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Alice Frampton
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Well, as you might have guessed from the title, I live in Cornwall and do a little woodworking. As many modern woodworkers do, I got to thinking that using power tools was the only route to follow. Then I got on-line and discovered a group of hand tool, and particularly old hand tool, enthusiasts calling themselves Galoots.
American Hardwood Information Center
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A brief description of the most common North American hardwoods
AntiqueTools.co.uk
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78 High Street, Needham Market,
Suffolk, IP6 8AW, England
Tel. +44 (0)1449 722992
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We supply antique tools, used woodworking tools and specialist new Cabinetmaker's tools from our retail store where we offer the largest selection of used and antique tools in Europe - over 1500 wood carving tools are always in stock. We also offer a full Mail-order service world-wide. We are also the leading auction house specialising in antique wood working tools.
Arthur Robb
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Wiltshire, England
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I have been a luthier since 1974. I make lutes and guitars, restore older instruments and do repairs for local musicians.
BackSaw.net
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This site is all about woodworking handsaws, There has been a resurgence of interest in woodworking with hand tools and consequent proliferation of high quality handtool makers. When the powered circular saw became popular, the availability of quality handsaws decreased. Now there are a number of companies dedicated to re-capturing the high quality of early saws.
Blood and Sawdust
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Tom Rettie
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Containing various and useful information on medieval and Renaissance woodworking, furniture, material culture, and re-enactment.
Bob Kaune - Antique & Used Tools
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511 W. 11th
Port Angeles, Washington 98362
(360) 452-2292
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I have a large selection of quality, ready to use vintage hand tools: planes, scrapers, spokeshaves, chisels, slicks, adzes, drawknives, saws, braces, drills, levels, rules, squares, bevels, parts and other hard to find items.
Brass City Records and Tools
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489 Meadow St
Waterbury CT 06702
(203) 574-7805
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I sell records for a living but I have a passion for woodworking and old tools. I really enjoy sharing both with anyone who will listen, and sometimes even people who will not listen.
Catalog of American Patented Antique Tools
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On the pages of this web site, you'll be able to view many of America's most beautiful, rare, and collectible patented antique tools. I invite you to peruse these pages and see for yourself the artistic and inventive spirit imbued within these symbols of creativity.
Chris Pye Woodcarver
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I've been a professional woodcarver, author and teacher of woodcarving for nigh on 30 years, and am a member of the Master Carvers Association.
I bring my enthusiasm, experience and knowledge of carving to this website: helping you learn to carve, or develop good, competent woodcarving skills. I want to support your carving path and progress, and rejoice in the beautiful carvings you can create.
Country Workshops
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990 Black Pine Ridge Road
Marshall, NC 28753
(828) 656-2280
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The woodworking school that focuses on traditional craftsmanship with hand tools. Started in 1978 by Drew Langsner.
In many Country Workshops woodworking classes, instruction begins by splitting a freshly felled hardwood log, a traditional method sometimes called “green woodworking.” Air-dried, milled lumber is also used when appropriate.
Project work is often done with a drawknife and spokeshave while seated at a shaving horse. We also teach the skills of wood turning, wood bending, carving and hewing with axes and adzes.
Daiku Dojo
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Tel: (510) 635-7182
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Daiku Dojo is a community organization designed to help provide the education and skills necessary for the use of hand tools in woodworking. The organization also encourages personal involvement with community projects. By joining together we can work on interesting projects that most of us would not have the opportunity or resources to attempt alone, and at the same time, benefit local groups and organizations.
Directory of American Tools and Machinery Patents
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The DATAMP project is a cooperative effort of the OldWWMachines and OldTools mailing lists. It is intended to be a clearinghouse for information on antique tool and woodworking machine patents, allowing collectors of these tools to easily find information about the history of tools and trades.
Disstonian Institute
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This non-commercial website is intended to be a resource for people interested in Disston handsaws: whether you're a beginning collector, an online auction seller who wants know more about the saws you're trying to pitch, or someone who wants to restore and actually use a handsaw.
Dr. Oud
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Dr Oud Press, P.O. Box 87392, Vancouver, WA 98687-7392
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This site is for oud builders, players and collectors interested in construction and repair of the oud.
Other writings:
The Oud Construction and Repair
Exotic Wood Identification Site
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Cortland, New York
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A non-commercial site focusing on color-correct pictures of exotic and domestic woods.
Frets.com
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Information galore for luthiers.
georgesbasement
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Lots of hand tool articles and links.
Green Woodworking
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Ted Rushworth
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A manual pole-lathe is the classic centuries old method used to turn green (unseasoned) wood with little effort and without the noise, dust, or danger involved with modern mechanised turning.
At the beginning of the 1990's, in the early days of my retirement, I made my first pole-lathe from scrap timber for next to nothing, then I went on a three day course at Newcastle to make a more refined one.
Handplane Central
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Our aim is to make Handplane Central a valuable source of information for all types of handplanes, including wooden planes, infill planes and Stanley type planes.
If you want to make a woodworking plane we have a selection of plans for making planes and we're adding new articles almost every day. So if you're into planemaking, aspiring to be a planemaker, a hand plane collector or just want to learn about hand planes in general and how to use them then this is a good place to start
Hyperkitten.com
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This web site it dedicated to a few of my favorite hobbies- woodworking, as well as collecting, using, and researching vintage woodworking tools.
In the Woodshop with Derek Cohen
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Perth, Australia
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There are articles on building your own tools, such as planes, chisels, knives and saws. Some of my creations are basic, some are quite complex, some are just art, but all are intended to be used. I have put together tutorials and hope that you will have the same fun with them as I have.
Jeff Gorman's A Few Woodwork Notes
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Although some of this material has previously been published in Future Publishing's Good Woodworking magazine (and re-used with the kind consent of its Editor), this website is operated entirely independently.