Reference Desk - Early Tools And Trades

 The Reference Desk
Early Tools And Trades
(Contains Some Monetized Amazon Affiliate Links)

The Reference Desk consists of contributor recommendations. If you have a link you would like to see here, please contact me.

General References

• WrenchWiki
• Hand Plane Central
• VintageMachinery.org, formerly OWWM. 

Museums, Including Living History

• Mercer Museum
• Davistown Museum
• The Met Museum Online Texts
• Museum Of Early Trades And Crafts (New Jersey)
• Morris Museum, Smithsonian Affiliate: Guinness Collection of Mechanical Music & Automata

Companies

• Millers Falls and Goodell Pratt
• Stanley Works - Stanley Rule And Level Company
• I Remember New Britain (Facebook group)
• Stanley Pictorial Promotions 1860-1960
• The Superior Works aka Stanley Blood And Gore - Patrick Leach's Omnibus
• Bailey Type Study - The Plane Dealer

Books, DVDs, CDs

• The Directory Of American Toolmakers - EAIA (CD) Amazon
• The Chronicle Of The Early American Industries Association 1933-2007 (DVD) Amazon
• Leonard Bailey And His Woodworking Planes (Hard Cover) Amazon

Journals

• The Chronicle Of The Early American Industries Association 1933-2007 
• The Gristmill - Mid West Tool Collectors Association

Internet Archive

• Winterthur Collection - Internet Archive
• Building Technology Heritage Library
• International Tool Catalog Library
• Industrial Arts
• Manual Arts Education
• Manual Arts Press
• Slöjd
• Sloyd
• Henry Carey Baird, Publisher
• American Carpenter And Builder

Tool Collecting & History Groups

• Antique Spinning Wheels, Looms and Fiber Equipment - Facebook
• EAIA - Early American Industries Association
• MWTCA - Mid West Tool Collectors Association
• PATINA - Potomac Antique Tools And Industries Association
• PAST (Formerly Preserving Arts And Skills Of The Trades)
• LIATCA Long Island Antique Tools Collectors Association - Facebook
• PNTC Pacific Northwest Tool Collectors
• SHOT The Society For The History Of Technology
• TATHS Tools And Trades Historical Society

Living History Associations

• ALHFAM - Association of Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
• ALHFAM Facebook Group 

Schools and Online Courses

• Professional School Of Practical Stereotomy
• Internet Archive stereotomy texts
• Patrick Edwards Stereotomy Vid 1
• Patrick Edwards Stereotomy Vid 2
• Patrick Edwards Stereotomy Vid 3