The chest was found in Mastrmyr on the the island of Gotland, Sweden in 1936. More than 200 objec...

Here is the first book to identify American builders of planers, shapers and slotters, who operat...

'The book' of Christopher Gabriel, planemaker and tool seller in London from 1770 until 1809, has...

A comprehensive reference that has been called 'a work of clarity and imagination so influential ...

Through the second half of the 19th century and into the 20th, barrel makers followed the same pa...

A valuable directory that illustrates and lists over 1000 fully-indexed patents, covering all Ame...

This is one of the very few manuals written by a recognized professional smith; in this case, one...

With its initial publication in 1983, A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes profoundly ...

Covering a span of almost two centuries, Railroad History on American Postage Stamps tells the st...

The first edition of Horse Drawn Sleighs proved so helpful to those who wished to build sleighs, ...

This is a vastly expanded successor to Dr. Pearson s earlier Guide to American Brace Patents 1829...

John Whelan unlocks the fascinating secrets of an almost lost art: wooden planemaking. For those ...