HOW TO MAKE WOODWORK TOOLS. Charles Hayward. c1945. The inimitable Charles Hayward wrote this book during WW II. I was lucky to get a copy of it. The plans, while simple and not always of a "traditional" design, are none-the-less usefull and interesting.
 

Charles Hayward Looks Back To The Seamy Side
Working Wood: The Quarterly Journal for the Craftsman Working in Wood
1981: Vol's 3 & 4

In his own words, Charles Hayward talks of his early life as a craftsman-to-be.

Thanks to a lead from Chris Schwarz... From the holdings of The Winterthur Library

Booklet
The Art Of Fretwork - Hobbies. c1930. Ever wonder what those treadle jig saws where used for? Well, now you know. The Hobbies brand name was known far and wide. Yet instruction booklets are relatively scarce.

Thanks to Paul Womack, you can now enjoy this weekend pastime.

PDF = 2.53 mb

Hobbies Craft and Hobby Shop is still in business and online .

Booklet
How To Paint Your Home. New Era Paint. c1920. Sometimes valuable information pops up in the most unexpected places. Louis Schmidt provided this interesting booklet from New Era Paint. On the surface, it looks like any early 20th C advertising booklet. Look inside and the value pops out at you. A series of color matched images of houses with differing color schemes offers the reader a glimpse into the recommended color preferences of the day. Some of the house styles are from years before (Queen Anne) and some are contemporary to the date of the booklet. Even allowing for some fading of the booklet with time, this is a much better way to see what color people liked (or what color the company wanted people to like) then examining paint chips. I wish I had had this booklet when we had to pick out a color for our 1920 farmhouse.

TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE : WILL BE BACK SHORTLY

Journal Article - Courtesy of Paul Womack
Work: 1889, Vol. 1.

Home Made Tools, by J. H.: Iron Trying Plane
Pattern of Plane for Casting, by E.P.W.
Response to Pattern of Plane for Casting, by A Foreman Patternmaker

Home Made Planes, by Bert

Home Made Tools, by J. H.: Iron Smoothing Plane & Chariot Plane

A Block Plane and Plane with Lever Adjustment, by A Foreman Patternmaker

An Iron Rebate Plane, by A Foreman Patternmaker

Journal Article - Courtesy of Paul Womack
Work: 1889, Vol. 1.

A Mitre Block and How To Make It, by David Denning