HAND TOOL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

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CLUBS

Missouri Valley Wrench Club
New Zealand Vintage Tool Collectors Club
The Traditional Tools Group (TTTG) - NSW, Australia
Victorian Woodworkers' Association (VWA) - Vic, Australia.
South West Tool Collector Association - USA
Mid-West Tool Collectors Association - USA
Early American Industries Association - USA
Tools And Trades History Society (TATHS) -UK

MUSEUMS/COLLECTIONS

Koppio Smithy Museum towards Port Lincoln SA(Nat Trust)
Guildford Tool Museum
Museum of Woodworking Tools
Davistown Museum (USA)
The Hawley Collection - University of Sheffield (UK)
House of Tools Museum in Troyes (France) - 7,000 tools, 25,000 books

MEMBER WEBSITES

MAKERS

RUST REMOVAL

ESPRIT Rust Remover The FIRST chelant-based rust remover with metal cleaner added for a one step process
Electrolytic Rust Removal practical aspects of the electrolytic method of rust removal

AUCTIONS

eBay Australia
eBay USA
OZtion Online Auction - rapidly growing Australian Auction
David Stanley Auctions, UK
Tool Shop Auctions (Tony Murland), UK
Browns Auction Service, USA

WEBRINGS

Antiqnet

REFERENCE BOOKS

Astragal Press

The definitive Farm Wrench reference books Volume I & II:
History of Old Time Farm Implement Companies and the Wrenches They Issued. - PT Rathbone

OTHER

Collecting Vintage Snap-on and Blue Point Tools- USA
Making Jim Beam Whiskey Barrels- USA
Millers Falls - everything you wanted to know about MF tools- USA
Don Haury's Wrenching News website- USA
Australian Antique and Collectable Fishing Reels - Australia
OzFairs - Australia
Disston Saw Reference- History and models of Disston handsaws by Erik von Sneidern(USA)
Electronic Neanderthal Woodworking Lore
H.N.T. Gordon Planes
Knight Tool Works

CHAT / FORUMS
Member's Mailboard & Forum - (HTPAA members and members of like clubs only)
Woodworker Australia's Bulletin Board

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