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Lots of good information and set-up techniques applicable across brands. By Brendan Gaffney. In Shop Blog , Woodworking Blogs. Spilker Manufacturing Co. Squier Mfg. Louis Machine Tool Co. West Mfg. Stevens, Inc. Stoll Co. Whitney Stueck, Inc. Sturtevant Co. Taylor Manufacturing Co. Eaton Co. Toles Co. Townsend Manufacturing Co. Towsley Manufacturing Co. Industries, Inc. Cutting Chain Manufacturing Co. Electrical Mfg. Electrical Motors, Inc. Vance Co. Nichols Co. Wells, Inc. White Co.

Whitney Co. Whiton Machine Co. Williams Machinery Co. Wood's Sons Co. Wood Co. Woods Machine Co. Wright Co. Yates Machine Co. Yoder Co. Yost Manufacturing Co. Our purpose is to provide information about vintage machinery that is generally difficult to locate. Catalogs, manuals and any other literature that is available on this site is made available for a historical record only. Please remember that safety standards have changed over the years and information in old manuals as well as the old machines themselves may not meet modern standards.

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Manufacturer's Index. Machine Registry. Publication Reprints. Long Subtitle : being simple directions for using the common steel square for the solution of complicated calculations that occur in the everyday work of carpenters, builders, lumber dealers, plumbers, gas fitters, engineers, electricians, tinsmiths, blacksmiths, masons, stone cutters, etc. Also includes an extensive, scathing critique of Frederick Hodgson, since , the authority on the use of the steel square. This plus page, well-illustrated catalog, contains plow shares, plow handles, wrenches, automobile springs, carriage frames, carriage wheels, carriage tires and axles, carriage tops and fringes, "platform gears" for carriages, carriage shafts and whiffletrees, horse shoes, horse shoe nails, hammers and sledges, as well as spokeshaves, draw-knives, anvils, machinist's and woodworker's vises, forges, tap and die sets, bob sleigh runners and shoes, inch Crescent bandsaws, both manual and the new-fangled electrically-powered post drills, and countless other items.

The Introduction for the pdf version of this catalog includes a photo of my Dad winning a plowing match in , and using a few of the products -- plow shares, plow handles, double-tree, and the like -- the catalog contains. Designed to address a specific need -- recovery in the aftermath in Britain from the devastation of World War I -- Wells directed Furniture for Small Houses toward engaging furniture producers in creating furniture for the "working man".

Wells gives us "a group of designs for furniture intended for the homes of working people, some of which were shown publicly as room settings in London and regional centres, and published in book form. In design, Wells's recommends furniture with an Arts and Crafts theme, but, as Stuart Evans, the material culture historian, notes, "pared down and without the expressiveness and individuality produced by that movement".

Each of its seven sections cover one type of furniture — for example 'Dressers and sideboards' — with several alternative designs for each type of furniture. This 8-page leaflet -- an operator's manual which came with the Wonder-Worker-- presents details about Warranty, operating methods, care and maintenance, and a table of replacement parts. Numerous photos -- some with parts named, as assistance for making repairs -- are scattered, page-by-page, throughout the leaflet.

To follow the historical context of this document, click here and read about the history of the emergence of the radial arm saw. And also see William Klenke's article on "the saw that cuts from the top". The s was a time of both frustration and transition in Industrial Arts, particularily woodworking. Frustration, because the profession was losing recruits to other interests.

With their operations set up in lines of mass production, furniture manufacturers could hire unskilled employees off the street. Instructors also needed to contend with a lack of interest among students.

In response, IA came up with several stratagems designed to solve the problem, including the idea of promoting home workshops. One response -- very innovative -- for creating greater interest among boys for projects to undertake in courses are these two indexes to projects, concepts, histories and the like, published in woodworker's manuals and related sources. It freed up the instructor from details that boys could work out for themselves.

Taken together, these two "Bibliographical Indexes" are innovative examples of what -- in the academic world -- is called "From Theory Into Practice". Four chapters cover the circular saw, circular saw accessories, operation, and "using the moulding head".

The two chapters on the jointer are basics of jointer design and its operation. This set -- soon replaced with the individual volumes How to Get the Most of Numerous publications -- manuals and magazines -- were flooding the market, including the well-received 2-volume set, edited by Arthur Wakeling , The Home Workshop Manual and Things to Make in Your Home Workshop.

Perhaps most interesting is that among the model shops displayed are examples of minaturized "line-and-shaft" set-ups , a feature of home workshops before the concept of a motor for each machine became common. James Tate -- the first named editor of The Deltagram detailed in Chapter -- authored this spledid manual for the first Delta bench-top drill press. Getting the Most Out of Your Drill Press is 30 pages of "helpful hinsts from Delta", including photos and diagrams, with sections on "laying out the work", "twist drills and how to sharpen them", :how to drill", "the drill press in the woodworking shop", and "pointers on selecting a drill press".

You'll notice that, unlike today's models -- with the motor belted at the same level of the drill head -- Delta's first bench-top drill placed the motor just above the bench, with the belt on pulleys first perpendicular to the post, then extending horizonitally to the drill press's head. For more on Delta's drill press, see this entry. While this manual on veneering reflects the technology of the early s, its contents has much to tell us today about the history and craft of veneering.

As the title suggests, it is designed for beginners. The material presented is arranged in fifteen chapters, and covers the history of veneering, the advantages of veneering, the types of veneers, including marquetry and inlaid pictures, and copious detail on the preparation and finish of veneered surfaces.

In a chapter on the history of glue, Hjorth touches on several glues used up to the '30s, including "casein glue" -- the publisher of the manual manufactures casein glue -- but also briefly notes that the recent introduction on the market of two kinds of "resin" glue -- phenol formaldehyde and urea formaldehyde -- show great promise for use in the "small shop and [by the] home craftsman".

Sears launches into marketing power woodworking tools to the home woodworker with its "Driver" line, and several other products, including an 18" metal lathe.