Articles of Interest

In this area I have a collection of articles of interest to antique tool buffs. I hope you find these articles of interest.

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Currently, I offer the following articles:

• Beginner's Guide to Tool Collecting

• Collecting Tools -- Why?

• Buying Tools on eBay

• Selling Tools on eBay

• The Thomas Falconer Plough Plane

• W.F. Barnes Company woodworking machine type study.

• Swings and Roundabouts, an article on braces by Georg Rapp.

• Mounting an Emmert Vise

• An interesting picture of the 1926- 1927 Stanley Rule and Level basketball team!

• An exploded parts diagram of a typical Stanley bench plane.

 

By the way, if you find these articles to be of interest, and want to help contribute to their longevity on the web, I do accept donations to pay for the web space they use. Simply add my Donation product (in one dollar increments) to your shopping cart. The Donation page is here.