Courtesy of James E. Price is this public domain study of British Bitstocks and Bits. Of note is that early American bitstocks and bits were either based on British designs or were imported from Great Britain.... Read more →

Sloyd In Great Britain And America 1890 & 1906 ISBN: 9781087806259

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Our Workshop & The Lathe And How To Use It by Temple Thorold 1866-1867. ISBN: 9781087819426

Our Workshop & The Lathe And How To Use It by Temple Thorold 1866-1867. ISBN: 9781087819426 Download ThoroldWorkshopSample9781087819426 Buy From Toolemera Press Paypal Direct Purchase. $23.00 Free Shipping Worldwide US, UK, EU, AU Wholesale orders quoted at discount. The Book Depository: Free Shipping Worldwide Buy through Google Shopping Amazon (affiliate... Read more →

Joseph Moxon: A Re-Fashioned Appraisal. An Essay By Jocelyn Hargrave.

Joseph Moxon, he of Mechanick Exercises: The Doctrine Of Handy-Works fame, was not what the woodworking community thinks he was: a Joyner Of Note. Far from it. Moxon was a polymath, aka; Noun, A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning. He was a map maker, globe maker, scientific instrument maker,... Read more →

The Complete Cabinet Maker's And Upholsterer's Guide J. Stokes 1829 ISBN: 9780983150046

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Textbook of Swedish Home Sloyd by Anna Peterson Berg 1926 ISBN: 9780989747714

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Introduction To Woodworking 1920: William Fairham On Hand Tools And Joinery ISBN: 9780989747752

Introduction To Woodworking 1920: Woodwork Tools And How To Use Them & Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made And Where Used. ISBN: 9780989747752 Download IntroductionToWoodworking1920Sample Paypal Direct Purchase. $26.00 Free Shipping Worldwide US, UK, EU, AU Wholesale orders quoted. Book Depository: Free Shipping Worldwide Amazon Trade Paper:... Read more →

E. L. Parker & Co. Tinners' Tools & Supplies, Baltimore 1868 ISBN: 9781087812373

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Fret Sawing For Pleasure And Profit 1877. ISBN: 9781087809496

Fret-Sawing For Pleasure And Profit 1877 Buy Direct Paypal $19.00 USD Free Shipping US, UK, AU, EU Wholesale quoted Book Depository Free Shipping Worldwide Amazon (an Affiliate link) Fret-Sawing For Pleasure And Profit 1877 was first published in 1877 by Henry T. Williams, New York, NY. Annotated with an essay... Read more →

Mechanick Exercises by Joseph Moxon 1703. ISBN: 9780982532904

Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine Of Hand-Works by Joseph Moxon 1703 Buy Direct Paypal $20.00 USD Free Shipping US, UK, AU, EU Wholesale quoted Book Depository Free Shipping Worldwide Amazon (an Affiliate link) Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine Of Handy-Works by Joseph Moxon 1703 Available in trade paperback print through... Read more →

The Teacher's Hand-Book Of Slöjd, by Otto Salomon 1891. ISBN: 9780983150091

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Shoji & Kumiko: 85 Vintage Designs ISBN: 9781087817187

Shoji & Kumiko: 85 Vintage Designs Buy Direct From The Toolemera Press $22.00 USD via Paypal, Free Shipping US, UK, EU, AU Wholesale quoted Book Depository: Free Shipping Worldwide Amazon (an Affiliate link) Shoji & Kumiko: 85 Vintage Designs Shoji: A Japanese screen or sliding door used to partition living... Read more →

Courtesy of Andrew Beelen comes this fine H. Chapin Handled Sash Plane originally owned by Wm. Mck. Perry of Washington, D.C.

Courtesy of Andrew Beelen, member of the Facebook group Rhykenology, shared this interesting H. Chapin sash plane: Listed in the Bliven & Meade catalog as a Self-Regulating Screw Arm Handled Sash Plane, it is in truth a double boxed handled sash plane, non-regulating. The heel is stamped Wm. McK. Perry... Read more →

Cyanotype Print Photograph: C. BITTNER, WOODSVILLE, PRINTER.

Photograph. Cyanotype Print C. BITTNER, WOODSVILLE, PRINTER. Interesting image of a turn of the century printer. As this is an oval cyanotype print, my guess is that it was a trial printing of an image to be used in a magazine or book. Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: Bremer, Ilion NY Printers

Photograph Labeled: Bremer, Ilion, N. Y. c1890. A very unusual group photograph of print shop workers. Judging by the clothing and the type of image, my guess is c1890. I asked Toby Hall of the EAIA to take a look at this image in order to identify the people and... Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: Three Shipwrights.

Photograph: Cabinet Card Three Shipwrights. At least that is my current guess. The photograph came from the New Jersey coast. These three fine looking gentlemen are wearing matching coveralls, spiffy hats and holding the tools of their trade. The gent on the left is holding a mallet and what appears... Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: Shipwrights, Ship Hull. Location - New England c1880?

Cabinet Card print of Full Plate Tintype Shipwrights, Ship Hull. Location - New England c1880? The small right angle black areas at the bottom two corners of this print indicate that this was originally a full plate TinType. Someone saw fit to make an Albumen print at Cabinet Card size.... Read more →