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Stanley Model Shop Tools: A Transitional Furring Plane Prototype

This is the first of what is intended to be an occasional series describing some of the Stanley Model Shop tools in my collection and...

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A Maritime Blacksmith of Lamu

In my professional travels in developing countries, I’ve been amazed how analogous work methods are to those used in America in the early...

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Model Shop Chamfer Planes - Part II

Part I of this post introduced you to Justus Traut’s patent No. 316,079 granted on April 21, 1885. This patent very clearly illustrated...

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Metal Mouths and Faucet Handles

From its inception the Stanley Rule & Level Company was very attentive to its customers needs and desires. Their salesmen were...

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Panic, Patents, and Liberty Bell Planes

This post is a bit longer than those I’ve written in the past, but I hope you'll enjoy the story that's in here about another interesting...

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Justus Traut's Early Adjustable #110 Block Planes

As I told you in my last post, Stanley Rule & Level Company introduced the #110 non-adjustable block plane sometime in 1874. The plane...

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