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British Planemakers from 1700

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This very important book is in fact Mr Goodman's second historical survey on ancient hand tools. In 1964, Goodman published The history of woodworking tools to great critical acclaims from collectors and scholars.

This "2nd edition: greatly enlarged" of British Planemakers from 1700 offers a unique historical survey of the planes and their makers in 18th and 19th Century Britain. Mr. Goodman's well written text delivers to its readers an in-depth analysis of how the Hand Plane were made in the workshops of England.

The Author's un-mistakable British wit makes for a very funny and entertaining read! On page VI, the book is aptly dedicated "To the long-suffering wives of all old-plane buffs, whose patience and forbearance have made this study possible". (Thank you, Mrs. Goodman! for putting up with your man's cultural obsession)

(For the words and terms that were unknown or new to me, I used an old copy of the 1993 UPDATED and REVISED American Edition of the New Webster's dictionary and thesaurus of the English language at the very cheap price tag of ONLY 10 CENTS !)

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements

list of Illustrations

INTRODUCTION

I. THE PLANES

1: Bench Planes

2: Moulding Planes (General)

3: 'Hollers'n Rounds'

4: Profiled Moulding Planes

5: Moulding-plane Wedges

6: Grooving Planes, Ploughs, etc.

7: Rebating Planes and Fillisters

II. MAKERS', DEALERS' and OWNERS' MARKS

III. CHECK LIST OF PLANEMAKERS and DEALERS

Abbreviations

Problem Children

IV. CHECK LIST OF PLANE-IRON MAKERS

Index

There is more than 35 illustrations and detailed tables.

This is a wonderful book: Happy readings!

To learn more about American Planemakers's history in the 18th and 19th Century, you must read the unique 1983 Kenneth D. Roberts' book: Wooden Planes in Nineteenth Century America - Volume II, it is a mind treasure!