While doing some research on a Birmingham Plane, I found it almost impossible to find a full picture of the Birmingham Plane that had the […]
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I've been finding, restoring and collecting hand planes for over 10 years. It started with a few and just grew. I love the history, the research and writing what I find.
Steers 304 Patented Bench Plane
Here are the before and after photo’s of my Steer’ patented #304 bench plane manufactured by Brattleboro Tool Co. and marketed by C. E Jennings. […]
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HAND PLANES – JUST TO LOOK – PAGE 1
Hand Planes – Just to look – Page 2 A RODIER’S PATENT SMOOTHING PLANE by the Laflin Manufacturing Company, Westfield, Massachusetts, patented March 4, 1879 […]
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United States Forest Service Cross Cut Saw Manual
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf77712508/pdf77712508dpi72.pdf
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Chaplin Hand Planes
I don’t have a huge collection of Chaplin Hand Planes, but I’ll share what I have. Here is another great site with additional information http://www.petermcbride.com/chaplin/ […]
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Edwin Hahn #3 Bench Plane
Edwin Hahn is one of the Wilkes-Barre PA plane makers. John Rumpf wrote an excellent book on the subject titled Plane Makers of Wikes-Barre, Pennsylvania: […]
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Edwin Hahn #9 restoration before and after.
Edwin Hahn is one of the Wilkes-Barre PA plane makers. John Rumpf wrote an excellent book on the subject titled Plane Makers of Wikes-Barre, Pennsylvania: […]
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Mixtures for wood working tasks
[responsivetable] Brett Cordell posted this on the Facebook group “Unplugged Woodworkers”. Although not completely related to tools, I often use similar formulas to finish wood […]
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Sargent Hand Planes by the number–with pictures.
I’ve never found a good source for Sargent planes with pictures. Much information can be found at http://www.sargent-planes.com. This should help supplement that and other […]
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Chaplin Shooting Board & Plane
Another plane that unfortunately is not in my collection, but still cool enough to talk about. This was found in a basement in NJ, just […]
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