Technology 6/10

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Branded Wooden Planes in India

Branded Wooden Planes in India - American Analog....150 Years Later During my professional career I've spent much of my time overseas...

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American Anvils

An Unwritten Chapter in the Annals? by Clayton E. Ray I believe that a significant epoch of anvil-making in colonial North America has...

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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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Traut's Model Shop Chamfer Planes - Part 1

Justus A. Traut, worked for the Stanley Rule & Level Company for over 50 years, and churned out patent after patent from the time his...

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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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