Wooden planes in 19th century America [Hardcover]

Kenneth D Roberts (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 218 pages
• Publisher: K. Roberts Pub. Co (1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913602175
• ISBN-13: 978-0913602171
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable volume for collectors, archeologists, archivists and historians, May 8, 2008

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This review is from: Wooden planes in 19th century America (Hardcover)

This is the first scholarly researched book on the history of American wooden planes published in the USA. Kenneth Roberts 25 years of research, text and archival illustrations for this book is just simply AMAZING.

Like all Mr. Roberts publications, this particular book had only a small limited print run and it is out of print since the mid 1980's.

(For 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

Preface.
Chapter I. Introduction
Chapter II. New England Planes of the 18th Century - Characteristics and Current Research by Donald B. and Anne C. Wing.
Chapter III. Historical Survey of 19th Century Planemaking.
Chapter IV. The Demise of the Wooden Plane.
Chapter V. Classification and Identification of Wooden Planes.

Appendices

I -Arrowmammett Tool Co. 1858 Trade Catalogue of Bench Planes and Moulding Tools.
II -Section from Nicholson's MECHANIC'S COMPANION, 1849.
III -Section from Holtzapffe1's MECHANICAL MANIPULATION & TURNING, Volume II, 1856.
IV -Some Museums Where Planes may Be Seen.
V -Check List of 19th Century American and Canadian Makers or Firms -also Great Britain makers of planes imported or brought to United States and Canada during 19th Century.
Index.

In 1983, Mr. Roberts published the following updated and expanded volume -Wooden Planes in Nineteenth Century America - Volume II- to further complete his studies on the subject. He also produced approximately 20 additional books on 18th and 19th Century American-made tools' technologies.