Millers Falls-Stanley Side by Side Cam lever block plane cap comparison
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Hand Planes
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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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Union X-Series Bench Planes
The following is information obtained from PATENTED TRANSITIONAL & METALLIC PLANES IN AMERICA, VOLUME I, Union Catalogs and my observations. Other Union pages are here …
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Roger K. Smith’s Stanley Transitional Type Study
Also see a list of my Stanley Transitionals. Although not all types are represented, all sizes are. Type 1. Boston Bailey 1867-1869 A. Trademark stamped …
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Diamond Edge #4C by Shapliegh
Diamond Edge #4C by Shapliegh Shapliegh Hardware Co Diamond Edge – Diamond Edge was a brand name used by the Shapliegh Hardware Co. Many were made by Sargent but …
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Shelton #04 or maybe not.
This Shelton plane was manufactured under the US Patent: 1,914,609 by Cornelius J. MacAller – Derby, CT. The Shelton Plane and Tool Manufacturing was …
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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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Millers Falls-Stanley Side by Side Cam lever block plane cap comparison
Thanks to efwoodworks for posting this on the forum. I recently acquired a Stanley block plane with a cam-lock cap. I noticed the casting stamp …
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Jefferson 14″ Backsaw by Sargent
This is a Jefferson 14″ Backsaw sold by Sargent. Their designated #41. I’ve Lightly cleaned and sharpened this. According to Hand-Saw makers of North America …
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Common Sense Saw Filing Clamp From 1901
Published in the March 1901 Carpentry and Building trade paper. Common Sense Saw Filing Clamp, We show in Fig. 9 of the illustrations the application …
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Stanley Type 1 #120
This Stanley Type 1 #120 as shown on The Vintage Tool Shoppe site or their web site is an interesting story. Thanks Eric for an …
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Early Sargent Hand Plane Brochure by L.C. Thompson – Pottsville PA
L.C. Thompson – Pottsville PA This brochure came to me thanks to Roger K. Smith. It is not dated but i would place it Circa …
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The Simple Block Plane
The Simple Block Plane. First Published in “The Tool Shed” for CraftsNJ.org Imagine it’s the late 1800’s. You’re a woodworker by trade, and you walk …
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Mitre Plane Restoration By RS Woodworks Part 2
Authored By: – RS Woodworks <–Back to Part 1 Part 3 –> So now that the plane is cleaned, and the sole and right …
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Mitre Plane Restoration By RS Woodworks Part 1
Authored By: – RS Woodworks Part 2 –> Part 3 –> With having finished my shooting board, I decided to restore this mitreplane to use …
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A “Sargent made Dunlap”–Chip Breakers-Cutters and Hock
This Dunlap #408 came to me in a lot of other planes, so being a bit of a Sargent fanatic, I decided to see what …
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Plane Makers Float Review
Plane Makers Float Review By Darren Young from the Willow Wood Shop Plane Makers Floats I have been meaning to write this review for quite some …
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JayT’s Building the Infill Shooting Plane
Author: Jay T I built a couple of what came to be called Transitional Infill Shooting Planes. A few people asked for a blog, but …
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Making a Saw Handle for a Disston D8
By James A Ruble First posted here on Facebook Comments and ideas go here Here we go with a handle build for the Disston D8 …
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Simonds Crescent Saw Tools
For sharpening Crosscut saws.
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Saga of the Short Saw: A Successful Lesson of Failure
Author: Eli Jensen “KILL IT! END IT NOW!” Yells the team captain. The crowd is screaming and I have just a few more inches of …
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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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Walter Cresson – Philadelphia Sawmaker
After finding this Walter Cresson hand saw in an antique shop in Palmer MA, I went looking for some information on it. For a saw …
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Disston D-24
LOOKING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION After looking through my very limited Disston documentation, Disston Institute and Hand Saw Makers of North American, I couldn’t find a …
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