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 |
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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</ |
