A Forgotten Sight
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. 39 no. 1, March 1986 by Norton K. Brown This picture of basket merchant Andrew J. Love was made by H. M. Rand and F.J. Taylor in Cambridgeport, Mass....
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Nomenclature and Variations of Parts of the Spiral Auger Bit
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. XXI no. 2, June 1968 by Robert H. Carlson The purpose of this article is to identify and describe the different types of Spiral Augers and their components. In...
Spiral Screwdrivers of Decatur, Illinois
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 49, no. 1, March 1996 By Clifford D. Fales The availability of better wood screws and the rise of the factory system in the last quarter of the nineteenth...
Explosion-Proof Phone
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 64, No. 3, September 2011 by Patty MacLeish This telephone, which weighs 44 pounds, was “picked up” by Jim Sellers last December (Figure 1). There is a Bureau of...
Corn Husking Pegs
The following is excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 59 no. 3, September 2006 by Suzanne Fellman Jacob It’s cold; the wind drives down the back of your neck. Your hands are ungloved in order...
The Hawley Collection — The First Ten Years
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. 59 no. 4, December 2006 by Joan Unwin Ken Hawley has been collecting tools and related material for more than fifty years, and, in 1998 with help from the...
Political Campaign Lighting
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. XVII no. 3, September 1964 The tin lamps and torches often used for Political Campaigns, were mainly used for religious, industrial and theatrical purposes. The name “torch” is applied...
Chardoillet’s Planes
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 63 no. 1, March 2010 by John G. Wells My first encounter with a French metallic plane by Chardoillet occurred in 1983. My wife Janet and I had been...
Wood Screws as an Aid to Dating Wooden Artifacts
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 31 no. 1, March 1978 by Warren E. Roberts A close examination of any wood screws used is of great importance in attempting to discover the date at which...
Return of the Craftsman
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 27 no. 1, April 1974 by Doris S. Halsey Before the advent of the assembly line, when time was of lesser importance and fine workmanship was expected and appreciated,...