Ohio’s Sandstone: Once the Source of the World’s Finest Grinding Stones
Batory, Dana Martin
In our small village of Crestline, Ohio,…
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Collecting Vintage Woodworking Machinery Catalogs
Batory, Dana Martin
Some three hundred major companies have made woodworldng machi…
Tools and Machinery of the Granite Industry
Wood, Paul
Introduction
This article, the first in a series of four on granite wo…
Makers of bookbinders’ tools receive their due in Conroy’s new book
Ellenport, Samuel
Makers of Bookbinders’ Tools Receive Their Due…
Tools and Machinery of the Granite Industry, Part II
Wood, Paul
Introduction
This article, the second in a series of four on …
Stanley’s Open-Front Miter Box, No. 150
Jacob, Walter W
Luman W Jacobs resided in the little town of Warren in south central Massach…
Highlights from the 2003 annual meeting, Burlington, Vermont
Hall, Elton
Mother nature played her little games throughout the four d…
Threads in Wood
Packham, Jim
Everyone interested in early tools is familiar with the classic carpenter’s clamp (Figure 1). Turning t…
Stanley non-sparking beryllium copper tools
Jacob, Walter W
The Stanley Works, in 1936, introduced a new line of non-sparking tools …
Newport’s eighteenth-century window frames
Foley, Robert
Shortly after Christmas, The Chronicle editor, Patty MacLeish, queried me a…