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The Fascinating World of Early Tools & Trades
Emil Pollak,Martyl Pollak,Emil S. Pollak,Charles F. Hummel
Here you'll find 55 articles from the last 60 years on old tools and Colonial-era trades, reprinted from the journal of the Early American Industries Association. A fascnating read for woodworkers and historians, with information gleaned from experts as well as the anecdotes of early craftsmen. Includes lumber rafting down the Delaware in 1896; how tinsmiths used their tools; cutting, hewing and squaring a beam; blacksmiths' hammer signals; the many uses of horn; education of apprentices in New England; nail making in early Virginia; making barrels by hand; old time fences, gathering sawdust, & the charcoal burner; building a New England home in 1831; early burglar tools; the wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris and much more.
407 pgs, 6.25x9.5, b&w, hardcover
$15.00
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