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Peck, Stow & Wilcox was probably the foremost manufacturer of tinsmith s tools and machines in the world. This reprint of its 1900 centennial catalog was designed to reflect this. Every imaginable piece of equipment from formers and stakes to double seamers, folding and wiring machines are listed, described and illustrated.

A unique reference that lists and details over 2, 000 transactions occurring at public auctions and private sales from 1979-1992, with the majority of the reported transactions occurring since 1987. Information is arranged alphabetically by planemaker (over 600 are covered) and then by imprint type (619 imprints are illustrated). Each transaction is listed by date (most recent transactions first), source (auction or private sale), a descriptio...

Buck, founded by immigrants from Sheffield, England, became world-renowned for its chisels: turning, firmer, paring, carving, millwrights, framing, corner and just about any other type imaginable.

The Chapin-Stephens Co. was created through a merger of H. Chapin s Son Co. and D.H. Stephens & Co. and was one of the largest 19th century manufacturers of wooden planes, rules and other hand tools. This important catalog lists, illustrates and prices the company s complete line of tools.

With its initial publication in 1983, A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes profoundly transformed the emphasis and direction of tool collecting. Since then, it has been the definitive guide to American planemakers, from the earliest individuals who worked before the Revolutionary War to the last few manufacturers of the twentieth century. Now, after several years of meticulous research, a new edition of this extraordinarily influent...

This second collection of 19th century Stanley catalogs supplements the earlier Stanley Catalog Collection with catalog reprints from 1872, 1874 (revised to 1876), 1877, 1884, and 1892 (revised to 1897), in addition to the Leonard Bailey catalogs of 1876 and 1883. Introductions and commentary by noted Stanley experts John Walter and Ken Roberts provide the reader with fascinating and illuminating historical background on Stanley and its produc...

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For 75 years Millers Falls was a leading tool manufacturer, particularly noted for its hand and breast drills. This fully illustrated early catalog contains these drills and many other items, including boring machines, levels, saws, treadle lathes & mitre boxes.

Anyone who collects or studies 19th century machine tools and machinist s tools will be delighted with the three catalogs that are reprinted in this valuable book.

Fifty-five fascinating and informative articles on early tools and trades, selected from several thousand published in the journal of the Early American Industries Association over the past 60 years. Some written by experts, others the first hand accounts of early craftsmen, pioneers, and travelers, they cover a wide variety of subjects including: Lumber rafting down the Delaware in 1896, How tinsmiths used their tools, Cutting, hewing and squ...