By James E. Price Woodworking planes are merely sharp chisels firmly restrained at a prescribed pitch in a body that can be gripped in a […]
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An Early Brace circa 1820’s
James E. Price I attended The Great Planes Trading Company antique tool auction last Saturday in St. Peter’s, Missouri and came away with less money […]
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The Stanley #85 by James Price
By James Price I arrived home today from the Midwest Tool Collectors meeting in Springfield, Illinois with lots of tool treasures. I went up there […]
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G.L. Holt’s Bit for Boring Wood
By James Price Inventors in the 19th Century sought patents for improvements to tools to make them perform better and sometimes, with more precision. Such […]
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A Derusting Shoot-out
By Blair Kemp I thought i would do a quick shoot out for rust removal when scrubbing for light removal. This seems to be a […]
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Restoration of a Disston No. 7 Panel Saw
By James R. Norris There I was innocently walking through a resell shop looking for a bird bath. I felt a tug on my pants […]
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Look-A-likes – Sargent Auto-Set and Stanley/Gage Self Setting Planes
By James A. Clarke (Hilton NY) Some Background: To put my following comments into perspective — I am retired from engineering of signal control systems […]
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Millers Falls Skewed Jack Prototype
A Would Have Been Legend Millers Falls Prototype. Written and Photographed by Robert Porter With a special thanks to a fellow Millers Falls Collector Glen […]
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An In-depth Study of Number Two Bailey Hand Planes Chapter One: The Long and Short of It
by Pat Thomas (First posted by plane-dealer.com) This is the first in a series of articles, published in no particular order over the next several […]
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Mitre plane restoration – By RS Woodworks Part 3
Mitre plane restoration – By RS Woodworks Part 3 <–Back to Part 1 <–Part 2 I’ve been very busy with work and other projects and […]
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