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Ed: you hit the clinch nail on the head. I may debate the philosophical aspect of the book (which I have just finished reading) but the overall jist of it is that hand tools can be good, not...

George

Learned something new! thanks

That is one strange looking plane. I've never seen a fore or jointer plane with the tote right behind the blade, in the middle of the body. The ergonomics seem all wrong. Plus, with the razee front...

(coming out of lurk mode for a bit) Really interesting comments here. I haven't bought a copy yet and am undecided still. This is the first forum thread I've seen that takes a balanced approach to...

For a bit of extra information:

We're expecting it to be 180 pages +- a few. 8.5x11 trade paperback and hopefully hard cover too. It will be POD so the price should be reasonable, if I have my...

Forget the #2 or #602, get yourself a #3. It's an all around small plane that does a great job. I prefer the low knob versions of the turn of the century but that's my thing. I have two for use....

This one looks suspiciously like a plane used to create part of the weather tight joint in a window sash. That is if my brain is working at 2 in the morning. The knicker would be used to handle the...

Stephen... is that a spoon gouge I see in the background?

Gary

Peter is spot on. The fret saw has a very deep throat. It was a more common tool during the 1870-1910 period of time when fretwork was a very popular hobby. Those little foot powered 'scroll saws'...

Do books count? My earliest is Moxon's Mechanick Exercises, 1703. A bunch of other 18th C books but most 1730-1790's. At least he does talk about planes.

One reprint of a Dutch book on...

If you're looking for a good vintage hand grinder on Ebay, watch for a Luther brand grinder. They made some of the best products of their day. Here's a link to one of their catalogs:
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Lots of great tools here, more then enough for me to fry my keyboard with drool! If anyone would like to have their work featured in a gallery at the Hand Tool Makers site, drop me a line and I'll...

Folks

Ok, so it's been a long time since last I posted here. Guilty of lurking, that's me. Now, with retirement in place, suddenly time is available for the better things in life!

I've recently...

Scott

I guess I should add a new disclaimer to the Copyright section regarding loss of employment due to excessive personal internet time...

Gary

Folks

As a Happy Holidays treat, here is a Monhagen Saw Works (aka Wheeler, Madden & Bakewell) catalog from 1859. For an added treat, there is a secondary page full of images of Bakewell saws of...

Folks

In time for the Holidays, a special poem, anonymous but joyful in intent

http://toolemerablog.typepad.com/

Happy Holidays to you and yours
Gary & Amy

Folks

Louis Schmidt has done us a favor by providing this great little booklet trumpeting the virtues of lead paint. If you, like me, would love to transform your home into a beautiful Queen Anne,...

Folks

I'm prepping a Monhagen Saw Works catalog aka Wheeler Madden & Bakewell, 1859. If anyone has a saw made by these folks and wouldn't mind providing an image, I'ld like to include the image...

Folks

Yet again I forgot my password. After a note or two from people asking why I had not kept the Sawmill Creek community informed of new blog and website posts, I realized that I had neglected...

Henk

Do you want to replace the tote, replace a part of it or just repair a break? Also, if you take a look for any patent dates on the bed of the plane, or on the lever, that would help to date...

Folks

After a long absence I made it back. I had a complete computer melt-down a while back which took longer than I expected to sort out. That included losing passwords and logins. Finally got...

Folks...

Here is a nifty catalog from the W. F. & John Barnes Foot, Hand and Steam Powered Machinery people. c1880 I think. Read it and drool.

http://www.toolemera.com/grr/tlp/whatsnew1.html
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So I pasted in the link from the disk copy that I work from instead of the online copy.... it should be

http://www.toolemera.com/grr/tlp/what'snew1.html

Gary

Hi folks

Well, it's been a while. There's been some health problems in the family that slowed things down. Plus I decided to do a major rework of the site that had become a Very Major re-design...

Craig...

I just recently placed a pdf of the Lervard directions booklet on my site at

http://www.toolemera.com/grr/pam/tlppamphlets2.html

Look at the last item on that page. You can get a...