Woodwork
_This history of woodworking hand tools from the 17th to the 20th century is one of a very gradual evolution of tools through generations of craftsmen. As a result, the sources of changes in design are almost impossible to ascertain. Published sources, moreover, have been conc...
English tool design in the 18th century also influenced the continental toolmakers. This can be seen in figure 39 in a transitional-type bitstock (accession 319556) from the Low...
1. Chapter 1_This history of woodworking hand tools from the 17th to the 20th century is one of a very gradual evolution of tools through generations of craftsmen. As a result, the sources...
4. Chapter 4Other mass-produced edge tools--axes, adzes, braces and bits, augers, saws, and chisels--illustrated in the trade literature of the toolmakers became, as had the iron-bodied ben...
2. Chapter 2By 1900, the carpenter's tool chest, fully stocked and fit for the finest craftsman, contained 90 or more tools. Specialization is readily apparent; the change in, and achieveme...