| This blog is written by toolmike | 21 entries so far |
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Tool study #6: The now somewhat "rare" Millers Falls No.42 coping saw
Shortly after a post about the Millers Falls No.42 coping saw on C. Schwarz’s blog – ...
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A Krenov-style plane making workshop at Lee Valley (Toronto)
For anyone wishing to start making wooden planes, I suggest something like this 2-day workshop at...
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Rhykenology #9: "Buck Rogers" planes from Millers Falls - Part 2
A tear-down of a Millers Falls 709, as per the Millers Falls advertising literature. http:...
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Tips for buying vintage planes online
Some tips on buying vintage tools on eBay http://workingbyhand.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/buying...
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Rhykenology #8: The block planes of superheroes!
An interesting series of block planes in which the base, and often other components are made of s...
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Rhykenology #6: Another weirder aluminum plane – “THE BOSTON”
Another weird aluminum block plane from my collection – “The BOSTON”. I know of...
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Rhykenology #7: Weird aluminum planes
Aluminum block planes are some of the strangest of planes around. They appeared for a brief perio...
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Tool study #5: Millers Falls No.104 drill
A brief Millers Falls study of the No.104 “Buck Rogers” hand drill. This is a very ae...
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Rhykenology #5: Cloned planes (Part 3)
The final posting on clones – this one looks at three clones: CAPEWELL, WORTH and PEXTO blo...
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Rhykenology #4: Cloned planes (Part 2)
This is the second part of a series on cloned block planes. It looks at Craftsman, Dunlop and Ful...
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Rhykenology #3: Cloned planes (Part 1)
This is the first post of three relating to cloned planes – vintage planes made by the like...
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Tool study #4: Atomic-era tool design
The 1950s may have been the last great push in tool design before the dark ages of the 1960s-1980...
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Workbenches in Denmark
Here are some photos from a recent trip to Copenhagen and the Open Air Museum – some 200 ye...
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Tools of the Trades - Nov. 2013 show
Here’s a round-up of my visit to the Tools of the Trades show last weekend. http://worki...
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Millers Falls "Buck Rogers" planes trade circular
This trade circular came from the Millers Falls catalog #49, printed in 1949. The insert was adde...
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Rhykenology #2: Razee planes
One of the more interesting styles of wooden plane is the razee plane. The razee is likely named ...
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Tools of the Trades
If you live in the Golden Horseshoe (the region from Niagara Falls round through to Oshawa), then...
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Rhykenology #1: Identifying European wooden planes
Vintage wooden planes from Europe aren’t that common in North America, but when you do find...
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Tool study #3: "Buck Rogers" planes from Millers Falls - Part 1
Streamline moderne is a type of Art Deco architecture that emerged in the mid 1930s and lasted mo...
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Tool study #2: The Millers Falls Plane-'R'-File
The 1950s resonated with some truly interesting tool designs. Millers Falls spent a lot of effort...
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Tool study #1: Hobbies block planes
Ever heard of Hobbies planes? I found them by accident on eBay, and have put together a study on ...
