The Tool Chest ~ a thirty-two page journal published.and distributed by mail four times a year. Includes original articles on aspects of tool collecting and maintenance, with particular emphasis on research into Australian tools. Also reviews of relevant publications, details of interesting finds by members, ongoing debates about tools and their use.

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TOOLCHEST # 96 - May 2010 Table of Contents Article Author Page A History of the Wheelbarrow Warren Hewertson  1 My Puzzle Planes "Tum" Gabe Bognar 12 Unusual Tools Explained - (several examples covered) Ian Stagg 15 Small Multipurpose Saw Sets Doug McIver 17 A New Kennedy Tool? (wooden clamp in Blackwood) Laurie Lewis  18 Stanley Planes and Screw Threads (continued, part 4) John Bates 20 Letter to the Editor (interesting websites to visit) George Ellis 26 A Rare Australian Tool (Turner Scissors) Graeme Plaw 28   TOOLCHEST # 95 - February 2010 Table of Contents Article Author Page Creating Beautiful Planes - Gil Rogers' Handmade Infill Planes Gil Rogers & Laurie Lewis 1 Tool Collector Types Part 5- The Researcher (Cartoon series by John Rogers) Editor 4 Collecting Sunshine - The story of Hugh Victor McKay and Sunshine Collectables George Radion & Laurie Lewis 5 Stanley Planes and Screw Threads (continued, part 3) John Bates 10 User Made Tools Ian Stagg 17 A Strange Curved Rule Doug McIver 19 A Brick Masons Rule Graeme Plaw 20 Tool Knives Laurie Lewis  22 Alphabet of Animal Artefacts Warren Hewertson  23 A Stanley Plane Salvaged Graham M Thompson 25 Two Saws found in Queensland - disston & V ^ R Editor 27 TOOLCHEST # 94 - November 2009 Table of Contents Article Author Page Wooden Plough Planes Frank Ham 1 Tool Collector Types Part 4 - The Replicator (Cartoon series by John Rogers) Editor 11 Stanley Planes and Screw Threads (continued, part 2) John Bates 12 Saw Collecting and Reconditioning - Part 2 Gabe Bognar 18 Tools from the Collections - Right Angle Saw Doug McIver 24 A Straight "Multigrip" Warren Hewertson  25 The Wrapper - James Watt Nail Punch & other Tools Gabe Bognar 28 TOOLCHEST # 93 - August 2009 Table of Contents Article Author Page Bees, gates and Shovels - A Cyclone Hand Tools Story Graeme Plaw 1 Tool Collector Types Part 3- The Restorer (Cartoon series by John Rogers) Editor 9 Hacksaws and More Doug McIver 10 Stanley Planes and Screw Threads John Bates 12 A Mystery Preston Plane (or Planes) Laurie Lewis 19 Unwritten Handtool Patents (Humour) Editor 21 Whatsit Solved (Ox Bow Pin) Mick Dowling  22 Lightning Responses (short note about Michael Faraday) Warren Hewertson 24 Proper Application of Chelant Based Rust Removers (by the owner of Rust Depot USA) Lee Johnson 25 Apex Rafter Table (repro of some Advertising) Editor 27 The Wrapper - William Hunt Level Co Gabe Bognar 28 TOOLCHEST # 92 - May 2009 Table of Contents Article Author Page Draw Knives and their Relatives (Scorps, Inshaves, Merknives, Crooked Knives etc) Ian Stagg 1 Tool Collector Types Part 2- The Repairer (Cartoon series by John Rogers) Editor 8 User-made Dovetail Guides in the Caine Collection Doug McIver 9 Tools of Mystery - a short Introduction into Lock & Key Tools Graeme Plaw 10 A Household Fly Press: Extrusion and Drawing, (illustrated by Gabe Bognar) Warren Hewertson 13 The Wrapper - Henry Disston & Sons, Sydney Gabe Bognar 18 Saw Collecting and Reconditioning - Part 1 Gabe Bognar  19 Coopering Crossword Puzzle - Solutions to Puzzle in TC # 91 Nigel Lampert 24 Shears, Sheds & Strikes (self published book by James Donaldson) Reviewed by W Hewertson 25 How Long Does it take to Make One of Those? - Poem by John A Styler Discovered by Ian Woodford 26 Butt Mortise Planes (photos: Bruce Sandie) Frank Ham 27 TOOLCHEST # 91 - February 2009 Table of Contents Article Author Page Coopering in the Navies Ian Stagg 1 Rule Accessories Frank Ham 5 Chisels - The Seal, Dental & Button Hole Ken Turner 7 Hand Tool on Australian Matchboxes Jerry bell 10 Tool Collector Types Part 1 - The Reviver (Cartoon series by John Rogers) Editor 14 Letters to the Editor - Des Miller on Shavehorses, Warren Hewertson on Briscoe & Co Des Miller & Warren Hewertson 15 Repairing Damaged Wood Gabe Bognar & Doug McIver  17 Tools from the Collections - Dovetail Marking Guides Doug McIver 19 The Wrapper - Durham Block Plane Gabe Bognar 21 Music from Tools Doug McIver 23 Stanley Mitre and Try Square Frank Ham 24 Forward Thinking - snippet from the Australian Forester 1990 Editor 24 Disston & Morss (wooden level) Frank Ham 25 A Few Interesting Hacksaws Doug McIver 26 Coopering Crossword Puzzle reprint from ToolChest #2 by Nigel Lampert Editor 28 TOOLCHEST # 90 - November 2008 Table of Contents Article Author Page The Shave Horse Ian Stagg, Ken Turner & Gabe Bognar 1 User-Made Metal Tools Laurie Lewis 7 25 Years of Rhykenology Trevor Semmens 9 "Bells of the Australian Bush" Book about Condamine Bells & Others Reviewed by Ian Stagg 11 Some notes about Cleaning & Restoring Tools Doug McIver 12 Dating Antique Furniture Terry Dixon 15 Briscoe & Co Revisited Graeme Plaw  21 "The Gasman Cometh" song Michael Flanders & Donald Swann 26 Some Disston Saws Doug McIver 27 TOOLCHEST # 89 - August 2008 Table of Contents Article Author Page Metal Plane Making Peter McBride 1 Cast Iron Carpentry Mick Dowling 9 Have you ever had it happen to you? (plane broken in the mail) David Lynch 12 Letter to the Editor (Update on Bauer's Patent Wrench)) Editor 13 Then and Now (changes over the last 150 years in Melbourne and Tools) Watson Cutter 14 A Collector Reflects (display of one member's collection) R. U. Chick Seivers 21 Salesman Samples & Giveaways Graeme Plaw  24 The Wrapper (Whittingslowe Block Plane) Gabe Bognar 28   TOOLCHEST # 88 - May 2008 Table of Contents Article Author Page A Short History of Multigrip Pliers Warren Hewertson 1 Hand Tool on Matchbox Labels Jerry bell 11 An Australian Scale Rule Maker: W & G Bruce Sandie 16 Letters to the Editor ( Mystery Shavehorse & Scale Rules responses) Editor 21 The Vernier Caliper Doug McIver 24 Revisiting Bridged Lance Tooth Crosscut Saws Warren Hewertson 28

TOOLCHEST # 87 - Feb 2008 Table of Contents Article Author Page A History of Early English Adjustable Wrenches found in Australia John Hawking & Ron Geesin 1 The Wrapper - QPC Chefsaw Gabe Bognar 15 Cutting new Teeth on Acid Warren Hewertson 16 More on QPC Products Doug McIver & Rod Thomas 21 The Plumb Line - Book on Plumbobs by Bruce Cynar Reviewed by Doug McIver 22 Letters to Editor - Mystery Shave Horse Ken Turner 24 Briscoe & Company (Melbourne Ironmongers & Iron Merchants - BriscoeTool Chest Featured) Frank Ham & Bruce Sandie 24    TOOLCHEST # 86 - Nov 2007 Table of Contents Article Author Page Compass and Circular Planes Frank Ham 1 The Wrapper - Ephemera Series Part 2 - McConnell Nail Bit Gabe Bognar 10 Workshop of the International Specialised Skills Institute (ISS Institute) Ian Stagg 11 All that Glitters is Gold - (Handtools used in Minting) Graeme Plaw 15 Some Bricklayers' Tools - (Line Pins & Tuckpointing Tools) Michael Dowling 16 Letters to the Editor (re wooden Plumbers Tools and Cardboard Technical Scales) Various 20 Tools in Sport - Axes and Woodchopping Doug. Stevenson 22 Shopping for Coffins Laurie Lewis 24 More on Vulcanising Tools Mal Mutimer 26  TOOLCHEST # 85 - Aug 2007 Table of Contents Article Author Page The Micrometer Doug McIver 1 Corrections (issue 84) Editor 5 Craft Cryptis Crossword Hastings 6 Transitional Planes Wal Maynard 8 James Moore & Sons (South Melb Timber Merchant)Catalogue Michael Dowling 11 Redundant Drawing Instruments Gabe Bognar 12 More on Levers - Stone Monuments & their Capping Warren Hewertson 15 Vulcanising Tools Laurie Lewis 21 The Wrapper - Ephemera Series Part 1 - Tiny Town Hobby Plane Gabe Bognar 23 From the HTPAA Collection - E C Atkins Cabinet Scraper Holder Warren Hewertson 24 Response about Cardboard Drawing Scales Info from TATHS # 96 25 The Wooden Tools of the Plumber Laurie Lewis 27  TOOLCHEST # 84 - May 2007 Table of Contents Article Author Page The Development of the Beam Balance Nicola Williams 1 Bergs Australian Tools - Searching for Answers Graeme Plaw 8 Photos for the Tool Chest Doug McIver 11 Letters to the Editor Warren Hewertson 12 Slide Rules - An Intorduction Bruce Sandie 14 Hand Tools on Postage Stamps Graeme Plaw 20 Tools from the Caine Collection - Drawing Instruments Doug McIver & Bruce Sandie 25  TOOLCHEST # 83 - February 2007 Table of Contents Article Author Page A History of Wrenches (Shifters or Shifting Spanners) Part 1 - Made in Australia John Hawking 1 "Modern" Fire Making Tools - Part 2 Warren Hewertson 8 A Bit of a Mystery! (the James Johnson plane) Laurie Lewis 11 Letters to the Editor Warren Hewertson 14 Tools from the Collections - QPC Doug McIver & Rod Thomas 15 "Cook's Pacific Encounters" - review of an Exhibition of Objects from the Cook-Forster Collection at the National Museum in Canberra, 2006 Warren Hewertson 18 The Development os Steam Injection for Thinning Eucalypts and Controlling Woody Weeds Bill Kerribush 20 Japanese Craftspeople and their Tools Ian Stagg 22    TOOLCHEST # 82 - November 2006 Table of Contents Article Author Page Rule Inclinometers Frank Ham 1 Notes on Photographing Tools Bruce Sandie 5 Musings on an Ivory Rule Mike Preeston 8 French Sectors and their Use Bruce Sandie 10 The STANLEY© Trimming Knife Graeme R Plaw 14 "Modern" Fire Making Tools - Part 1 Warren Hewertson 17 Hoppus's Measurer Watson Cutter 21 Letters to Editor Editor 24 An Interesting Find - Stuffers or Scrapers? that is the question! Watson Cutter 25 Tools in the Australian Collection - Woodstock Rod Thomas & Doug McIver 26  TOOLCHEST # 81 - August 2006 Table of Contents Article Author Page Chaplin’s Patent Planes Peter McBride 1 A Review on Carpenters Hall 1428 -1959 – The Carpenters’ Company Jim Donaldson 8 Sidchrome® Tools in Australia Graeme R Plaw 11 Dating Record Bench Planes David Lynch 17 A Notable Australian Level Doug McIver 20 The Sheffield Year Knife Graeme R Plaw 23 Letters to the Editor – Marples “Transitional” Plane - Responses Editor 24 Tools in Sport Editor 24 Encyclopedia of Antique tools & Machinery – Book by C H Wendel Reviewed by Doug McIver 26  TOOLCHEST # 80 - May2006 Table of Contents Article Author Page Makeshifts Laurie Lewis 1 Tools from the Caine Collection Doug McIver 3 Ten Questions for Tool Collectors Watson Cutter & Ken Turner 4 Ancient Fire Making Tools and Derivatives Warren Hewertson  5 Turner – Atkins Saw Story Jim Dixon 13 Treadle Powered Lathe by Thomas McPherson & Son Michael Johnstone & Ian Stagg 18 A “Late” Transitional Plane Kees Klep & Doug McIver 21 Ten Possible Answers for Tool Collectors Watson Cutter & Ken Turner 23 A Robert Wooding? Tony Derrett 24 Tool Shortages During World War II Editor 25 Cross Cut Saws and the Lazy Stick Ian Stagg 25 Tool Hints Ian Stagg 26 An Unusual Plane - Reply Terry Butcher 27 “WHATSITS” Editor 28  TOOLCHEST # 79 - February 2006 Table of Contents Article Author Page Wedge Adjusting Spanners Patented in Australia George Radion 1 A Mule or Phillips Digger Frank Ham 6 Australian Made Metal Planes - A Pictorial Presentation Ed 7 A Man of Many Talents - F.T. Stanley Graeme Plaw © 2005 11 Whatsit 73-3 - A March to the Scaffold Warren Hewertson  17 Engineers' Rule & the Phoenix Foundry Frank Ham 18 "English" Sectors and Their Use Bruce Sandie 21 Farriers' Horseshoe Gauge Frank Ham 24 Click Go The Shears - In Rajasthan Laurie Lewis 26 Some Even More Unusual Rules Warren Hewertson 27 TOOLCHEST # 78 - November 2005 Table of Contents Article Author Page Preston Tools Frank Ham 1 ebay Mick Dowling 10 The Can Opener Laurie Lewis 14 Nurse's Regulator Ian Stagg 17 Australian Made Sidchrome Products Graeme Plaw  18 Cork Borers and Borer Sharpener Ken Turner 19 A Matter of Principle Warren Hewertson 21 An Unusual Plane Ian Stagg 23 Repairing the wooden screw arm of a wooden plane Ian Stagg 24 A Letter to the Editor - A Leonard Bailey Reflection Graeme Plaw 25 Malleable Iron Doug McIver 26 Sharpening Woodworking Saws Ed 28 TOOLCHEST # 77 - August 2005 Table of Contents Article Author Page User Made or Modified Tools – Towards a System of Classification Ian Stagg 1 19/20th Century Mechanical Kitchenalia – Proffesional & Domestic Tools for Paring Apples, to Cleaning Knives Ken Turner 9 Tool Hints – More on Chisel Handles Roy Fuller 17 Tape rules or Measuring Tapes? Graeme Plaw & Doug McIver 18 A Rule by any Other Name…   22 A Fork on a Fork – Rodgers’ Patent Carver Fork Guard Warren Hewertson 23 Fitting an Adze Handle Alan West 24 The Art of Fine Tools – Book by Sandor Nagyszalanczy Reviewed by Ian Stagg 25 An Interesting Tool Box Trevor Semmens 26 A Shipwright’s Slice Doug McIver 27 Garden Tools - Book by Slesin, Pellerin, Cliff, Rozensztroch, Touillon & de Dives Reviewed by Graham Thompson (NZ) 28 TOOLCHEST # 76 - May 2005 Table of Contents Article Author Page Hand Tool Sheep Shearing on the Woolshed Boards of Australia Jim Donaldson 1 1 Sheep Shears – a Collector’s Perspective Kevin Chamberlain & Gill Rogers 8 Chris Vesper – Heritage Tool Maker Ian Stagg 18 A Rare Rule Michael Preeston 21 More Uncommon Rules Frank Ham 23 Tool Hints – Fitting a handle to a socket chisel Editor 25 Collectable Blow Torches – Book by Dick Sarpolus Reviewed by Kevin Chamberlain 26 The Saddler’s Bouncer Ken Turner 28 TOOLCHEST # 75 - February 2005 Table of Contents Article Author Page American Metallic Planes Frank Ham 1 Work in Progress Bryan Poynton 11 We need to collect the Knowledge with the Tools Jim Donaldson 12 Moulding and Moulders’ Tools Doug McIver 13 Hod Carrier Gordon Brown Gordon Brown 17 Transitional Planes – review of an article from the English Woodworker Doug McIver 18 Kinney’s Patent Gauge Ripping Plane Ian Stagg 22 Antique Garden Tools Ken Turner 23 Buying Out-of-print Books on the Internet Rita & Warren Hewertson 24 An Unusual Hammer Doug McIver 24 TOOLCHEST # 74 - November 2004 Table of Contents Article Author Page Perforated Cross-cut Saws Warren Hewertson 1 Tools Revisited Jim Donaldson 12 Sewing Machine Patents Roy Fuller 14 Glass Cutters and Combination Tools Ken Turner 15 Handscape with Tools Bryan Poynton 22 The Sailmaker’s Fid Ken Turner 28 Whatsit 73/3 Roy Fuller 30 Tape Measures for Forestry Workers Stanley-Mabo Catalogue no 171 31 TOOLCHEST # 73 - August 2004 Table of Contents Article Author Page Oil Cans Ralph Philpot & Doug McIver 1 Collectors as “Steptoe and Son” characters – Junk Dealers or Treasure Trove Preservers? Jim Donaldson 10 Merino Wool in Australia: It’s Harvesting, Past Present and Future? Jim Donaldson 12 Proportional Dividers R.B. Sandie 20 Metal Wood Screws – The Evolution & History By G G Jenkinson, book review by Kevin Chamberlain 25 More on Japanese Chisels Roy Fuller 26 Whatsit 73/1 Ken Turner 27 A Source Book for Rule Collectors By Philip E Stanley - book review 28 The Good Old Days Gordon Brown 29 Black Japan Doug McIver 30 Whatsit 73/2 Ken Turnerr 31 Condition Classification for Antique & Hand Tools From Fine Tool Journal 32 TOOLCHEST # 72 - May 2004 Table of Contents Article Author Page Manufacturing Stanley tools in Australia 1963 - 2001 Graeme Plaw 1 The Language and Vocabulary of Tools Jim Donaldson 10 Lim Kee Tye and the “Little Lon” Cabinetmakers John a Leckey 13 HTPAA Tool Conference 2004 Frank Ham 20 Tasmanian Patented Woodworking Plane Sighted Trevor Semmens 21 Worming, Parcelling and Serving Ken Turner 23 Small and Beautiful - (miniature tools) Laurie Lewis 25 Tools from Our Collection – The “Rexos” Wrench Doug McIver 30 Whatsit Ken Turner 32 TOOLCHEST # 71 - February 2004 Table of Contents Article Author Page Collecting Retractable Tape Rules (Coilable) Graeme Plaw 1 The ultimate question of being a collector - the disposal problem Jim Donaldson 9 Ron Edwards; Author, Artist, Folklorist and Saddler Ian Stagg 12 Metallic Planes by Pike & Dean Frank Ham 16 The Parke Rota-Shear - Have we come to the end of the Shearing? Jim Donaldson 19 A Collectors tale Warren Hewertson 24 Tradesman's Paper Caps Ken Turner 25 Two carriage-maker's Planes Roy Fuller 29 Abstract Measuring Devices Watson Cutter 30   TOOLCHEST # 70- November 2003 Table of Contents Article Author Page Spirit Levels Frank Ham 1 Reaching through the Windows of Opportunity Jim Donaldson 9 The Industrial Revolution Watson Cutter 11 Waste Not Want Not! Laurie Lewis 23 Anvils as Paper Weights Ken Turner 25 The Wheelwright's Shop by George Sturt book reviewed by Ian Stagg 28 How to make contributions to the Tool Chest Doug McIver 30 TOOLCHEST # 69 - Aug 2003 Table of Contents Article Author Page Confessions of a Teenage Ladder Maker Warren Hewertson 1 Making the Right Choices- A way of being "On the Ball" Jim Donaldson 8 Two Early British Metal Bench Planes     Norfolk Smoother c 1885     Melhuish's Plane Pat No 7855 c 1885 Ian Stagg 10 Shade Ring Grips - Their Variation and Singular Purpose Ken Turner 14 Tools from the Thomas Caine Collection - Improved Mathieson Mitre Plane c 1899 Doug MvIver 16 Who was Jas. McLaren? (he made quality Infill Planes in Melbourne c 1890) Laurie Lewis 18 Alex Mathieson and Sons Ltd., Glasgow - Illustrated Price List of Woodworking Tools - Eighth edition 1899 (reprinted 2003) book reviewed by Doug MvIver 21 E A Berg, Sweden - (brief history of the company) Watson Cutter 22 Further Notes on Iron Oxides and Rust:     The Economic Significance of Iron Oxides and Rust     The Iron Oxides     The Hydroxides and Oxide Hydroxides     Corrosion of Iron and steel     Methods of Rust Removal     Chemical Methods of Rust Removal         - Acids, Chelating Agents, Reducing Agents     Other Methods of Rust Removal     The Prevention of Re-rusting Kevin Chamberlain 25 TOOLCHEST # 68 - May 2003 Table of Contents Article Author Page The Corkscrew - The most valuable tool in the world? Laurie Lewis 1 Looking at the Collections of Others - A way of Sharing & Learning Jim Donaldson 8 Plumb Bobs Frank Ham 10 Some Specialised Museums in Southern England:     Tunbridge Wells Museum     Building of Bath Museum     The Museum of English Rural Life     National Museum of Gardening Ian Stagg 17 The Challenge Plane Doug MvIver 23 Surform® Tools in Australia:     Simmonds Aerocessories Product Range     Firth Cleveland     Surform® by Stanley Graeme Plaw 26 Antique Medical Instruments by C Keith Wilbur, M.D. book reviewed by Kevin Chamberlain 31 Tools From the Caine Collection: Stanley Door Trim Plane No 171 Stanley Rule & Level Co 32 TOOLCHEST # 67- February 2003 Table of Contents Article Author Page Traditional Sailmaking - illustrations of sailmaking tools Rick Mitchell 1 What Holds a Club Together Jim Donaldson 9 Which pigeon Holes - A Tool by Any Other Name, with illust's Ken Turner 11 The History of Old Time Farm Implement Companies & the Wrenches they Issued by PT Rathbone book reviewed by Kevin Chamberlain 16 Gold & Gympie Hammers Terry Brady 18 The Reproduction of Missing Parts of Tools Ian McIntosh 20 What is a Hand Tool? - Replies Watson Cutter 22 Open letter to HTPAA - more on defining a Handtool Ian Stagg 24 Defining "Hand Tools" Anthony Keen 26 The Stanley-Titan Cane Knife, with illustrations of cane knives Graeme Plaw & Ian Stagg 28 TOOLCHEST # 66- November 2002 Table of Contents Article Author Page Woodland Crafts in Britain Ian Stagg 1 Collectors and Collections: Some Reflections Jim Donaldson 10 Mechanical Calculating Machines - Listings and Classifications Terry Berreen 12 The Gunter Rule Frank Ham 18 Making Jewellery - an Art or a Craft? Peter McBride 22 Hand Tools Revisited Alan West 31 TOOLCHEST # 65- August 2002 Table of Contents Article Author Page Barrels and Their measurement Frank Ham 1 Excise and Gauginh Slide Rules Bruce Sandie 7 The Ups and Downs of Collecting Jim Donaldson 13 The Nature of Rust Ian Stagg 15 Memories of a Sheffield Tool Maker by Ashley Isles Book Review by Kevin Chamberlain 21 Slate Roofs: A Brief Overview of the Trade and Tools Harry W Ellis 23 Horse Measurers - They're Aware of the Tricks Ken Turner 29 The History of The Farmers Tools by G.E. Fussell Book Review by Jim Donaldson 31 TOOLCHEST # 64- May 2002 Table of Contents Article Author Page Making Saws in Marvellous Melbourne John A Leckey 1 Collecting Tools as a Means of Opening the Windows of our Minds Jim Donaldson 10 The Future of the HTPAA Frank Ham 13 Is there a Turner in your Home? Graeme Plaw 15 Who is Larry? Ken Turner 21 A Face on the $50 Note Janet Kidd 23 Hand Tools Used in the Maintenance of Sheep Shearing Machinery: An Introduction Jim Donaldson 27 Slat Planing Machines David James 32 TOOLCHEST # 63- February 2002 Table of Contents Article Author Page Thomas Sydney Caine - the man & the collection Rod Thomas 1 Theme Focus or Project Collecting Ian Stagg 8 My Experience as a Collector Frank Ham 12 Electrolytic Removal of Rust Kevin Chamberlain 19 My Eight Years as a Tool Collector Reg Bament 27 Answer to November Whatsit submitted by Anthony Keen - November 2001 Tool Chest Editor 30 Book review - Four centuries of Dutch Planes and Planemakers by Gerrit van der Sterre Trevor Semmens 30 Whatsit Tony Derrett 32 TOOLCHEST # 62- November 2001 Table of Contents Article Author Page Calculating Through The Ages Watson Cutter, Bruce Sandie & Terry Berreen 1 Long Lost Junk or Discarded Treasure Jim Donaldson 8 Scratch Stocks Terry Dixon 10 Just a Box of Tools Paul Bannan 14 Measuring Chains Part 2 Ken Turner 16 Perforated Saw Tony Derett 21 From Hand to Machine Shears: Background and Responses to Questions Jim Donaldson 22 Book review - "Slide Rules - A Journey Through Three Centuries" written by Dieter von Jezierski in German, translated by Roger Shepherd, MD Review supplied by Astragal Press 28 Plane Genealogy Roy Fuller 29 Gereedschap Museum Mensert Trevor Semmens 30 Book review - Four centuries of Dutch Planes and Planemakers by Gerrit van der Sterre Review supplied by Astragal Press 31 Whatsit Anthony Keen 32 TOOLCHEST # 61- August 2001 - Federation Issue Table of Contents Article Author Page Preface Editor 3 Hats off to the Past - Coats off for the Future Jim Donaldson 4 The Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc Frank Ham 7 Indigenous Toolmakers and Traders Janet Kidd 10 Toolmakers in Australia since 1788 John McDonald 17 Mechanics Institutes Frank Ham 21 Australian Rural Icons Jim Donaldson 25 A Corrugated Icon Ken Turner 34 Toilers, Banners and Ribbons Ken Turner 41 Chinese Furniture Makers in Melbourne Kevin Chamberlain 45 Ephemera - A Link With The Past Ken Turner 56 Industrial Heritage - Kilns and Bridges Ian Stagg 64 Australian Artist Craftsmen Ian Stagg 70 Monument to Many Skills Ken Turner 74 Politicians and Tools Roy Fuller 77 Heritage Craftsmen Ian Stagg 81 Index   88 Acknowledgement of Sponsors - inside back cover     TOOLCHEST # 60- May 2001 Table of Contents Article Author Page Measuring Chains Ken Turner 1 Don't be a Mug - Never Volunteer Jim Donaldson 8 Sharpening Stones (based on a talk by Andrew Cummings) Doug McIver 11 The Lathe: History, Functions & Romance Pt 2 Ian Stagg 14 Wooden Planes made by H N T Gordon & Co Kevin Chamberlain 22 Something to Think About Terry Butcher 27 Book review - "One Good Turn" by Witold Rybczynski Watson Cutter 28 Gregsteel Hammer Bob Shoosmith 30 Ethical Dilemmas Milt Boyd 31 TOOLCHEST # 59 - February 2001 Table of Contents Article Author Page The Lathe: History, Functions & Romance Pt 1 Ian Stagg 1 Some Ethical Dilemmas in Collecting Tools: a Personal reflection Jim Donaldson 8 Woodshow - Western Australia, August 2000 Nigel Burgess 10 What is a Hand Tool? - How do you Categorise an Egg Beater? Laurie Lewis 12 The Chest of Kleber Claux Robert K Shoosmith 17 Miniature Carving Doug McIver 20 Book review - The Mid Victorian Elwell Catalogue of Forged Tools Editor 24 Peacock's PYRAMID RUFA Nigel Burgess 26 The Tool Collections: the year that was Rod Thomas 30 Reference to the Gympie Hammer, Found Ken Turner 32 TOOLCHEST # 58 - November 2000 Table of Contents Article Author Page Some Notes on Window Making Roy Fuller 1 A Personal Perspective Jim Donaldson 6 Some Notes on Rules, and Some Rules of Note Frank Ham 8 Engineering in History - Kirby, Withington, Darling & Kilgour Book Review 14 Have Hand Tools Had Their Day ? - Letters John Bates 16 Hand Leather Craft - Based on a talk by Hans Unger Doug McIver 18 Shipwright's Adze ? - Letters F. Murrell & D. Stevenson 22 Early Australian Toolmakers John D McDonald 24 Hand-saw Makers of North America- Erwin L. Schaffer Book Review 29 A Robert Prenzel Carving Sold Doug McIver 30 Flag Baskets and Carpet Bags Ken Turner 31 What Does a Gympie Hammer Look Like ? Ken Turner 32 TOOLCHEST # 57 - August 2000 Table of Contents Article Author Page My Silcock Patent Combination Plane Gordon Chenery 1 A Personal Perspective Jim Donaldson 6 Tracking Bailey Tool Co. Spokeshaves Tom Lamond 9 The Axe and Man by Charles A. Heavrin Book Review 12 The Finch Foundry, Sticklepath, Devon, England Judith Lawrence 14 Letter from Mike Hendrikson, OAM, Wheelwright   16 The Tools of Intellectual Property Mark Wakeham 18 Robert Prenzel and Woodcarving at Glenormiston Doug McIver 21 A Whatsit from the West Des Miller 24 Billhead - Eyres Brothers of Ballarat   25 Disposal of a Collection Doug McIver 26 Mystery Item No Longer Jim Wilson 29 Shipwright's Adze ? Bob Wallis 30 References for the Articles on Coachmaking Jim Badger 31 What's an Old Saw Worth ? Ken Turner 32 TOOLCHEST # 56 - May 2000 Table of Contents Article Author Page Classic Sheep Shearing Handpieces Jim Donaldson 1 Have Handtools Had Their Day ? Pub. Committee 6 HTPAA Tool Conference 2000 Frank Ham 8 Fencing and Wire Strainers Lyle Ruddell 11 More on Mast Gauges Rick Mitchell 18 Problems and Progress while collecting Wooden Handscrews Milton Boyd 20 Cake Decorating Rule David James 25 Making an English Coach Jim Badger 26 TOOLCHEST # 55 - February 2000 Table of Contents Article Author Page Tools for Bush Furniture Alan West 1 The HTPAA from 2000 on Editor 6 Spills & Spill Planes Frank Ham 7 Wrenches Ian McIntosh 9 Spanners and the Lithgow Small Arms Museum Desmond Miller 14 Update on Australian Makers Rod Thomas 17 Refine Your Collection Alvin Sellens 21 Restoring Antique Tools by Herbert P Kean Book Review 25 Bevels & Tapers Watson Cutter 26 Dry Stone Walls Doug McIver 29 The Melbourne Chair Company Trevor Rowe 31 TOOLCHEST # 54 - November 1999 Table of Contents Article Author Page A History of Coach Building in Australia Jim Badger 1 HTPAA - 16 Years Old Editorial 11 The Other Baileys Frank Ham 12 Manufactured & Patented Spokeshaves & Similar Tools by Thomas C Lamond Book Review 14 Dating Moulding Planes Editor 16 Titan Wood Chisels Rod Thomas 18 Ringers, Hogs and Shoats Kenneth E. Turner 26 More Makers of American Machinist's Tools by Kenneth L Cope Book Review 28 Craftsmanship and Discrimination Kenneth E. Turner 29 Mr Disston's View of Saw Nibs Editor 32 Wooden & Metal Spokeshaves - 4 page insert Thomas C Lamond   TOOLCHEST # 53 - August 1999 Table of Contents Article Author Page Scales and Balances Laurie Lewis 1 Judging the worth of a Tool Editorial 8 Why is is Antique Watson Cutter 9 English Shepherd's Crook in Australia - Part 2 Ken Turner 12 Patternmaking Today - A visit to a modern Pattern Maker's Shop W Cutter & D McIver 17 Knifemaking in Sheffield & the Hawley Collection by R ibson & K Hawley Editor 22 More on the Slater's Rest Bill Strid 23 Metal Equipment Manufacturers P/L (MEM) Nigel Lampert 26 Australian Axes - AUSAXE - maker - Dave Shaw George Radion & Dave Shaw 27 Six Tools in One - The Stewart Handyworker Watson Cutter 30 TOOLCHEST # 52 - May 1999 Table of Contents Article Author Page Coopering and other Skills George Smithwick 1 Editorial - Four Years of the Publications Committee Editor 5 Chinese woodworking Tools in Victoria Kevin Chamberlain 6 A Patternmaker's Vice T Roger 19 The Handplane Book by Garrett Hack Book review 17 Barker Brothers - Cutlers, Melbourne Editor 22 English Shepherd's Crook in Australia - Part 1 Ken Turner 23 Travel, Tools and the Lynn HistoricalTrust Roy Fuller 27 Screwdriver of Turnscrew Frank Ham 29 So, you think you have Spotted a Tool Collector Laurie Lewis 31 TOOLCHEST # 51 - February 1999 Table of Contents Article Author Chinese Cabinetmakers in Australia Kevin Chamberlain A Chinese Cabinetmakers in Melbourne Frank Ham Editorial Editor History of Surgical Instruments Frank Ham Through much Tribulation: Stewart Priers and the Planemakers of Ayr by Nigel lampert Book review A very Unusual hammer Laurie lewis The Duyfken Replica Jim Black World Competition to Ascertain the Best Saw and Axe Val Quanchi Metal Equipment Manufacturers P/L (MEM) Rod Thomas More Makers of American Machinist's Tools by Kenneth L Cope Book review TOOLCHEST # 50 - November 1998 Table of Contents Article Author Editorial Comment Publications Committee Development of Sheep Shearing Machines in Australia James Donaldson Craftsmens Wage Rates in 1096 no attributes Nothing New under the Sun Janet Kidd The Term of a Patent no attributes Rules - Their History & Collection Frank Ham A Scotsman, His Tools and Their History Jim Black Jas. McLaren - Australian Planemaker Rod Thomas Practical Blacksmithing Vols -1 - 4 by M T Richardson Book review Saw & Bag of Nails Kenneth Turner TOOLCHEST # 49- August 1998 Table of Contents Article Author The Rise & fall of the Western Saw - talk by George Ingham Editor Marking gauges - a means of Achieving woodworking Precicion Watson Cutter Repousse - What is it? Watson Cutter A Price Guide to Antique Tools 2nd Ed by Herbert P Kean Book review Making Musical Instruments - talk by John C Dale Editor West australian Whatsit? Editor Spot the Tool Collector or How to Recognise one in a Crowd Watson Cutter The Humble Tool Bass, the Tote, & the Toat Kenneth Turner More about Bast Doug McIver What is New Today in 1889 Editor S & O Handee Products - Pressed Steel Block Plane (& H C Vaughan) Rod Thomas TOOLCHEST # 48- May 1998 Table of Contents Article Author The HTPAA Tool Conference Frank Ham The Way of the Carpenter, Tools and Japanese Architecture talk by Proff Coaldrake Editor The Mathieson Mystery talk by John McDonald Editor Australian Planemakers 2nd Edition by Trevor Semmens Book review The Agricultural Adze Alan West Christopher Gabriel and the Tool Trade in 18th Century London by Jane & Mark Rees Editor Carter Update - 1998 Rod Thomas (& others) The Steel Company of Australia (SCOA) - Steel Founders L Burchell & W Cutter Tools of the Trade: The Art and Craft of Carpentry by Jeff Taylor Book review Mystery Plane - (looks like a corrugated cement sheet cutter) Editor S & O Handee Products - Pressed Steel Block Plane (& H C Vaughan) Rod Thomas TOOLCHEST # 47- February 1998 Table of Contents Article Author The Stanley Catalogue Collection Vol 2 Book review Missing Tools Michael Potter The Slaters' Rest and a Dog Kenneth Turner Tailors Measures, Rules and Squares Frank Ham Patternmaking Doug McIver Corebox Planes Editor Dictionary of Woodworking Tools by R A Salaman Book review W H Blakeley & Co - 1922 Advertising reproduced Editor Drawknives - Bevel Up or Bevel Down? Doug McIver If Some Tools Could Only talk John Daniel Mathieson Mystery Colin McPharlin T & M Woolley, Sydney - Planemaker or Merchant Editor TOOLCHEST # 46 November 1997 TOOLCHEST # 45 August 1997 Article Article It's All in a Name by Ken Turner The Art of Blacksmithing: Book Review Test Your Imagination Miller Cyclone Tools by Rod Thomas The Mystery has been Weighed Up In Search of Wheelwright's Toolchests by Jeff Powell A Lucky Find by John Daniel John Derrett, Miniature Plane Maker by Tony Deffett The Number's Up for Matched Tongue and Grooving Planes by Watson Cutter An Interesting Axe by Gabe Bognar 'Select' Planer Razor Blade Tool by Rod Thomas Tool Word Derivations by Watson Cutter Book Review: For the Smithy The Best Tape Measure? Joiners, Supporters and Passionate Barrackers John Donkin's Patented Saw by Frank Ham The Number One - Cute and Useful by Clarence Btanchard Design of Hand Drills More Tools - With Knobs On! by Michael Potter Restoration of an Ebony Brace by Kees Klep More About Flying Spanners by Bill Strid Moulding Planes by Des Miller Wooden Shoes of Holland by Rod Jerard "Sunshine" Australia   Tools, and a Desperate Doctor by Ken Tumer TOOLCHEST # 44 May 1997 TOOLCHEST # 43 February 1997 Article Article The Cill Plane, by Jane and Mark Rees The Humble Oil Can Finger or Thumb? Cobb & Co. Coach: an Australian Icon "HEARTBEAT" and Hand Tools Surform Type Planes and Rasps - An Exercise in Genealogy? Flying Spanners Book Review: Making Traditional Wooden Planes Book Review: Antique and Collectible Stanley Tools - Guide to Identity and Value The History of My Collecting Memories of My Apprenticeship Days, by Jim Black What is it or why is it? Elegy on a Suburban Tool Chest, by Roy Fuller Book Review: The Legend of Stanley Design of Hand Drills Moulding Planes - Getting with the Strength Pattern Making, by Frank Ham Finger Planes My Nightmare Sharpening Moulding Plane Blades Spokeshave or Spokesheaf Tannic Acid Production Woodstock, by Rod 7homas   The Scrap Vice   TOOLCHEST # 42 November 1996 TOOLCHEST # 41 August 1996 Article Article Davelco vs Davleco Screws and Screw Threads - Part 1 Thos B Linley and H.P.L. Unusual Plane by Gleave, Manchester Letter about Sash-Scribing Planes Robert McConnell - Man of Many Talents - Part 2 Turner (Aust.) - Origins, Trademarks, Diversity & Demise China at Work - book review Screws and Screw Threads - Part 2 The Making of Window Sashes Identification Table for Stanley Block Planes Pope Products - History - Pope & Falcon Planes Trade Marks and Patents - Whittingslowe -Steell Block Plane Thos B Linley - info wanted Robert McConnell - Man of Many Talents - Part 3 Paradiso- Camberwell - humorous look at the junk market scene Skew-Backed Handsaws (Henry Disston) Davleco Plane Facts No 4 Silex & HFH The Nature of Tool Design Brace yourself for the Boring Bits The Craft of Masons   Tool Word Derivations - Auger & Gimlet   TOOLCHEST # 40 May 1996 TOOLCHEST # 39 February 1996 Article Article First HTPAA Australian Tool Conference How did People Manage Before Rabone? Folding Rules - A Symbol of Continuity Organisation of Crafts, Trades & Labour Part 1 Robert McConnell - Man of Many Talents - Part 1 Museum of the Goldfields - Kalgoorlie The Starrett Wheels that led to more Wheels Centre Bits Coffinmakers Silex Tools - with some catalogue reprints The old Sea Dog Trick (Homour) Visit by Roger K. Smith My Tool Collecting Experience The Aboriginal Stone Axe Fine Work with Few Tools A Marking gauge design Measurement of Barrels and Estimation of Capacity Brisbane Bowsaw Maker - W B Gower Organisation of Crafts, Trades & Labour Part 2 More on Carter Planes The Saw Part 2 Song of the Carpenter - verse A Collectors fate - Humour Whittingslowe - Pressed Steell Block Plane A Dictionary of Australian Manufacturers - Part 2 Some Carpenter's Hammers Plane Facts No 3 TOOLCHEST # 38 November 1995 TOOLCHEST # 37 August 1995 Article Article Letters - Barker Bros, Sash Scribing Planes, Dragons Blood McPherson's - From Pig Iron to Machine Tools & Printing John Buncle - A Melbourne Pioneer Manufacturer Folding Rules Part 2 Aboriginal Tools I Make the Best Hammer That's Made (-Adz Eye Nail Hammer) A Day in the Life of a Tool collector The Thomas Caine Tool Collection Tool Word Derivations - Caulk The Britannia Lathe in the Thomas Caine Tool Collection Alanware - Australian Planemakers Coffin Smoother marked "Morris & Co, Fitzroy" A Dictionary of Australian Manufacturers - Part 1 A Collectors Helper Plane talk - Beautiful Precision Tools Recording a Collection FB Cox Rule - interesting find Tool Collecting in Western Australia Siegley Planes Unusual Spokeshave - 4 faces, unmarked Uk Visit of a Tool Buff The Saw Part 1 Barker Bros, Melb Saw Nibs and Tool Traditions Plane Facts No 2 Woodstock Tools Walker's Micrometer Markin Gauge Windsor Beaders   TOOLCHEST # 36 May 1995 TOOLCHEST # 35 February 1995 Article Article Australian Tools - Carter Planes The Broadaxe - Relic of a Vanishing Art Replicas, Reproductions and Restorations Pit Sawing Folding Rules Part 1 Japanese Tools   Thomas Caine Tool Collection What is a Hand Tool   Plane Facts No 1 A Screwed-up Tale - humour       TOOLCHEST # 34 November 1994 TOOLCHEST # 33 August 1994 Article Article The Mortise Axe Collecting Means Protecting Trojan P/L: 1911 - 1971 The Nature ans Identification of Timber Electro Boracic Steel One Man's Chest The Tool Trail Part 1 Knobs on Pincers The Tool Trail Part 2 The Tool Trail Part 3 David Kimberley Plough & Sash Fillester Planes The Tool Trail Part 4 The Mary Rose Collecting Clocks Victorian Artistry and Social History Timbers we use - Mahogany The United Patriots Rational Benefit Society   TOOLCHEST # 32 May 1994 TOOLCHEST # 31 February 1994 Article Article Street Chairmender Melbourne Chair Company Nail making in Early NSW Scottish Planes: Antiquity, Art, Accuracy Windows Through the Ages Recent Meanderings King Island Slasher The Art of the Joyner My Changing World On Apprenticeship Stanley: One Hundred years Hammer Drills HPL Sydney T & M Woolley Sydney - Australian Planemaker Gauges: Marking, Cutting, Slitting The Skill of Sharpening Venice Turpentine On Venice Turpentine TOOLCHEST # 30 December 1993 TOOLCHEST # 30 December 1993 [Contd] Collecting Old Hand Tools, talk by Frank Ham Bill Strids Edward Preston Collection Colonial Office Patents in Early NSW, Bob Crosbie My Collection - Raymond Lord Kiwi Magic - Spiers type plans made by George Fraser Lie-Nielsen Planes, John Larkins More on What is a Handtool?, Ken Turner - lots of small machinery illustrated Tools in Private Museums- Sorrento Hardware Museum, Doug McIver Timbers we use - Oak, Colin Goldberg Dragon's Blood, Graham M Thompson TOOLCHEST # 29 October1993 TOOLCHEST # 28 August 1993 Handles, Linseed Oil and Other Things, Doug McIver Gregory Steel Products - talk by Jack Ellis A Winning Attachment - The Humble Nail (History of Nailmaking), Nigel L HMS Victory, talk by Ship Modellers Soc, Vic TOOLCHEST # 27June 1993 Painting and Decorating, History Old Tools - talk by Jim Stockton Mont de Lancey, historic pioneer property in Nth Wandin The Victorian Blacksmiths Assc. Preston Horse Collar Measure, Bill Strid Drawknife and Shaving Horse, by Alan West Tuckpointing, Nigel Lampert The story of Stone Masonry, Gabe Bognar Carbonate of Soda for Rust Prevention, Nigel Lampert Axes in Australia, by Paul Wilkins TOOLCHEST # 26 April 1993 What is a hand Tool - Watson Cutter Restoration or Conservation - talk by Alison Wain, Chief Conservator, Museum of Victoria Molasses in Action - Gabe Bognar & Val Quanchi Plastering - History of the use of Plaster in building, Ancient, England and Australia What is a Kale Pot?, Ken Turner The United Patriots Rational Benefit Society TOOLCHEST # 25 February 1993 The Edwin Budding patent Lawn Mower, 1830 pat Reg Eaton & the Brass Framed Brace TOOLCHEST # 23 October 1992 Action at High Grange 13/3/1860 Violin Making - Nigel Lampert What is a Hand Tool The History, Development & Dating of English Moulding Planes - Richard Davidson TOOLCHEST # 24 December 1992 Visit to USA - Frank Ham (Mercer Museum) HTPAA Incorporated in September Mediaeval Craftsmen, Tradesmen & Other Workers (Tradenames)- Pt 3. Watson My New Collection - Preston - Bill Strid - NZ Sharpening Stones - Alex Jenkin Australian Tools Collection - Inauguration TOOLCHEST # 22 August 1992 Carpenter's Framing Square, Improving the - Doug McIver Tool Collecting in Queensland - Two Rare Finds - John R Brown - Cox Mitre & Norris A5 TOOLCHEST # 21 June1992 Shot Towers - Nigel Lampert Mediaeval Craftsmen, Tradesmen & Other Workers (Tradenames)- Pt 2. Watson Plain Furniture - Alan West Brickmaking - The Hoffman Kiln - Nigel lampert A Remnant of the Ind Revolution - "The Exhibited Machinery (International Exhibition )of 1862" - Ken Turner The Australian "HYTEST" Racing Axe - Val Quanchi Abrasives & Sharpening Stones - Val Quanchi Australian Tools - Percy Nichols, Hobart More on Saw Nibs and Molasses The Sandusky Centre-Wheel Plough Plane - Laurie Lewis TOOLCHEST # 20 April 1992 More on the Saw Nib Formation of a Sydney Group - by Henry Black More on Molasses Sharpening Saws - meeting report from March 1992 TOOLCHEST # 19 February 1992 Second Annual Tool Sale The Kirkham Connection - collection of trades tools in Geelong Ken Roberts lecture on English Braces & other Tools The Mediaeval Tool Chest - Watson Cutter Mediaeval Craftsmen, Tradesmen & Other Workers (Tradenames)- Pt 1 - Watson Cutter Roof Work in Lead - Nigel Lampert (Lead Tools illustrated) The Art of Brickmaking: Some Historical Perspectives - Nigel Lampert Roofing - Pitched & Flat Roofs, with illustrations of Lead roofs and tools Interesting Find - Carpenter's New Guide (1793) Peter Nicholson Australian Tools - Sidchrome, Timber gun, Durham, Plane Works Fitzroy Australian Tools - Timber Splitting Gun Restoration of an old Mortising Mathieson Machine., illustrations Molasses in Tool Cleaning TOOLCHEST # 18 December 1991 TOOLCHEST # 17 October 1991 Routing Planes - talk by Watson Cutter Stanley - 50 years in Australia? - (since 1971 as Stanley) Roofing - The Magic of Slate. Illustrations of Slating Tools, methods of laying, sizes, etc. - Nigel Lampert The Craft of Thatching Australian Tools - GMB Melb Basic Tools - The Froe Cane Collection - someone who knew him The Empire Marketing Board Millers Patent Plough & Fillister Cane Coll'n - Caine's Registered Mark TOOLCHEST # 16 August 1991 TOOLCHEST # 15 June1991 Log Numbering Hammer by C McIntosh, Kyogle, NSW Woodcarving Tools by Colin Goldberg Tiling Pt 3 - Roofing Tiles Early Melbourne Hardware Trade, Story by Arthur Marsham Spear & Jackson 1937 Catalogue, photos of S & J Plane Tiling Pt 2 - Wall Tiles Cleaning Tools by Terry Butcher Caine Report Aust tools GBM Melb, Robert Henry Pearce, Kingsgrove, NSW Aust Tools - GBM Melb, Falcon / Pope Planes, Catalogue photos Adept Chamfer Plane Pat Pend no 2994/70, and Pat 34580/71 TOOLCHEST # 14 April 1991 TOOLCHEST # 13 February 1991 Tiling Pt 1 - The Australian Mosaic Tileworks, Melb Coach Building Pt 4 - Tramway Cars & Equipment Caine Tool Collection - Probate Valuation Australian Tools - William John James (Pat 15443/20) TOOLCHEST # 12 December 1990 Joiners Tools available in Sydney in 1820 Coach Building Pt 3 - Coach Joinery - mentions woods used - Tulip Wood, Rosewood, Kingwood, Harewood TOOLCHEST # 11 October 1990 Australian Tools - The Original Plumb - W N Plumb, Sydney Australian Planes - Alanware, E. Kennedy, Melb TOOLCHEST # 10 August 1990 Coach Building Pt 2 - Railway carriages & Wagon Bodies Coach Building - Pt 1 - lots of illustrations of Coach building tools, hardware & plans Australian Makers - Adze by T. Aitken & Sons, Sydney Moulding Planes - Design & Construction Australian Planemakers - brief history of Falcon / Pope, Turner, Stanley / Titan, Mac Tools & Proto Tools Moulding Planes - Development of the Wedge British Railway Compant Badges Moulding Planes - Types & Classification TOOLCHEST # 9 June 1990 Moulding Planes - Restoration - lots of illustrations Wheelmaking Pt 2 - Machine Made Wheels - lots of handtools & machinery illustrated Australian Planemakers - Aitken & Sons, T B Linley, Pope, Falcon, Turner & Stanley Wheelmaking Pt 2 - Hand Made Wheels Australian Planemakers - Carter Tools - history of Carter Tools and list of Planes made Australian Planemakers - Adept TOOLCHEST # 8 April 1990 TOOLCHEST # 7 February 1990 Ken Roberts lecture - "Tools for the Trades & Crafts" Ken Roberts Gulf Station - History Wheelwright - The Craft of the Wheelwright Stanley Toolbox of the World - incl some trademarks and rare Stanley Planes Wheelwright - Timber of the Wheelwright Caine Tool Collection - Catalogueing Wheelmaking Pt 1 - incl lots of illustrations on wheelmaking Caine Tool Collection - Tools at Polly Woodside Australian Planemakers - List of Known makers as at April 1990 Caine Tool Collection - The Story of Thomas Caine Historic tools on display in Bendigo at Sandhurst Trustees TOOLCHEST # 5 October 1989 TOOLCHEST # 6 December 1989 The Adze Dating Stanley Planes Pioneer Skills of Australia, Alan West Leonard Bailey - Plane Pioneer - incl lots of Bailey Plane illustrations Sleeper Hewing - incl illustrations of sleeper cutting tools Caine Tool Collection - the move from Ripponlea Caine Tool collection - Contents of Tool Box -> 4 pages of handwritten list Caine Tool Collection - Tool Box # 2 - List of Contents TOOLCHEST # 4 August 1989 TOOLCHEST # 3 June 1989 Tale of an Old Smoothie, Tony Derrett Violin making with Raynor Beilharz Foundry Work - extensive article incl. Green Sand Moulding & Bench Moulding International Wood Collectors Society, Jock Watson Caine Tool Collection - TS Caine's Will Stone Tools from 31,000 years ago   Man & His Tools - A Force for Change, Watson Cutter TOOLCHEST # 2 April 1989 TOOLCHEST # 1 February 1989 Caine Tool collection Disston # 10 Imperial Saw tool - instructions for use Coopering - Art of the Old World Disston - Setting & Swaging Hammers Coopering - The Noble Art of Cooperage - Lots of Cooper's tools illustrated Disston - How to set & File Cross Cut Saws Disston - Cross Cut Saw Files Spotswood Pumping Station Museum Bookcase Plane   Back copies of the Tool Chest are available from the Secretary HTPAA ( ref Executive) Back to Publications | Home | Executive