Celebrating Trades, Crafts, and Tools in American History and Their Impact on Our Lives
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The subject of this piece is a prototype for the Stanley No. 87 cabinet makers scraper plane (Figure 1). It will be described and compared to the production model No. 87 (Figure 2). John...
Thanks to board member Sally Fishburn, here are some links to short videos at the Arnold Zlotoff Tool Museum.The museum is located on the grounds of Apple Island Resort in South Hero, Vermont. https://zlotofftoolmuseum.org/Contact...
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This article is excerpted from The Chronicle, Volume X, December 1957 An exhibit of old-time beekeeping equipment i now open to the public at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. This collection of old...
In our continuing effort to keep amused during these times of “social distancing”, here’s a link to a virtual tour of the IIAH- Institute for Industrial Arts and History. Lot’s of short videos of...
This post comes our way from board member Sally Fishburn, http://www.safishburn.net/ Sally’s company, S.A.Fishburn, Inc. is dedicated to helping individuals (home owners, municipalities, non-profits, etc.) maintain the historic spirit and materials of their buildings...
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By C. Malcolm Watkins, Associate Curator, Division of Ethnology, U.S. National Museum Reprinted from The Chronicle, Volume IV, January, 1951 Of special interest to members of the Early American Industries Association is the Greenwood...
by R. James Aber Reprinted from The Chronicle, Volume XXIV, September 1971 One of the finest hardware stores in the United States at the turn of the (20th) century, Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. spared...
https://www.themasonic.com/building_architecture.phpI received this link from member Daniel Semel the other day and thought that other members might be interested in spending a little time on this very enjoyable tour. This is best viewed on...
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In an April 2017 blog entitled “Justus Traut’s Bull-Nose Plane” I discussed a delightful little bull-nose plane from the Stanley Model Shop that was the product of Justus Traut’s inventive prowess (See Figure 1)....
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The “combination plane” was developed to create a woodworking tool that would perform multiple functions and free a workman from having to own a large number of individual planes. Over a 50-year time span...
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