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"A valuable work breaking entirely new ground; as one eminent turner remarked, Robinson has something the others hadn't got." (See entry in A Bibliography of the Art of Turning by Abell, Leggat and Ogden). 1906 E.F. Spon, London.
$14.00 $8.40 |
Good period text with some illustrations. Covers the basics and includes various joinery exercises and discusses some carpentry. OP used. Ex Libris.
$220.00 $132.00 |
16 copies of the bulletin dating from Number 51, Sept 1974 through Number 66, March 1982. Contains a wealth of information on ornamental turning, projects, the Holtzapffel lathe and more. Paperbound, stapled bulleting, A4 size. Illustrated in B&W with photos and line art. The bulletins vary in page count but usually average 35 pages.
$20.00 $12.00 |
Covers the structure of wood, seasoning, preservative treatment, veneers, plywoods, adhesives, timber fastenings, shipping containers, mechanical and physical properties, and the commercial timbers of Canada.
$99.00 $59.40 |
Their structiure, identification, propereties and uses. Originally published as Identification of the Commercial Timbers of the United States. OUT OF PRINT. 1st ed. 1940. McGraw Hill NY.
$90.00 $54.00 |
"A Practical Work on Engineering Workshop Tools, Machines, Materials, and Equipment, Engineering Manufacturing Processes and Machining Operations" In 3 volumes. Caxton Pub. London. No date. C. 1940's. Covers all types of machine shop operations, milling, shaping, broaching, grinding, gearing, jigs and fixtures, various types of machines, measuring, drilling, hand tools, lapping, lathework, hardening, tempering, welding, forging, patternmaking, press work, foundry practice.
$80.00 $48.00 |
13th edition. 12 pages of text and 53 patterns. Blue cloth blind. Exlibris with stamps. Head and tail rubbed. Some very interesting, turn of the century patterns for the scroll saw. Brackets, paper knives, basket, picture frame, thermometer frame, envelope box, and more.
$210.00 $126.00 |
"Directions for taking dimensions, abstracting the same, and bringing the quantities into bill: with tables of constants.....bricklayer and slater, carpenter and joiner, sawyer, stone mason, plasterer, paper-hanger, plumber, smith and ironmonger, painter and glazier". Signatures uncut. Very interesting work for contractors to use in estimating jobs.
$450.00 $270.00 |
Published by L. Booth, London and sold by Holtzapffel and Co. The Art of Double Counting on the Lathe; whereby a Variety of Patterns, in the form of Ellipses, Triangles, Squares, Hexagons,......besides others of a more complex character, m ay be produced by means of THE COMMON ECCENTRIC CHUCK, used in combination with the Division-Plate and the Eccentric and Elliptical Cutters. With Sixty Illustr ations. 1st edition. Some signatures are loose.
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REPRINT FROM ASSOC. FOR PRESERVATION OF TECHNOLOGY. This is a complete unabridged reprint of the earlier work. Pages are not numbered, as issued. This dictionary was anonymously authored and this is a photo offset from an original edition in the library of the National Park Service . This dictionary gives terms and descriptions of trade practices. It was considered quite valuable and useful in its day. Published about 60 years after Moxon. The original edition sells for about $800.00.
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Two volumes, 1936 and 1937. Packed with photos and articles on carving, lumbering, furniture, marquetry, wood, woodwork, all types of information of interest to woodworkers. Example articles, "The Woodwork of the Queen Mary", "Packing Cases", "Education in Woodwork", "A Glossary of Wood", "Barred Doors and How They Evolved (Cabinet Doors) by Charles Hayward, "Tennis Rackets", "Railway Cars", "Timber Ports in Great Britain", "Timbered Town Halls in Germany", "The Coastal Forests of Kenya", "Notable Examples of Woodwork", "Mfg. of Cricket Bats".
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This work is intended to assist those preparing for examinations by the City and Guilds of London Technical Institute. It covers drawing, timber, tools and bench work with numerous individual exercises. A very interesting work especially for those interested in the introduction of the Naas Slojd into the manual training classes. Front hinge cracked. Good condition. Published by Isaac Pitman.