The chest was found in Mastrmyr on the the island of Gotland, Sweden in 1936. More than 200 objec...

Here is the first book to identify American builders of planers, shapers and slotters, who operat...

This book about Christopher Gabriel, planemaker and tool seller in London from 1770 until 1809, h...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledg...

This book describes, illustrates, and classifies all types of wooden planes from the common to th...

Through the second half of the 19th century and into the 20th, barrel makers followed the same pa...

Art of Coppersmithing: A Practical Treatise On Working Sheet Copper Into All Forms is presented h...

A valuable directory that illustrates and lists over 1000 fully-indexed patents, covering all Ame...

This is the classic work on coach building in all its branches, reprinted from the 1875 second ed...

This is one of the very few manuals written by a recognized professional smith; in this case, one...

With its initial publication in 1983, A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes profoundly ...

Covering a span of almost two centuries, Railroad History on American Postage Stamps tells the st...

The John S. Fray & Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut built an early reputation and brace buildin...

The first edition of Horse Drawn Sleighs proved so helpful to those who wished to build sleighs, ...

For 75 years Millers Falls was a leading tool manufacturer, particularly noted for its hand and b...

Evans, like his contemporaries, the Holtzapffels, was a manufacturer of high quality lathes; but ...

This is a vastly expanded successor to Dr. Pearson s earlier Guide to American Brace Patents 1829...

John Whelan unlocks the fascinating secrets of an almost lost art: wooden planemaking. For those ...

Here is the book that finally unlocks the secrets that professional restorers have been using for...

This is a reprint of the complete 1938 Catalogue No 15 of Record Tools together with an introduct...

The aim in preparing this little manual has been to make it a guide for the apprentice, journeyma...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recog...

For curators and carriage collectors, this in-depth and practical book is an invaluable resource ...

One of the most important parts of a serious tool collector's collection is the written material ...

A complete reprint of perhaps the finest catalog this prestigious firm ever issued. Founded in 18...

One of the most important of the 19th century wooden plane manufacturers. This catalog includes t...

Kitchen gadgets, tools, and appliances, like those found in your grandmother's kitchen, have beco...

Here, for the first time, is a guide to four of the major woodworking machinery manufacturers: Fa...

The age of steam engines brought with it the ever-present possibilities of horrendous explosions....

'The object of this work,' says its author, 'is to investigate certain problems connected with th...

Established in 1834, Wm. T. Wood & Co. manufactured the finest quality ice toolsof every descript...

This is the fascinating story of how these important early products were made and used, ranging f...

Here again is one of Ken Cope's major reference works on the history of technological innovation....

A price guide is only as helpful as its prices are current. With this in mind, we offer a new fou...

Lang:- English, Pages 142. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of original edition published long bac...

This is a complete reprint of Volume I, which was originally published in 1843. It covers in deta...

With its initial publication in 1983, A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes profoundly ...

Joshua Rose explains the various types of patterns, how they are constructed, and the tools that ...

This is an exuberant storytelling book - a collection of entertaining and thought-provoking tales...

This second edition of the Rees' book provides descriptions, illustrations and interestinginforma...

Full of valuable information to help the reader in buying, selling and restoring antique tools, t...

Founded in 1833, the Dover Stamping Co. was, by 1869, one of the leading American manufacturers a...

In the hopes of 'preserving these delightful devices for future generations,' this collector of s...

In Colonial America, silversmiths produced objects of great merit, crafting everyday articles wit...

This catalog, a reprint of the two most important Thomas Norris catalogs, represents almost the f...

Continuing the pattern set by American Lathe Builders and American Planer, Shaper and Slotter Bui...

Once again, Ken Cope has produced a major new reference work that broadens our range of understan...

Tales From the Blue Ox is a collection of the best tools, techniques, recipes and general common ...