My List O' Links

I'm a fan of in-context links, meaning that I like to sprinkle links throughout my text. The Web is supposed to be hypertext, after all. But I realize that some of you are bottom-line, 'show me the money' types that may be hitting this site on your 15 minute lunch breaks. To help you in your mad rush to speed-read the Internet, I've collected many of the links in my site and others of potential interest to you in one place.

In No Particular Order:

• Robert Weber has a huge list of links for woodworking and all things Galootish. He's got them pretty well organized, too.
  
• Wiktor Kuc has a great site with a repository of tool ephemera.
• Need a box for your Stanley #45? Ken Greenburg gives some ideas on how to get started.
• Tony Seo has a good page on benches and various accoutrements.
• Hey, Wikipedia has an entry on Galoots. Who knew?
• Looking for information on that flea market sawset? Mark Conley has a web site devoted to sawsets. Lots of good information here.
• Are you having trouble with your Stanley #80 scraper plane? Check out Galoot Charlie Driggs's instructions on tuning one of these for better performance.
• Courtesy of Galoot Peter Marquis-Kyle is Hans Muller's testament to the talented, and now lost to us, AFOM toolmakers of Rwanda.
• OldTools Archivist Chris Swingley has a site devoted to his old tools and woodworking obses... er, hobby. AND has thoughtfully provided many of the plans for his projects in PDF format. What a guy!
• For you Dominy fans, here's a transcript of a lecture delivered by Charles Hummel on November 7, 1998 "Actually Earning a Living: The Dominy Craftsman of East Hampton"
• Galoot Brian Welch has a great site of old tool lore with a really cool page on the mysterious T. H. Witherby. Old Witherby chisels are coveted by Galoots everywhere. Just don't stand between me and one at a flea market. I'm not kidding. As they say, nothing personal, just bidness.
• Oh, and Brian Welch also has a informative site for the Buck Brothers, including a page dedicated to Charles Buck. Charles Buck carving tools are excellent tools and sought after by the discerning Galoot.
• Disston wasn't the only quality saw manufacturer in the US. Simonds saws were also made well. Check out Brian Welch's site on Simonds Saws (Brian Welch is a busy guy!).
• Galoot Peter McBride has an interesting site featuring antique and old tools.
• Paul Womack (aka 'Bugbear') has a nifty page of woodworking tips and tricks to go along with his excellent site.
• David Schramm's online guitar building course has a lot of good stuff for the amateur luthier.
• Also for you luthier types, the Violinmakers School STRADIVARI of Cremona has a cool site 'PhotoStory: How to make a violin'.
• Galoot Jim Thompson, aka 'The Old Mill Rat' likes to make and refurbish tools. Check out his online scrap book.
• Galoot Scott Grandstaff likes to refurbish and make tools too. And he's good at it. Check out some of his stuff. One jpeg not linked to the preceding page shows what you can do with pewter and chisel handles.
• Bill's Toolrest, "Where Rust Never Sleeps". Longtime Porch denizen Bill Taggart has a nice web site demonstrating that you, too, can have a functional shop in a one car garage.
• Want to see the original add for your Yankee 1530 eggbeater drill? Vintage tool adds are online here.
• Resurrected from the Internet graveyard is the Metal Router Type Study Page by Lars Larson.
• The Directory of American Tool and Machinary Patents, DATAMP, is now up and running. Check it out!
• PAST (Preserving Arts and Skills of the Trades) has a good web site with some tool articles.
• R. B. Hough's much sought after "American Woods" is now online at North Carolina State University.
• George Langford, resident Porch metallurgist, has a nifty web site featuring the first type study of Millers Falls eggbeater drills.
• Longtime Porch dweller Sandy Moss has a web site with some interesting lore. Check out his brace compendium.
• Geoff Roehm, a longtime Porch member, makes fine stringed instruments, harvests and seasons his own wood and dispenses advice on lutherie from his shop in Sewanee, TN.
• The ASCII version, with dates, of Jay Sutherland's newly restored Stanley Plane Dating page.
• The Institute of Backyard Studies explores the topic of Blokes and Their Sheds.
• Jeff Gorman in the UK is an elder statesman on the Porch and has an excellent web site devoted to woodworking. Frequent updates make this one you should visit often.
• Erik von Sneidern's frequently updated pages of Disston saw lore at the Disstonian Institute. Simply an invaluable resource for Disston aficionados.
• An exploration of the eagle medallion on my Jackson dovetail saw.
• The Electronic Neanderthal. Once the premier site for hand tool woodworking on the Internet this site has become somewhat out of date but still has many useful links.
• Tony Murland's Toolshop. Tony's shop in England is a favorite stop for the wandering Galoot. Now he has an excellent web site from which to offer his wares. Anyone in the mood for an infill?
• Keith Rucker's extensive treatise on building a traditional workbench.
• The Making of America site at the University of Michigan - an amazing online collection of 19th century books and magazines.
• Pete Taran's Vintage Saws site has fine antique saws for sale, saw-sharpening supplies, well-written articles on saws, AND the best Internet tutorial on sharpening handsaws. Dig those excellent close-ups.
• Nathan Lindsey's treatise on de-rusting tools via electrolysis.
• The original announcement of the OldTools List..
• The OldTools FAQ, maintained by Ralph Brendler..
• Patrick Leach's Blood and Gore, the premier Internet repository of information about Stanley planes.
• The OldTools Book list.
• Dan Weinstock's history of the Auburn Metallic Plane Co.
• The Mid-West Tool Collector's site.
• Tony Seo's treatise on the Basic Galoot Toolkit.
• Stan Faullin's information on Stanley miterboxes. and combination planes. Be warned, the site has been undergoing maintainence for some time, most information appears to be unavailable.
• The origins of the ScarySharp method.
• John Gunterman's treatise on Emmert patternmaking vises.
• John Gunterman's directions for making a wooden spokeshave. I made a Guntershave - it's the only way to shave!
• Walter Barry's treatise on the QuickLap method with some of my own observations thrown in for good measure.
• My treatise on the Millers Falls Type 1 bench planes.
• My short introduction to moulding plane profiles.
• A more complete tutorial to moulding profiles at the Traditional Building web site.
• Randy Roeder's excellent Millers Falls web site as well as the Millers Falls Bench Plane Type Study.
• Ralph Brendler's oldtools page.
• Ralph Brendler's Scraper tutorial
• Ralph Brendler's Handsaw FAQ.
• How I made a magnetic bit holder for my Yankee screwdriver.
• How I fix those pesky, jamming lead screws on auger bits.
• How I fell through a timewarp and found myself in Tool Heaven.
• My foray deep into the heart of Amish Country to Miller's Collectibles in search of tools.
• And finally, my own contribution as to why you need as many backup tools as you can get your sweaty little hands on.

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