This absorbing and profusely illustrated book describes in detail scores of early American tools and the wooden and metal artifacts made with them. Informally and expressively written, the text covers bulding tools and methods; farm and kitchen implements; and the tools of curriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, coachmakers, loggers, tanners, and many other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. Scores of pen-and-ink sketches by the author accurately depict "special tools for every job," among them a hollowing gouge, hay fork, cornering chisel, apple butter paddle, boring auger, mortising chisel, a holding dog, hauling sledge, winnowing tray, reaping hooks, splitting wedge, felling axe, propping saw horse, and other traditional implements. Sure to be prized by cultural historians, this volume will delight woodcrafters interested in making their own tools and thrill general readers with its store of Americana.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486425606
ISBN-13
9780486425603
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2335353
Product Key Features
Author
Eric Sloane
Language
English
Topic
Americana, Agriculture / General, United States / General, Hand Tools
Dimensions
Item Length
8.7in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
6.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Museum of Early American Tools
Lc Classification Number
Tj1195.S55
Copyright Date
2002
Format
Trade Paperback
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2002-067554
Dewey Decimal
621.9/00973
Publication Year
2002
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, House & Home, Antiques & Collectibles, History