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Patterns for antique replica hand tools

I am looking for patterns, ideas, etc for antique woodworking hand tools. I have interests in woodworking and metal working and would like to produce replica hand tools. Any guidance would be appreciated.


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-Check out "The Art of Fine Tools" by Sandor Nagyszalanczy (or however you type it!) - true hand tool porn.

-For wooden planes you'll want Whelan's book. It's in the shop at the moment, but the title is something like "Making Traditional Wooden Planes". I don't completely agree with some of the methods, but it's probably the best book out there on the subject. He covers bench planes, plows, fillisters, dados, and molding planes.

Cecil Pierce's "Fifty Years as a Planemaker and User" walks through the steps he used to make bench planes. His planes aren't really traditional in that his smoothers have an enclosed tote and a screw cap rather than a wedge.

Lee Valley also sells a very cheap book (about $5) on making wooden bench planes.

Kingshott has a book on making tools. He focuses on infills made out of either dovetailed mild steel or from castings. He also shows other tools like marking gages and screwdrivers.

FWW did an article a year or two ago on forging your own carving tools from, I believe, drill rod. There are plenty more articles on toolmaking in FWW: clamps, chair devils, planes, etc.

 


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