In the 1800-1840 period, Pittsburgh was the "Gateway to the West," and there was more planemaking activity there than in many of the more publicized New England and east coast cities. This informative, thoroughly researched book, provides new insights into the lives of early 19th century planemakers in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area -- America's first major inland industrial center. Prine describes the roles these respected tradesmen played in their communities and how they compteted with each other to dominate the market. Included among the planemakers were a professor of music, a captain in the militia, a runaway apprentice from Connecticut, an inventor, and a justice of the peace. The author has also uncovered new information, not previously published in books, about planemakers in Baltimore, MD, and Cincinnati, OH, and the first recorded Canadian planemakers who came from England by way of Pittsburgh. The book reports the discovery of several previously unknown planemakers from the Western Pennsylvania area. Included are brief histories of all the Pittsburgh hardware firms that imprinted their marks on the planes they sold. With 80 outstanding full-color and black and white photos of planes, as well as numerous copies of newspaper and directory ads, estate inventories, apprenticeship papers, and patent drawings, this book sets a new standard for research and writing about regional planemakers.

Planemakers of Western Pennsylvania and Environs

Prine Jr., Charles W.

History

Astragal Pr

From the rear cover of this 427-page book: "Now completely revised and updated 'A Guide to American Wooden Planes' is the most thorough biographic guide to wooden planes and their makers in the 250-year history of the American industry. Spanning the earliest individuals who worked before the Revolutionary War to the last few commercial planemakers of the 20th century, this comprehensive directory includes over 1660 biographical entries listed in alphabetical order, along with over 1330 stamped imprints and 600 wedge outlines. Simply by comparing the name struck on the front of a plane with the names and stamps in this guide, the reader can easily determine its age and place in the world of planemaking. New in the Second Edition: a system of stars to indicate the relative scarcity of a maker's planes, applied to over 350 individuals. Also included in the Second Edition: an illustrated introduction to the types and styles of American planes; a short history of planemaking in America; an explanation of what makes some planes more valuable than others; examples of the changing styles of wedges in the development of the American plane; a glossary of terms used; and a list of clubs and organizations open to anyone interested in tools. This revised guide is even more invaluable for everyone from the handyman with a few planes in the workshop to the most advanced collector in the field."

Guide to American Wooden Planes and Their Makers

Emil Pollak

The Stanley Catalog Collection: Four Decades of Rules, Levels, Try-Squares, Planes, and Other Stanley Tools and Hardware

Science & Math

Pollak, Emil S.

Technology

This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library collection.

507 Mechanical Movements

Brown, Henry T.

Embossed American Axes

Grismer, Jerome T.

Kendrick, Clyde H.

Reference

Building Early America: Contributions Toward the History of a Great Industry

Building Early America: Contributions Toward the History of a Great Industry

Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia

Founded before the Civil War, Sargent and Company became one of the largest hardware and hand tool manufacturers in America. This reprint catalog collection contains all the Sargent tools that were listed and illustrated in three of SargentUs major catalogs: the 1894, 1910, and 1922. The Sargent line included a full range of woodworking tools, with particular emphasis on wooden and metal planes, hammers, axes and hatchets, saws, levels, and squares. Sargent produced metal planes for over 80 years under at least 21 patents, and this collection contains most of these, including the Auto-Set bench planes, the patented lateral adjustment wood-bottomed planes, the adjustable block planes, and the unique Rlady bugS rabbets. Also included is a complete history of the company. 190 pages. Fully illustrated & indexed. 7" x 10". Soft cover.

The Sargent Tool Catalog Collection

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Paul Weidenschilling

Antiques & Collectibles

This new third edition has been completely re-written and is well over twice the length of its predecessor. The biographic directory covers 1650 makers and dealers (versus 880 in the second edition), and includes for the first time over 1600 imprint illustrations. Like its predecessor, the new edition traces the development of British planemaking, but far more extensively, describing and illustrating the many types of planes and tracing their evolution. There is a chapter on the planemaking trade and its practices, as well as sections on apprentice records, plane iron makers, trade marks, and a complete index. An absolutely invaluable reference. 530 pages. Fully illustrated. 7" x 10". Hard cover.

British Planemakers from 1700

Rees, Jane

Rees, Mark

The definitive guide, covering American planemakers from the earliest individuals who worked before the Revolutionary War to the last few manufacturers of the twentieth century. The third edition is completely revised and contains almost 40% more information than the second edition, nearly 2,000 biographical entries, over 2,200 imprint illustrations and 930 wedge outlines. Simply by comparing the name struck on the front of the plane with the name and imprint illustrations in this Guide, the reader can easily determine the planeUs age, rarity and place in the history of planemaking. The book also includes: a star system that indicates the rarity of over 1500 of the imprints illustrated; a section RWhatUs a Plane Worth?S that provides insights helpful in buying and selling; a geographic directory that lists planemakers by the state and city in which they workedQthis helps to identify planes and provides a checklist for regional collecting and research; an illustrated introduction to the types and styles of American planes; a short history of planemaking in America; an extensive bibliography for help in further research. Hailed as an indispensable tool by dealers and collectors soon after its first publication in 1983, the third edition makes the long history of wooden planemaking more easily accessible than ever before. And with over 400 more biographical entries, almost twice as many imprint illustrations, and over four times as many RstarredS scarcity ratings than in the second edition, this revised Guide is even more valuable. 462 pages. Over 3000 illustrations. 7" x 10". Soft cover.

A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes

Pollak, Martyl

Pollak, Emil

Americas

When a tree is felled, the wood is green and is easy to cut, split, shave and shape. As it dries, the wood shrinks and hardensQand it becomes vastly more difficult to work. In the old days, wood-workers relied on the ease with which green wood could be worked to make the parts they needed, and on the way wood shrinks to hold these parts together. These old ways have almost been lost, but are revived here for the modern woodworker. Make a Chair From a Tree is a lively and informative introduction to the old ways of splitting and shaping wood straight from the tree to make a light and beautiful, yet rugged, chair. Author John Alexander presents a complete guide to making this elegantly simple chair. He tells you how to fell a tree, split suitable pieces from it and shape those pieces into the parts of the chair, how to finish it, and how to weave a bark seat. Each step is carefully described and thoroughly illustrated with drawings and photographs. 130 pages. 9" x 9". Soft cover.

Make a Chair from a Tree: An Introduction to Working Green Wood

Alexander, John D., Jr.

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