Antique Woodworking Tools: A Guide to the Purchase, Restoration and Use of Old Tools for Today's Shop [Hardcover]

Michael Dunbar (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Hastings House Pub; 1st Edition edition (October 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803858213
• ISBN-13: 978-0803858213
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,199,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for the purchasing, tuning and using of old tools., September 4, 1998

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This review is from: Antique Woodworking Tools: A Guide to the Purchase, Restoration and Use of Old Tools for Today's Shop (Hardcover)

This small book shows with words and pictures exactly what to look for when contemplating the purchase of an old tool. It explains what the tool was used for, how to spot broken parts and how to make it work the way it is supposed to. In some cases it shows the evolution from primitive to modern hand tool. Excellent sections on the many different types of planes from smoothing planes to complicated molding planes. A keeper for future reference.