External Links
A large number of web sites supply information on antique tool collecting, identification, and use.The following list is not intended to be all-inclusive, but simply to provide a starting point for your search.
Mid-West Tool Collectors Association
Ohio Tool Collectors Association Ohio's organization of Tool Collectors, Historians, Craftspeople, Educators, Preservationists.
Fine Tool Journal - Absentee Auctions
Live Free or Die Auctions (A division of Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools)
Bill Spicer - 276 Widow Sweets Road, Exeter, RI 02822 401-295-0339
Tool Shed - Comes with membership in CRAFTS
Chronicle - Comes with membership in EAIA
Gristmill - Comes with membership in Mid-West
Fine Tool Journal - By subscription at wowpages.com/ftj
Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
United States Patent Office- and a link to their search tool-Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases
The DATAMP project is a cooperative effort of the OldWWMachines and OldTools mailing lists. It is intended to be a clearinghouse for information on antique tool and woodworking machine patents, allowing collectors of these tools to easily find information about the history of tools and trades.
Electronic Neanderthal - One of the earliest sources of information about tools. Still useful, but is out of date.
Hardware Companies Kollectors Klub
Stanley Planes No. 1 thru No. 608C - Patrick's Blood & Gore
Stanley Bench Planes - Blood & Gore Revised
Articles from Tony Murland's catalogs
Beginning Tool Collecting Articles
Scientific American Online 1845-1859
Catalogue of American Patented Antique Tools
The Saw Set Collector's Resource
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