Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 Part 2

1 Bead 1/4-- .75

1 Bead 3/4 1.00

1 Rabbit (Sold at .92) .92

1 Smooth plane 1.50

1 Strike Block .92

1 Compa.s.s saw .42

6 Gauges 1.83

1 Dust brush .25

1 Rasp, or wood file .25

1 Augre 2 in. .76

1 Augre 1 in. .40

1 Do 3/4 .30

1 Spoke shave .50

1 Bevel-- .25

1 Box rule .84

1 Iron square 1.42

1 Box rule 1.25

1 Spur Rabbit (Sold--1.17) 1.33

1 Pannel plane 1.25

1 Sash plane 1.25

1 pr. Match planes 2.25

1 Two inch chisel or firmer-- .42

1 Morticing chisel 3/8 .25

1 Large screw driver 1.00

1 Pr. small clamps .50

1 pr. Spring dividers .92

1 do-nippers .20

1 Morticing chisel 1/2 in. .28

1 Ovilo & Ostrigal 3/4-- 1.25

1 Scotia & Ostrigal 5/8-- 1.08

1 Noseing-- 1.08

1 Pr. Hollow & rounds 1.33

1 Ogee-- 1/2 inch 1.00

1 Ostrigal 7/8 inch 1.00

1 Bit-- .15

1 Beed 1/2 inch .83

1 Claw hammer .67

1 Fillister 2.50

2 Beeds at 5/8 1.83

1 Pair Quirk tools 1.50

1 Side Rabbit plane .83

1 Large steel tongued sq. 1.71

1 Saw & Pad .67

1 pr. fire stones .50

1 small trying sq. .50

1 Set Bench planes double ironed without smooth plane 6.00

1 Bench screw .75

[Ill.u.s.tration: Figure 13.--EARLY 18TH CENTURY: In addition to their special function and importance as survivals doc.u.menting an outmoded technology, the hand tool often combines a gracefulness of line and a sense of proportion that makes it an object of great decorative appeal.

The dividers of the builder or s.h.i.+pwright ill.u.s.trated here are of French origin and may be valued as much for their cultural significance as for their technical importance. (Smithsonian photo 49792-G.)]

By 1900, the carpenter's tool chest, fully stocked and fit for the finest craftsman, contained 90 or more tools. Specialization is readily apparent; the change in, and achievement of, the ultimate design of a specific tool is not so easily pinpointed. Only by comparing ill.u.s.trations and surviving examples can such an evolution be appreciated and in the process, whether pondering the metamorphosis of a plane, a brace and bit, or an auger, the various stages of change encountered coincide with the rise of modern industrial society.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Figure 14.--1688: FRONTISPIECE FROM JOHN BROWN, _The Description and Use of the Carpenter's Rule_, London, 1688. (Library of Congress.)]