| The Tools That Built America Contributor(s): Bealer, Alex W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486437531 ISBN-13: 9780486437538 Publisher: Dover Publications
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2004 Annotation: Fascinating story of early American woodworking, told by a master craftsman, enthusiastically describes and clearly illustrates a wide array of axes, saws, planes, hammers, and other implements used by frontiersmen. Delicate tools such as calipers, bevels, and lathes employed by cabinet- and furniture-makers are portrayed as well. Over 200 drawings and photographs. Click for more in this series: Dover Books on Americana |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Americana - History | United States - General - Crafts & Hobbies | Woodwork - General |
| Dewey: 684.082 |
| LCCN: 2004056027 |
| Series: Dover Books on Americana |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.08" W x 8.9" L (0.79 lbs) 212 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the fascinating story of early American woodworking, as told by a master craftsman. Author Alex Bealer enthusiastically describes and clearly illustrates a wide array of implements used by frontiersmen, among them various kinds of axes, saws, planes, hammers, and the adze. Such delicate tools as calipers, bevels, and lathes employed by the cabinetmaker and furnituremaker are characterized and portrayed as well. All are shown as they were actually used in colonial times and as they are still employed by many woodworkers. |
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