Technology 5/10

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Sashmaking, Coopering, Hewing and Boring a Water Pipe Videos

Thanks to board member Sally Fishburn, here are some links to short videos at the Arnold Zlotoff Tool Museum. The museum is located on...

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There is a Stanley No. 145!

The “combination plane” was developed to create a woodworking tool that would perform multiple functions and free a workman from having...

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Sargent Model Shop Tools: Prototype Successor to Shaw’s Patent Planes?

Here it is at only the second post of this blog and I’ve gone off the subject of Stanley Model Shop tools in my collection to discuss a...

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Who Gets The Credit?

The Stanley No. 97 Cabinet Maker's Edge Plane In late 1869 or early 1870, shortly after Leonard Bailey started working at the Stanley...

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Leonard Bailey's Last Vertical Post?

Leonard Bailey appears to have begun experimenting with and manufacturing vertical post planes sometime in 1860. These planes are called...

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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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