® ® ® A Journal of Tool Collecting published by CRAFTS of New Jersey ® ® ®

The Tool Shed is CRAFTS' member publication, with five issues each year.To demonstrate the range of topics covered, articles published recently include:

• "The Plumb Bob - Part 1" by Hank Allen (Feb. '94)
• "The Planemakers Float" by Donald Kahn (April 1994)
• "Collecting Levels" by Don Rosebrook (Feb '95)
• "British Tools - Part 1" by Peter Habicht (April '95)
• "Collecting Saw Sets" by Todd Friberg (Sept. '95)
• "Froes" by Hank Allen (Feb. '96)
• "Chronic Collectomania" by Al Bates (April '96)
• "The Primitive Wooden Brace" by Ron Pearson (Sept '96)
• "Bevels" by Donald Johnstone (Nov. '96)
• "Tri-Square & Bevel Combinations" by Donald Johnstone (April '97)
• "The Stanley Rule & Level Co." by John Walter (June '97)
• "Spokeshaves & Similar Tools" by Tom Lamond (Nov. '97)
• "Why I Have Nine Carpenter's Guages" by Hank Allen (Sept. '98)
• "Thompson Bevel Mysteries" by Bob Nelson (Nov. '98)
• "Three-Arm Plows" by Herb Kean (June '99)
• "Selling on eBay" by Steve Johnson (Nov. '99)
• "Early, Small Woodworking Saws" by Hank Allen (April '00)
• "Chuck It - Eighteenth-Century Metal Bit Braces" by Jay Gaynor (June '00)
• "A Visit to Shelburne Museum" by Bill McDougall (Sept. '00)
• "My Favorite 19th Century American Metallic Planes" by John Wells (Sept '00)
• "The Belt & Suspenders Plane" by Herb Kean (June '01)
• "Thomas Falconer's Plow Plane" by Steve Johnson (Sept. '01)
• "Maine Log Measuring Tools" by Dale Butterworth & Bob Garay (Nov. '01)
• "Gravity Inclinometers" by Jim Gehring (Feb. '02)
• "Spirit Level Inclinometers" by Jim Gehring (April '02)
• "Jim Leamy-Planemaker" by Bob Garay (June '02)
• "D.R. Barton Plow Planes" by Vince Barababba (Sept. '02)
• "Stanley Torpedo Levels" by Walter Jacob (Feb. '03)
• "Spill Planes" by Herb Kean (June '03)
• "My Finest Brace" by Herb Kean (Feb 05)

Other features in most issues include news of the tool market, profiles of tool dealers, reviews of recently-published books, notes about how members display their tools, and identification of "Whatsits" (tools of unknown purpose). Each issue is 12 to 16 pages.

Sample Articles:

Kean Kuttin's, February 1996 [PDF 50K / 1 page]

 

Kean Kuttin's "A Lost Art"

Some of the best articles from past issues of The Tool Shed have been collected into the book The Tool Shed Treasury

FOR SALE

WHILE THEY LAST

(ABOUT SIXTY REMAINING)

TOOL SHED TREASURY

The best articles on antique tool collecting from CRAFTS

Published in 1996 this is a collection of articles from the Tool Shed, the official publication of CRAFTS of NJ from 1978-1995. All articles were written by members of the club, many of which have written authoritative books on tools or tool collecting. We will be offering them for sale until they are gone. Please send your check or money order to: Greg Welsh, 3 Dinnerpot Road, Califon, NJ 07830.

The price is $10.00 post paid.