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Books on General Tools
Christopher Schwarz, THE ANARCHIST'S TOOL CHEST Ref: CHT952971

This book paints a world where woodworking tools are at the centre of a life filled with creating furniture that will last for generations. It makes the case that you can build almost anything with a kit of less than 50 high quality tools and it shows you how to select real working tools, regardless of their vintage or brand name. The Anarchist's Tool Chest guides you through building a proper chest for your toolkit that follows ancient rules long forgotten or ignored. It makes the argument that building the chest and filling it with the right tools just might be the best thing you can do to save our craft. 


Price: £27.50
Christopher Schwarz, THE ANARCHIST'S TOOL CHEST

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Christopher Schwarz, THE ANARCHIST'S TOOL CHEST DVD Ref: BK-ATC-KIT

DVD to go with the book listed above, The Anarchist's Tool Chest.

Price incl VAT 


Price: £7.20 (Including VAT at 20%)
Christopher Schwarz, THE ANARCHIST'S TOOL CHEST DVD

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Charles A Eavrin: AXE AND MAN Ref: AaM

The History of Man's Early Technology as Exemplified by His Axe Hardcover
 


Price: £28.00
Charles A Eavrin: AXE AND MAN

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Charles H Heavrin: AMERICAN AXE & TOOL CO., NEW YORK, USA Ref: AAaTC


An illustrated Catalogue of the American Axe and Tool Co - 1894 by Charles H. Heavrin.
136 pages, 20.5 x 27.5 cm.

Content covers axes, hatchets, brick hammers, cleavers, turpentine hackers and dippers, bush hooks, bill hooks, grass hooks, hay knives, corn knives, etc


 


Price: £19.99
Charles H Heavrin: AMERICAN AXE & TOOL CO., NEW YORK, USA

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NEW David Russell, ANTIQUE WOODWORKING TOOLS: Their Craftsmanship from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century Ref: AWT

"The David Russell collection brings together a stunning array of edge and boring tools from Britain, continental Europe and North America and provides a broad survey of hand tool-making from prehistory to today. All the tools are illustrated with James Austin's photographs, and details and marks are shown where appropriate. Special attention is given to planes, and the great British makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are discussed in depth. Since prehistoric times there has been a never-ending quest for better ways to cut and bore wood. Along the way this has produced a wide variety of hand tools, and there are many where beauty and function meet. The book will appeal to a wide range of readers, including collectors, industrial archaeologists and social historians. The excellent photographs and descriptions do more than justice to one of the most outstanding collections I have ever seen." The late Roy Arnold 


Price: £90.00
NEW David Russell, ANTIQUE WOODWORKING TOOLS: Their Craftsmanship from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century

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NEW Ralph Laughton, SUCCESS WITH SHARPENING Ref: 12282

Success with Sharpening begins with a general introduction to the subject, covering all of the main points and looking at specific issues like the theory and mechanics of sharpening. The main body of the book is divided into three simple sections, each illustrated with colour photographs. The first of these examines sharpening by hand, the second machine sharpening, while the final section converts theory into practice by looking at how to sharpen specific tools.
 


Price: £14.99
NEW Ralph Laughton, SUCCESS WITH SHARPENING

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NEW Eric Graves, SUCCESS WITH BANDSAWS Ref: 13516

The compact and versatile bandsaw is one of the most ubiquitous workshop machines – in a small shop it may well be the only machine. Its ability to cut both straight lines and curves makes it indispensable to turners and carvers as well as to mainstream woodworkers such as joiners and cabinetmakers. This book shows you how to get the best from it by choosing the most suitable machine for your needs, setting it up correctly, selecting the most appropriate blade for the job in hand and shows you how to save time and money by making your own jigs and templates. Full of practical information, fully illustrated in colour andwith a strong emphasis on health and safety issues.
 


Price: £14.99
NEW Eric Graves, SUCCESS WITH BANDSAWS

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NEW Jim Tolpin, THE TOOLBOX BOOK Ref: 10243

If you value your tools and want to find the best way to store or transport them, you'll find essential information in this fully illustrated guide. Suitable for shop-based woodworkers, carpenters, builders and anyone else working with wood. 


Price: £19.99
NEW Jim Tolpin, THE TOOLBOX BOOK

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Kenneth L. Cope, AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS: An Illustrated Directory of Patents Ref: CHT9332

Over 1000 fully indexed and illustrated patents covering all American machinist's tools patented before 1905 and all the important ones between 1906 and 1916. 


Price: £19.95
Kenneth L. Cope, AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS: An Illustrated Directory of Patents

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Kenneth L. Cope, AMERICAN WRENCH MAKERS, 1830 - 1930 2nd ed Ref: CHT9116

The wrench or spanner is arguably the most intriguing of all hand tools. This title identifies 100s of American makers who produced literally 1000s of different types. This 2nd edition contains 200 new entries and additions to 60 of the existing entries. There is an identification system that cross-references patent dates and trade names with the actual maker. 100s of period illustrations help identify unmarked examples. 


Price: £17.95
Kenneth L. Cope, AMERICAN WRENCH MAKERS, 1830 - 1930 2nd ed

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Kenneth L. Cope, MAKERS OF AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS. Ref: CHT9334

Directory of 350 companies that produced levels, protractors, bevels, calipers, dividers, trammels, surface and marking gauges, speed indicators, rules and tool chests. Descriptions plus 100s of illustrations. 


Price: £19.50
Kenneth L. Cope, MAKERS OF AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS.

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Kenneth L. Cope, MORE MAKERS OF AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS Ref: CHT9333

100s of additional makers to add to Cope's two other books on this subject and new material on the five major makers: Browne & Sharpe, Sawyer, Standard Tools, L. S. Starrett and Stevens. New makers listed include Ames, Alfred Baker, George Bates, G. L. Chamberlain, Lindquist, Washburn, Hubbard & Curtis and Adolph Heydrich. 


Price: £15.95
Kenneth L. Cope, MORE MAKERS OF AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS

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Edward A. Fagen, THE ENGINE'S MOAN, American Steam Whistles Ref: CHT0184

This broadly researched book starts with the history and development of the steam whistle which was invented at the Dowlais Iron Works in Wales by Andrew Stephens to prevent boiler explosions. Although the subtitle of the book refers specifically to America there are many references in the book to England and other countries. Detailed illustrations of individual whistles and types, and of patents and how the steam whistle works. Much of the book is devoted to the use and importance of the whistle in railways.  


Price: £26.95
Edward A. Fagen, THE ENGINE'S MOAN, American Steam Whistles

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Ken Hawley & Dennis Watts, WOODEN SPOKESHAVES Ref: CHT9129

A thorough examination of wooden spokeshaves taken from the examples and documentation in the Hawley Collection Trust at Sheffield University. The chapters are: (1) Introduction; (2) General Description; (3) Historical Notes; (4) Patterns and Varieties; (5) Manufacture and (6) Pricing. There are mainly colour photographs throughout the chapters and some 14 in the manufacturing chapter alone showing tools for making spokeshaves that are rarely scene. 


Price: £5.95
Ken Hawley & Dennis Watts, WOODEN SPOKESHAVES

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Scott Landis, THE WORKSHOP BOOK Ref: CHT0170

A systematic approach to the construction of sites for workbenches and machines and storage for timber and tools. Heat and light, dust collection and safety are also covered. 20 detailed plans for workshops with dozens of useful fixtures. This book is crammed with solutions. 


Price: £19.95
Scott Landis, THE WORKSHOP BOOK

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Lie-Nielsen, COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO SHARPENING Ref: CHT0121

This guide shows the techniques of mastering every conceivable kind of hand and power tool sharpening, from basic chisels to moulding planes and jointer knives. The chapters comprise: The material of tool steels; Abrasives; Machines for sharpening; Sharpening kits; Jigs and fixtures; Gauges and knives; Planes; Chisels; Spokeshaves and beading tools; Scrapers; Drills and Handsaws; Axes and adzes; Carving tools; Turning tools and Power tools. A full index.
Hundreds of useful to-the-point illustrations. The author is well known for the superb modern planes his company produces.
 


Price: £32.99
Lie-Nielsen, COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO SHARPENING

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Ron Pearson, THE AMERICAN PATENTED BRACE 1829-1924 Ref: CHT9026

A dictionary of over 500 brace patents in four categories: ratchet, corner, brace/wrench and brace combination tools. Each patent is illustrated together with patentee, number, date, description and an indication of rarity. 


Price: £16.95
Ron Pearson, THE AMERICAN PATENTED BRACE 1829-1924

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E. & M. Pollak. ed., THE FASCINATING WORLD OF EARLY TOOLS & TRADES Ref: CHT0015

55 articles on tools and trades selected from the thousands of articles published by the Journal of the Early American Industries Association over the past 60 years. They cover a wide variety of subjects including the bygone cobbler and clogmaker; cutting, hewing and squaring a beam; nail making; traditional soap making; barrels made by hand; old time fencing and the many uses of horn. 


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E. & M. Pollak. ed., THE FASCINATING WORLD OF EARLY TOOLS & TRADES

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Harrison, RECORD PLANES AND OTHER TOOLS Ref: CHT9138

A thoroughly researched account of the history of Record planes from the founding of the original company C & J Hampton in 1898 through the acquisition of the Preston List in the early 1930s to the position of Record Tools in 1998. Accompanying this is a reprint of the complete February 1938 No. 15 Catalogue, now considered the most representative and the peak of the pre-Second World War production. Dates for introduction of each plane after 1938 and various adaptations are all listed in great detail. The author has had full cooperation and approval of the firm in his researches. Illustrations of planes and parts appear throughout the text. Appropriate patent documents are included, also a guide to recent prices realized. 


Price: £19.95
Harrison, RECORD PLANES AND OTHER TOOLS

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R. A. Salaman, DICTIONARY OF LEATHER-WORKING TOOLS, 1700 - 1950 Ref: CHT9016

Over 1100 tools are illustrated and discussed under various trades: bookbinder, furrier, the maker of boots and shoes, clogs, driving belts, gloves, handbags and purses, harness and saddles, hats, ball maker, coach trimmer, felt maker, pump-washer maker, last and boot tree, parchment and vellum, taxidermist, loriner and whip maker. There are chapters on manufacturers (tanner's and currier's tools) and on decoration.

Paperback 377 pages 


Price: £35.50
R. A. Salaman, DICTIONARY OF LEATHER-WORKING TOOLS, 1700 - 1950

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R. A. Salaman, DICTIONARY OF WOODWORKING TOOLS c. 1700-1970 and Tools of Allied Trades Ref: CHT9013

This is the 2nd edition, revised by Philip Walker, of what has become recognised as the definitive reference work on handtools used in the woodworking trades. Every known tool is described. Over 450 town and country workshops were visited in the compiling of this record. The purpose of each tool is explained and many of the original methods and sayings of tradesmen are also recorded. 


Price: £37.50
R. A. Salaman, DICTIONARY OF WOODWORKING TOOLS c. 1700-1970 and Tools of Allied Trades

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Sheffield 1787, A DIRECTORY OF SHEFFIELD Ref: CHT9021

A new reprint of the1787 Directory of Sheffield including the manufacturers in the adjacent villages. In the introduction by Jane Rees she notes that other town directories of this time gave only a general picture of trade and communications with the outside world, whereas this directory includes the marks of various manufacturers such as cutlers, scissors and file smiths, edge tool and sickle manufactures as registered by the Cutlers Company, which often were the only means of identifying makers.  


Price: £11.95
Sheffield 1787, A DIRECTORY OF SHEFFIELD

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Eric Sloane, A MUSEUM OF EARLY AMERICAN TOOLS Ref: CHT00201

Pen and ink sketches accurately illustrate early tools: carpenters, joiners, farriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, coachmakers, sawyers, loggers, tanners, curriers and many other farm and building tools along with kitchen equipment. A total complement of tools of the pre-industrial age. 


Price: £6.50
Eric Sloane, A MUSEUM OF EARLY AMERICAN TOOLS

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