A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes

A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes
Author: Thomas L. Elliott
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2018-09-07
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1493054015

With its initial publication in 1983, A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes profoundly transformed the emphasis and direction of tool collecting. After several years of meticulous research, Thomas L. Elliott has completely redesigned, revised, and expanded this fifth edition to include entries and information accumulated since the fourth edition. The heart of this guide is the alphabetical directory of plane makers and dealers. This fifth edition now includes: 4590 biographical entries; 6160 imprint illustrations; 3030 wedge outlines; and over 3000 individual ratings for judging relative scarcity and value. Also included are sections providing insights helpful in buying and selling planes, an illustrated glossary of plane terms and styles, and an extensive bibliography for further research. This book is useful to both the beginner and the advanced collector, to historians and genealogists, and to all other with an interest in the subject.

A Field Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes

A Field Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes
Author: Thomas L. Elliott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2003
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781931626149

Any collector who has wished he could carry the Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes in his pocket at flea markets, auctions, or estate sales will be happy with this new Field Guide. Tom Elliott has included all the imprints (about 4500) from the fourth edition and has added over 550 new imprints. He has also provided all the star ratings shown before, as well as notations of the names on the planes, whether the name was for a maker or a hardware dealer, and the geographical locations and approximate dates for each entry.

Goodman's British Planemakers

Goodman's British Planemakers
Author: Jane Rees
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 699
Release: 2020-02-01
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1931626480

This new edition of the classic reference British Planemakers from 1700 has been completely rewritten, with over 200 pages of new information. Online research tools haven enabled much greater insight into family connections of planemakers, family and business continuities, and the discovery of previously unknown planemakers. Confirmation that planemakers were working in the late 1600s, in fact, inspired the new edition’s title, Goodman’s British Planemakers. The biographic directory covers more than 2400 planemakers and includes 2250 maker's mark illustrations. Like its predecessors, the new edition traces the development of British planemaking, but far more extensively, now confirming that planemakers moved around the country to a much greater extent than previously realized, and identifying several new family planemaking dynasties. The book includes chapters on the planemaking trade and its practices, descriptions and illustrations of the many types of planes and their evolution, and provincial planemaking, as well as sections on apprentice records, trade marks, and a complete index. An absolutely invaluable reference.

Making and Mastering Wood Planes

Making and Mastering Wood Planes
Author: David Finck
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Planes (Hand tools)
ISBN: 9781402720222

Teaching you how to make a classic plane yourself (it takes only a day or so) and how to use it in a refined manner.

The Wooden Plane

The Wooden Plane
Author: John M. Whelen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 518
Release: 1993-03-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1931626677

A comprehensive reference that has been called "a work of clarity and imagination so influential it virtually defines its subject," this book describes, illustrates, and classifies all types of wooden planes from the common to the rare and unusual -- tracing their development and explaining their use. Included are both American and English planes, and also French, Dutch, German, Japanese and Chinese. Over 500 pages long, with more than 1,000 illustrations, it also includes: Chapters that describe and illustrate over 90 simple and 300 complex molding profiles; a description and explanation of the planes used by specific trades: the Cooper, Sashmaker, Coachmaker, Wheelwright, Planemaker, Organ Builder, Staircase Builder, Basketmaker, Rulemaker, Chairmaker, and Patternmaker; an Appendix that outlines a system for naming and classifying molding profiles, and another for identifying and classifying any plane based on its physical shape.

Making Traditional Wooden Planes

Making Traditional Wooden Planes
Author: John M. Whelan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1996
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781879335691

John Whelan unlocks the fascinating secrets of an almost lost art: wooden planemaking. For those curious about the ingenious ways of the craft, this book lays out clear, step-by-step instructions that will enable any woodworker to make a plane. Each chapter (covering 20 different types of planes and spokeshaves) is fully illustrated by the author's line drawings. In addition, there are chapters on the history and alternative methods of planemaking, making plane irons, and the tuning and using of wooden planes. Every chapter that details the construction of a particular plane starts with a photograph of the plane that has been made by the author. As you would expect from Mr. Whelan, this book is the finest and most complete work on the making of wooden planes in print. The reader will enjoy it even if he never puts blade to wood. Should he make a plane or two, he will find Making Traditional Wooden Planes most satisfying

Traditional Wooden Handplanes

Traditional Wooden Handplanes
Author: Scott Wynn
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1607654989

• Shows how to restore, make, modify & use traditional wood handplanes. • Essential reference for hand tool enthusiasts. • Step by step instructions for making a set of 6 types of this style of plane. • How traditional wood planes work, how to set up a flea market find, and how to tune up a new plane to get the best performance. • In contrast to heavy and expensive modern planes, traditional-style wood planes are affordable, light in weight, low in friction, and comfortable to use.

Early Planemakers of London

Early Planemakers of London
Author: Don Wing
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Carpentry
ISBN: 9780976745907

The origins of the trade of planemaking in late 17th and early 18th century London are explored. The authors document in detail many makers who have been previously unidentified. The book deals with the conditions in London, the guild system, etc., in this period. Profusely illustrated with original documents and maps, the book includes a wall chart showing graphically the relationships between masters & apprentices in both the Tallow Chandlers and the Joiners Companies from about 1680 - 1750.

Infill Planes

Infill Planes
Author: Hans Brunner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1916-02-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9780994516206

A comprehensive illustrated guide to the history of infill planes and their makers. Dating features, hints and tips on collecting with price estimates and auction results.