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Links to other web sites
On this page, we list links to web pages provided by others. Some of these are home pages of PAST members. Others are home pages of other tool collecting organizations. And finally, there is a section of useful resources put together by individuals that should be of general use to PAST members. These sites include such things as tool company history, on-line versions of old tool catalogs, type studies, and so on.
Please feel free to let us know about other web sites that you think would be helpful to your fellow PAST members. There are only two restrictions:
1) Sites that offer tools for sale must be owned by a member of PAST.
2) We only link to sites that are specifically about old tools.
| Clarence Blanchard / Fine Tool Journal | www.finetoolj.com |
| Martin J Donnelly Auctions, Antique Tools & Books | www.mjdtools.com |
| Ken Greenberg's Woodworking Home Page | www.calast.com/personal/ken/wood.htm |
| Jared Isaacs | http://www.vintagetools.net/ |
| Steve Johnson / Union Hill Antique Tools | www.tooltimer.com |
| Bob Kaune Antique & Used Tools | www.antique-used-tools.com |
| Bill Kohr / Craftsman Studio | www.craftsmanstudio.com |
| Mel Miller / Mel Miller's Antique Tools | melmillersantiquetools.com |
| Frank Murch's Snap-On Tools page | www.collectingsnapon.com |
| Tony Murland | http://www.antiquetools.co.uk/ |
| Al & Bobbie Roberts / The Rational Past | www.therationalpast.com |
| Phil Whitby / New Boston Tool Room | www.newbtr.com |
| David Zeidman / Tools 'n Rules | www.toolsrules.com |
| Jon Zimmers Antique Tools | www.jonzimmersantiquetools.com |
Collectors of Rare And Familiar Tools Society (CRAFTS of New Jersey)
CRAFTS is a non-profit organization with the purpose of encouraging interest in early trades and industries and fostering the identification, study, preservation and exhibition of early tools and implements.
Early American Industries Association (EAIA)
The purpose of the Early American Industries Association, Inc. is to encourage the study and better understanding of early American industries in the home, in the shop, on the farm, and on the sea; also to discover, identify, classify, preserve and exhibit obsolete tools, implements, and mechanical devices which were used in early America.
Midwest Tool Collectors Association (MWTCA)
The Mid-West Tool Collectors Association is a non-profit international organization whose purpose is the study, preservation and understanding of the early tools, implements and devices used by our ancestors in their homes, shops, on the farms and on the seas.
Pacific Northwest Tool Collectors (PNTC)
Hosted by PAST member Steve Johnson on his site (see above). Club home page includes links for meeting schedules, history, membership form, etc.
Rocky Mountain Tool Collectors (RMTC)
RMTC is a regoinal club whose purpose is to promote the collection, restoration, study, and understanding of the tools of early trades and crafts and to share this understanding with interested people and institutions.
Southwest Tool Collectors Association (SWTCA)
SWTCA is an organization whose purpose is (1) To promote the collection and exchange of tools, implements and devices used by our forefathers; (2) To study and share knowledge concerning these objects and the crafts in which they were used; and (3) To provide a spirit of fun and fellowship among members having these interests.
A brief history of Elliot Storke and the Auburn Metallic Plane Company, text by Dan Weinstock from the catalog which accompanied his exhibit entitled "Yankee Ingenuity: Patented Planes of New York State".
History of the Buck Brothers company, collected from various sources by Brian Welch. NOTE: A Geocities page which requires that you close annoying pop-ups and pop-over ads from time to time, but with good information.
As above, but specifically about Charles Buck's own company. Includes a biography, some early ads, pictures of tools, etc.
This website is for those who use, study, collect, deal in, or just love, wooden clamps and related woodworking tools. The emphasis is on factory made, rather than individually made, tools. However, noteworthy individuals are often identified. This is Milt's new site.
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.
The Hand Saws of Harvey W. Peace
Joshua Clark's site covers the handsaws of Harvey Peace and Vulcan Tool Works, including company history, saw models, patents, the saw industry in Brooklyn during the 19th century, and references to resources used in collecting information for the site.
Miller's Patent plane web site
Don Bosse's web site about Miller's Patent plow planes.
Russ Allen has added a good introduction to patent searching to this page on the M-WTCA web site. It covers the USPTO site, DATAMP, Google patent searches, etc.
Randy Roeder's Millers Falls home page
This page serves as directory central for a study of the tools and history of the Millers Falls Company during the time that it was located in Massachusetts. The most comprehensive information about Millers Falls available on the web or anywhere else.
This site is dedicated to the thousands of early toolmakers and tradesmen, without whose labor and skills Rhode Island's beloved gentry and capitals of industry, would have had no ships to transport their goods in, no houses to live in, no carriages to ride in, and no chairs to sit in.
History of the company and description of the various product lines. NOTE: A Geocities page which requires that you close annoying pop-ups and pop-over ads from time to time, but with good information.
Mark has been collecting saw sets for 20 years now. His web pages provide what information he has, with pictures as a resource for anyone interested in collecting saw sets as a hobby or as a general resource for anyone of interest.
Stanley Plane Features Timeline MegaChart
J. W. Popp's web-based chart for identifying the type of Stanley planes by features is built on the work of Roger K Smith and many others. Presented as a spreadsheet with a web interface, although the spreadsheet data can be downloaded for offline use.
Part of Wiktor Kuc's old tools site, this information compiled by Dr. Nathaniel Mitkowski covers the history of the company and its T. H. Witherby trademark. There is also a partial scan of a Winsted catalog.
Gary Roberts of Dedham, MA has an extensive collection of tool related ephemera - catalogs, billheads, etc. He has scanned many of these in and made them available to the general public.
This page was last updated on 01/12/10.