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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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Stanley Tool Collectors Display – By Preston Sweeney

By – Preston Sweeney and originally published in the June Issue of the Gristmill (http://mwtca.org/) The historic city of Saratoga Springs, New York, known for […]

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The Price of Immortality

“You have chosen…wisely. But, beware: the Grail cannot pass beyond the Great Seal, for that is the boundary, and the price, of immortality.” – The […]

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Restoration of Japanned Plow Planes – By Don Bosse.

By Don Bosse.   The best advice I can give buy the best tool you can afford, the less you have to do the better, […]

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