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This page contains links to on-line versions of articles published in ToolTalk or by members of PAST in other places.
This is an ongoing project to make tool-related articles available to PAST members. To view any article, click on the icon in the last column in the table below. The type of icon used indicates what kind of document it is.
This third group of articles has been scanned in from printed copies of ToolTalk. These are presented as JPEG format images on web pages, which may be viewed in your browser. Click on the picture of a scanner in the table below to open these. If you wish, you may also save these images to your hard drive and print them or view them with other software. The exact method for saving images varies depending on your computer type and which browser you are using. For the most common combination (Internet Explorer on Windows), you would right click in the image and choose "Save Picture As...", then use the dialog box to specify a location to which you would like the image saved. (In Firefox, this is "Save Image As...".) You may also choose "Print Picture..." to direct the image of the page to your printer. For those with dial-up connections, please be aware that a scanned page is about 500 Kilobytes, and might take a few minutes to download.
The documents indicated as HTML format are much faster to load, and are viewed in your web browser like any other web page.
Please also note that contact information (phone number, email, the URL of a web site) may no longer be up to date in a scan of an article that is several years old.
| Title | Author | Where Published | Format | Web |
| American Machinist's Tools | Martin J. Donnelly | ToolTalk (1996) | HTML |
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| As Tough as Nails | Stan Hutchinson | ToolTalk (2003) | HTML |
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| Authentic Scrimshaw Materials | Rod Cardoza | ToolTalk (2000) | HTML |
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| Basmaison Ever-Sharp Plane Bit | Larry Brundage | ToolTalk (1997) | HTML |
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| Boardman Combination Tool | Onie Sims | ToolTalk (1997) | HTML |
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| California Inventors and Their Patents | Larry Brundage | ToolTalk (1995) | HTML |
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| California Level Patents | Don Rosebrook | ToolTalk (1997) | HTML |
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| California Tool Works | Larry Brundage | ToolTalk (1995) | HTML |
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| Christopher Gabriel | Jerold L. Billings | ToolTalk (1994) | HTML |
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| Collecting Levels | Don Rosebrook | ToolTalk (1994) | HTML |
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| Combination Tools | Onie Sims | ToolTalk (1997) | HTML |
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| The Curta Calculator | Al Bennett | ToolTalk (1997) | HTML |
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| Deering Pattern Wrench | Onie Sims | ToolTalk (1998) | HTML |
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| Differences Between the Stanley 23 and 23S Levels | Don Rosebrook | ToolTalk (1994) | HTML |
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| Grinders | Tom Thornton | ToolTalk (1998) | HTML |
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| A Handy Needlework Tool | Carole Meeker | ToolTalk (1999) | HTML |
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| Leonard Bailey's 1877 Patent Model | Philip Whitby | ToolTalk (1998) | HTML |
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| Looking for Clues in All the Right Places | Kurt Lautenschlager | ToolTalk (1999) | JPEG |
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| The Lufkin Numbering System of Boxwood Rules | Lee Sell | ToolTalk (2000) | HTML |
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| The Mechanical Pencil Sharpener | Howard Levin | ToolTalk (1997) | HTML |
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| The Mechanical Pencil Sharpener, Part 2 | Howard Levin | ToolTalk (1997) | HTML |
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| Newly Identified Stanley Levels | Don Rosebrook | ToolTalk (1994) | HTML |
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| Notes on Tool Restoration | Rick Rubin | ToolTalk (1984) | HTML |
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| Pacific Saw Company | Larry Brundage | ToolTalk (1996) | HTML |
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| Replicating the Seaton Tool Chest | David Nelson | on-line | HTML |
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| The Rare & Early Planes of the Bailey Tool Company | Harold Unruh | ToolTalk (1995) | HTML |
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| Restoration of Tools | Al Bennett | ToolTalk (1987) | HTML |
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| Sizing Hollows and Rounds | Ken Greenberg | ToolTalk | HTML | |
| Small Into Large (Paul Hamler) | Bill LaHay | ToolTalk (1995) | HTML |
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| Some Thoughts of a Rule Collector | Henry Aldinger | ToolTalk (1986) | HTML |
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| The Stanley #1 Fake | unknown | ToolTalk (1988) | HTML | |
| Stanley Bed Rock Planes | Alvin Sellens | ToolTalk (1986) | HTML |
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| The Stanley No. 239 1/2 | John Wells | ToolTalk (1997) | HTML |
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| Tool Cleaning notes | Dick Nevins | ToolTalk (1969) | HTML |
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| Wooden Clamps | Milt Boyd | ToolTalk (1999) | HTML |
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| Working Ivory | unknown | ToolTalk (1992) | HTML | |
This page was last updated on 04/24/08.