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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 →

A student's copy of a Giovanni Battista Benaschi pencil study?

I picked this from an estate sale I was working at. It was nicely framed at the time. The owner was a former German WWII German soldier, likely an officer. His home was full of Dutch Impressionist paintings, a small library of nazi related books, a fair amount of high... Read more →

Courtesy Stanford University comes A Fair(y) Use Tale aka Fair Use As Told By Disney.

Joseph Marples Tools and The Old Hand Tool Shop

Exciting announcement! Introducing the prototype of our new limited edition kit to celebrate our 180th anniversary of tool making. Samples of these kits will be on hand for personal inspection at the Brown Tool Sale and Auction on November 1st 2019 in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA. This will give you... Read more →

The Deacon's Masterpiece; Or The Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay" by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Deacon's Masterpiece The Deacon's Masterpiece; or The Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay" by Oliver Wendell Holmes A Logical Story Have you heard of the wonderful one-horse shay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it--ah but stay,... Read more →