Interesting Links

Clubs Dedicated to Tools

• Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia
• HTPSWA: Hand Tool Preservation Society of Western Australia
• Sydney Woodturners Guild Inc.
• Ambacht & Gereedschap (TATHS Netherlands)
• Early American Industries Association, EAIA, Antique Tool Collecting and related information
• Mid-West Tool Collectors Associations
• CRAFTS: Collectors of Rare And Familiar Tools Society (New Jersey)
• PAST: Preserving Arts and Skills of the Trades (California)
• PATINA: Potomac Antique Tools and Industries Association, Inc. (Washington D.C.)
• SWTCA: Southwest Tool Collectors Association
• The Oughtred Society dedicated to the history and collection of slide rules
• Missouri Valley Wrench Club
• The New Zealand Vintage Tool Collectors Club
• Pacific Northwest Tool Collectors (British Columbia, Oregon and Washington)
• Tools and Trades History Society (TATHS United Kingdom)
• Bolt's Antique Tool Museum An interesting site for mechanics and tool historians
• Penny Farthing Cycle Club of N.S.W. This is the sport of penny-farthing cycling and antique-bicycle collecting and restoration.
• Record planes that aren't copies of Stanley designs
• Australian Blacksmiths Assocation (Vic)
• Kiama Woodcraft Group Inc. A club that promotes, fosters and develops woodcraft skills in the Illawarra region

Sites of General Interest

• NSW Woodworkers Association
• The Stanley Bench Plane Page
• The Electronic Neanderthal -- Traditional Woodworking Resources on the Web
• The Superior Works -- Patrick Leach's Web Site
• The Superior Works -- Patrick Leach's Stanley Blood and Gore
• Fine Woodworking - Traditional Craft Of Woodworking
• The Old Tool Nut Journal
• Union Hill Antique Tools - A Beginner's Guide to Collecting Antique Tools
• Tool Chests A Virtual Exhibition
• The Hawley Project
• The Biblical Wood Shop
• Museum of Woodworking Tools
• Interpreting the Function of Stone Tools
• Protect Our Heritage Forests
• Point About Planing Instructions for fettling Planes (Cast-Iron and Wooden)
• Vintage Hand Tool Ads
• Alburnam's Archive A collection of essays and topics on traditional woodworking and antique restoration
• A Guide to Honing and Sharpening
• Historic Pigments, Dyes, Glues, Adhesives and Cements
• Microscopic Sculptures
• Hand Tools in History
• Wrought Artworks Wendie McCaffley and Guido Gouverneur
• Plane Irons on Test Brent Beach using a Microscope on Plane Irons
• Disstonian Institute Online Reference of Disston Saws
• Tony Ward A maker of fine wooden sculptured boxes in Australian Timbers
• The Saw Set Collector's Resource
• The Federal File Company File Types and Shapes
• 1967 Stanley Repair Catalog
• WK Fine Tools in New Mexico, USA Good articles on woodworking tools
• The Wrenching News Guide for Identifying Markings Found on Collectible Wrenches
• A History of Sheffield's Steel-making process This is a website on Benjamin Huntsman who founded the invention of the crucible steel process
• The Index of Fossil-Fuel-Friendly Woodworking Knowledge An effort to be the most comprehensive site of Hand-tool Woodworking Information on the Web
• Sharpening Made Easy Knife and Cutlery Sharpening Information and Equipment
• Willoughby District Historical Society Museum Has an extensive collection of traditional hand tools for shaping wood and stone
• Water and Oil Stone Sharpening Systems from Norton
• The Society for Industrial Archeology The study and preservation of historical industrial sites, structures and technology
• Blood and Sawdust Information on Medieval and Renaissanse Woodworking and Furniture
• The Beautiful Iron General information for the Blacksmith
• Blood and Sawdust - A Briefe and Trewe Relation web site dedicated to the study and recreation of 16th and 17th century English and American colonia
• Record Hand Planes A very good site for a history and description of Record Planes
• Knife blade materials Work comparing various knives to summarize the information gathered on blade materials
• Mullumbimby Woodworks - Keeping the Tradition Alive! Stan Ceglinksi - another great Australian providing bushcraft and timber.
• Record Tools The definitive resource for Record planes online.
• Those who are interested in woodworking information architecture and furniture design
• Jim Davey's Plane Sharpening Service and Instruction To have the sharpest tool in the shed!
• Rob Cosman Hand Tool Coach Very good website for dovetails and saw work from New Brunswick Canada

Dealers in Antique Woodworking Tools

• Australia's Largest Web site for Antique, Secondhand, New & User Tools
• Workingtools.com.au
• Hans Brunner Tools
• Dealer in Antique & Quality Old Woodworking Tools by Tool Bazaar
• Vintage Saws
• TOOLS 'n RULES - ANTIQUE TOOLS

Current Tool Makers

• HNT Gordon
• Knight Toolworks
• Clark & Williams
• Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Home
• St. James Bay Tool Co.
• Digadoo Stainless Steel Garden Tools
• Chris Vesper Tools Maker of finest qualtiy woodwork tools
• Cariboo Blades A Canadian tool maker specialising in handforged woodworking tools and knives
• Harold and Saxon Chisels A small Queensland based Chisel Tool Manufacturing business

Magazine Web Sites

• Australian Wood Review
• The Australian Woodworker and House & HOME
• Australian Wood Artisans Promotions
• Cabinet Making, Publications, Plans, Forum, and more
• The Taunton Press -- Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, Fine Cooking and Fine Gardening
• Welcome to American Woodworker Magazine Online
• Internet Woodworking Magazine
• Woodworking Magazine - The Better Way to Build

Woodworking Online Stores

• The Wood Works Book and Tool Co
• The Wood Works - Books, Publications and Video
• Lee Valley Tools & Veritas
• Garrett Wade
• Woodcraft Supply Corp
• Rockler.com Woodworking SuperStore
• Northwood Tool Company Mail Order Tools for Woodworking out of Brisbane