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Rhykenology Resources The Study Of Wooden Planes

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Rhykenology -  The Study Of Wooden Planes Facebook Group:  Rhykenology: The Study Of Wooden Planes Rhykenology - Resources Blogs and Sites Rhykenology - Toolemera Press Colonial Williamsburg Mother Plane Collection courtesy Frederick Rountree Wood And Shop Associations, Societies EAIA - Early American Industries Association TATHS - Tools And Trades Historical Society MWTCA - Mid West Tools Collectors Association PATINA - Potomac Antique Tools And Industries Association Commercial Planemakers Philly Planes : Phil Edwards J. Wilding - Reproduction Wood Hand Planes :  Red Rose Reproductions : Daniel Schwank Old Street Tool, Inc. : Larry Williams, Don McConnell Plane Making Supplies Two Cherries German Made Tools: Plane Irons Social Groups - Research, Collect, Buy & Sell FB - Rhykenology - The Study Of Wooden Planes FB - Rhykenology - The Sales Group FB - Doctrine Of Handy-Works FB - Can I Have It Vintage Tool Auction And Sales Group FB - E. W. Carpenter And Other Lancas...
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Recommended Reading - Frame-Up! The Story Of The People And Shipyards of Essex, Massachusetts. Ten Pound Island Book Company, Dana Storey 1986. ISBN: 0938459007

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Frame-Up! The Story Of The People And Shipyards of Essex, Massachusetts By Dana Story Frame-Up! The Story Of The People And Shipyards of Essex, Massachusetts.   Ten Pound Island Book Company, Dana Storey 1986. ISBN: 0938459007 "How unfortunate it is that we must so often wait until something is gone before appreciating it or even being aware of it. Generations of Essex people were born, lived and died amid the sounds of the shipyards: the caulking mallets, the sound of the axe and adze ringing against white oak, the millions of hammer blows, and the shouts of the men. At the time it was a part of their existence, like the air they breathed. Now that it is all gone we realize what a satisfying chorus it was and how silent the town is now." p.26 That paragraph explains why I value this book, re-reading it every few years. Dana Story was a son of Essex, of the Story family of shipwrights. His words include first and second person accounts as well as those stories told by the peo...
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