HOW TO MAKE WOODWORK TOOLS. Charles Hayward. c1945. The inimitable Charles Hayward wrote this book during WW II. I was lucky to get a copy of it. The plans, while simple and not always of a "traditional" design, are none-the-less usefull and interesting.
 

Charles Hayward Looks Back To The Seamy Side
Working Wood: The Quarterly Journal for the Craftsman Working in Wood
1981: Vol's 3 & 4

In his own words, Charles Hayward talks of his early life as a craftsman-to-be.

Thanks to a lead from Chris Schwarz... From the holdings of The Winterthur Library

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The Art Of Fretwork - Hobbies. c1930. Ever wonder what those treadle jig saws where used for? Well, now you know. The Hobbies brand name was known far and wide. Yet instruction booklets are relatively scarce.

Thanks to Paul Womack, you can now enjoy this weekend pastime.

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Hobbies Craft and Hobby Shop is still in business and online .

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How To Paint Your Home. New Era Paint. c1920. Sometimes valuable information pops up in the most unexpected places. Louis Schmidt provided this interesting booklet from New Era Paint. On the surface, it looks like any early 20th C advertising booklet. Look inside and the value pops out at you. A series of color matched images of houses with differing color schemes offers the reader a glimpse into the recommended color preferences of the day. Some of the house styles are from years before (Queen Anne) and some are contemporary to the date of the booklet. Even allowing for some fading of the booklet with time, this is a much better way to see what color people liked (or what color the company wanted people to like) then examining paint chips. I wish I had had this booklet when we had to pick out a color for our 1920 farmhouse.

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Journal Article - Courtesy of Paul Womack
Work: 1889, Vol. 1.

Home Made Tools, by J. H.: Iron Trying Plane
Pattern of Plane for Casting, by E.P.W.
Response to Pattern of Plane for Casting, by A Foreman Patternmaker

Home Made Planes, by Bert

Home Made Tools, by J. H.: Iron Smoothing Plane & Chariot Plane

A Block Plane and Plane with Lever Adjustment, by A Foreman Patternmaker

An Iron Rebate Plane, by A Foreman Patternmaker

Journal Article - Courtesy of Paul Womack
Work: 1889, Vol. 1.

A Mitre Block and How To Make It, by David Denning

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The History and Technology of Waveform Molding: Reproducing and Using Moxon's Waving Machine. Jonathan Thornton. 202, WAG postprints, Miami, Florida. Wooden Artifacts Group Postprints Archive. Also available online at WAG Postprints Moxon. Ever wonder what Joseph Moxon was talking about in Mechanick Exercises when it came to the waveform molding machine? Ever wonder about how they made such complex moldings before the days of heavy machinery? After having bought a copy of the Toolemera press Moxon (which, if you haven't, you really should consider) and seen the plate of this peculiar machine, you most likely were left wondering if this was a fanciful invention or the product of a fevered dream.

Jonathan Thornton of the Wooden Artifacts Group wrote up a demonstration of his recreation of the machine. Never let it be said that the 17th Century craftsman was anything but creative.

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Woodwork Joints: The Model Library, No.12
How To Make And Where To Use Them. Full instructions for making Mortise and Tenon, Lap, Dovetail, Scarfing and Glue Joints, with a Chapter on Circular Woodwork. by A Practical Joiner
Price. 25 cts. 1917

A primer of sorts for the carpenter and joiner. The majority of the joints illustrated are intended for use in the construction of buildings using post and beam or early balloon frame details. Printed on fairly thin newsprint with a bit too much ink, the illustrations and text have a tendency to bleed through when least expected.

Still and all, a nice review of woodwork joints both common, uncommon and peculiar. The section of dovetail joints is interesting, as are the note on draw-boring mortise and teneon joints.

For some reason, the author declined to give his/her name, instead opting for the mid-nineteenth century form of authorship as "A Practical Joiner".

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