Articles of Interest to Tool Collectors


  These and other articles are representative of the types of information you will find in our Quarterly Magazine "The Gristmill"

The following table contains a sampling of articles written by the membership of M-WTCA. They vary in content and focus, as this reflects the broad range of interest you will find among our members. Please take time to peruse through them at your leisure, I am sure you will find them most enlightening !

Article Title

Author

The Hamler Technique for Copying Stamp Made Markings.

Eric M Peterson

Yankee Tools Checklist

David Erickson

Disposing of a Tool Collection

Ivan C Risley

How Thick is "Extra Thick"?

Cliff Fales

The Hedge/Clark Connection :
An Unusual Rule Joint

Cliff Fales

The American Patented Brace Database

Ron Pearson

The Gristmill Index

Stan Wasielewski

Eighteenth Century French Coopers

Raymond R Townsend

The Dating of Tools

Fernand Tourret
Paul Feller

Tools of the Trades

William R Rigler

Intermittent Boxing

William R Rigler

Procedure for Identifying Whatsits

Ivan C Risley

The Pricing of Tools

Eric M Peterson

For Iron Plane Collectors :
Announcing the publication of "The Stanley Plane" By Alvin Sellens

Alvin Sellens

How to Clean Wood Tools

William R Rigler

Keeping Tools in Sets

William R Rigler

Restoration vs. Fakes

William R Rigler

The Four Legged Apprentice

Ivan C Risley

The Phillip's Shingling Clamp

Ron Mossing

What's in a Name :
Surnames and Occupations

William Holden

Woodrough and McParlin Panther Brand Saws

William R Rigler

Don't Bodder Me

William R Rigler

Spiral Screwdrivers of Decatur, Illinois

Cliff Fales

The Soot Method of Copying Stamp Made Markings

E J Renier

Those Nordic Braces

E J Renier

Knowles-Type Tools :
Planes, Spokeshaves and a Scraper

Thomas C Lamond

Notes on New England Edge Tool Makers, I :
Edge Tool Makers, Hinsdale, NH, 1840-1900

Roger K Smith

Notes on New England Edge Tool Makers, II :
Oliver Sawyer (1794-1836), (O. Sawyer), Edge Tool Maker, Bolton, MA, ca. 1808-1836

Roger K Smith

The Stanley No. 239-1/2 Special Dado Plane

John Wells

Method for Marking an Item with an Identification Number

Eric M Peterson

Recent Updates for the Naming and Datings of Spokeshaves

Thomas C Lamond

Victor Planes :
1103, 1104, 1105, 1120

George Wanamaker

Photographing Old Tools with a Digital Camera

Eric M Peterson

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