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DICTIONARY OF WOODWORKING
TOOLS. R. A. Salaman
This is the 2nd edition, revised by Philip Walker, of
what has become recognized as the definitive reference
work on handtools used in the woodworking trades. Every
known tool is described. Over 450 town and country workshops
were visited in the compiling of this record. The purpose
of each tool is explained and many of the original methods
and sayings of tradesmen are also recorded.
187 mm. 546 pp. 740 line drawings. |
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TOOLS: A GUIDE FOR COLECTORS. 2nd Edition.
New material on the metal plane and American tools with an additional 16 pages of text. All price guides updated and all text reviewed. The first guide of its kind to be published on British tools. All types of tools listed under 80 categories. Advice on the why and how of collecting, buying and selling, cleaning and presentation. Materials used in the making of tools, makers and trademarks, patents and registered designs. Above all, a wealth of fine illustrations, backed up by prices realized at auction and from other sources. An exercise in pricing is shown in the tables the authors give for pricing wooden planes. Collecting tips appear throughout. Hitherto unpublished information is given here. Something for everyone from the wooden plane collector to those fancying piano adjusters' tools.
298 x 210 mm. 256 pp. 100s of line illustrations. |
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HAND-SAW MAKERS OF BRITAIN
Frank L. Schaffer & Don McConnell.
This is a check list of English and Scottish hand-saw makers containing some 1500 names and addresses and dates including no less than 18 Tyzacks and with 81 pages of saw-makers' advertisements.
255 x 155 mm. xii + 112 pp. 42 b&w engravings |
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EARLY PLANEMAKERS OF LONDON. Recent Discoveries in the Tallow Chandlers and the Joiners Companies. Don & Anne Wing
A fascinating search through historical records to bring to life plane making in early London (1680 - 1750). Chapters cover the search, the setting (dutch influence, guilds, apprentices, etc.), the Tallow Chandlers, The Joiners, other companies, features of early planes, etc. Included also is a Wall Chart showing the Chronology of Early London Planemakers, a Bar Chart of Planemakers Working Dates and a Foldout map of Plane making Centres in London.
277 x 210 mm. 86 pp. . Illustrated throughout with b&w & colour illustrations. |
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FIXTURES AND FITTINGS IN DATED HOUSES 1567 - 1763 Drawings illustrating fixtures and fittings from over 400 houses of known dated. Includes stairs, doors, windows and fittings and furniture (hinges, latches, door knockers, handles, bolts, catches and stays), fixed cupboards, dressers, panelling, friezes, mouldings and stops.
A wonderful resource for anyone restoring old property.
Superb Pictures
210 x 150 mm. 76 PP |
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RECORD PLANES AND OTHER TOOLS. L. Harrison.
A thoroughly researched account of the history of Record planes from the founding of the original company C & J Hampton in 1898 through the acquisition of the Preston List in the early 1930s to the position of Record Tools in 1998. Accompanying this is a reprint of the complete February 1938 No. 15 Catalogue, now considered most representative & the peak of the pre-Second World War production. Dates for introduction of each plane after 1938 and various adaptations are all listed in great detail. The author has had full co-operation and approval of the firm in his researches. Illustrations of planes and parts appear throughout the text. Appropriate patent documents are included, also a guide to recent prices realised.
297 x 210 mm. 176 pp. . Illustrated throughout with b&w line drawings and photographs. |
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