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Sears, Roebuck & Co. in-house Fulton brand hand planes manufactured by Union Plane Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. in-house Fulton brand hand planes manufactured by Union Plane Co. after acquisition by Stanley Rule & Level, circa 1925. It is […]
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Sargent Model Shop Tools: Prototype Successor to Shaw’s Patent Planes?
By James R. Gillis Here it is at only the second post of this blog and I’ve gone off the subject of Stanley Model Shop […]
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Vintage #4 metal bodied Smoothing Plane Weight Comparisons
By Eric Brown Vintage #4 metal bodied Smoothing Plane Weight Comparisons A smoothing plane needs several things in order to operate properly. Obviously the bottom […]
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Shelton Hand Plane Study
By Eric Brown For a good write up on Shelton history see: Shelton #04 or maybe not. | TimeTestedTools Some of the planes shown here […]
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Manufactured Gimlet Bit Handles
If you are seriously pursuing collecting a wide variety of boring and drilling tools, you will find my post today of interest. The subject is manufactured gimlet bit handles. You probably have a bunch of gimlets that are permanently fitted in wooden or metal handles because they are common. Handles that accept a variety of bits are not so common. In this post I show you some of the latter in my collection. Now that you know what they look like, go out there and find some.
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W.A. Clark Expansive Bits by Eric Brown
W.A. Clark expansive bits by Eric Brown Clark, William A. (Bethany, Woodbridge & New Haven, CT.) Clarks Patent # 20,192 May 11, 1858 Bethany, CT. […]
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REFURBISHING AND TUNING HAND PLANES THE “WEBSTER METHOD”
The following is an outline (sorry a little cryptic) from a 2-part presentation I made recently on the Facebook page A Plane Life https://www.facebook.com/APlaneLife.us/ The two “informal” sessions are included in the posted videos. They are long, but if you have the patience I cover all of what is in this outline.
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THE SANDUSKY TOOL COMPANY A BRIEF HISTORY (PART 4)
By David W. Babcock OTHER TOOLS MADE BY THE SANDUSKY TOOL COMPANY Parts 2 and part 3 of this article summarized the planes listed in […]
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Dobnikar Axe
Written by Jame Price Back in 1973 I got to know an old man named Stan Dobnikar who lived on a small Ozark Border Farm […]
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