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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Making hickory handles for tools
By James Price The weather has been cold, rainy, and gloomy on The Ozark Border for days. It was during such times that my Pa […]
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Helve a Small Bearded Hatchet by James E. Price
By James E. Price Today I decided to beat the heat and stay in the shade while completing a project involving putting a helve in […]
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A Hollow Auger Made From a Skewed Rabbet Plane
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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