Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 60 no. 3, September 2007 by Jeff Neil Upon returning from a quilting “camp” my wife told me that she had passed my e-mail address along to a woman whose husband had some “old tools” that he was trying to find a home for. The next day, I received an …
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Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 1 no. 13, September 1935 By L. L. Thwing It is unlikely that we shall ever see a file dating back to the 18th century. or that a claim for such age could be substantiated. Files are, however, very old, and it is claimed that certain chipped flints were intended …
The following is excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 54 No. 2, June 2001 by Drs. Hans Richard Mackenstein & Theodore R. Crom Do you have a sixteenth century tool in your collection? Are you sure you don’t, or do? The basic tools changed very little from the time of Christ until the Industrial Revolution and …
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 56 No. 3, September 2003 by Elton W. Hall The intensity of the labor in farming and dairying is well-known to all who have ever concerned themselves with it. Little wonder then, that ingenious mechanics have perennially sought ways to reduce the labor with machines to lighten whatever parts of …