LINKS TO YOUR FAVORITE THINGS

Links to sites featuring all types of information on antique hand planes.  Photos, planes for sale, articles, type studies.  These site cover it all and many are focused on a specific brand of antique hand plane.

Links to sites organized by manufacturer or brand of hand plane for your convenience.

Links to antique hand plane restorers that resell planes and dealers in antique hand plane parts.

These folks know their planes and know their parts.  Look them up, they can help you with whatever you need.

Modern hand plane makers are building tools that exceed your wildest dreams in form, function, and finish. Make your dreams come true here.  

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Links to sources of the finest wood working hand tools available.  Many of these tools are hand-crafted in small numbers by artisans in tool making.  Find the tools that will help you achieve the results you are looking for here.

Links to antique saw information, supplies, and sellers of the finest in vintage saws. 

Come in and browse around, you might find useful information or something new for your shop.

Links to helpful articles or videos on antique wood working tools.  You will also find information on shop classes and schools to help you improve your skills.  

Check it out!

Braces, levels, measuring tools, whatever.  If they made it decades ago, a woodworker used it, and someone has cleaned it up for sale, you will find it here.

Link to Archive.com site featuring over 4,000 tool catalogs dating back to 1743.

Your old tool research dream has just come true.  Don't expect to get any sleep after your start this journey.

 A forum community to discuss wood, carpentry, lumber, finishing, tools, machinery, and everything related to woodworking.

Woodworking showcase and online workshop.  Projects, blogs, reviews, forums, videos, it's all here. Over 250,000 members.

 If  you didn't know, TimeTestedTools also hosts a forum.  Everything from  vintage tool discussions, to woodworking, blacksmithing, bladesmithing,  vintage machinery, and more.  The questions are here and so are the  answers. 

 Hand  tools, project galleries, workshops, before and after tool restoration,  tool swaps, workbenches, wood finishing, joinery, Japanese woodworking  and tool, it just keeps going.  Site host Joshua Farsworth joins the  conversation along with a host of talented contributors.   

 Back  in 2005, Steve Coles saw the need for a 'friendlier' website for   woodworkers; one where people from all over the Southeast could come  and  talk about woodworking in all its forms.

His  vision meant building a community where anyone could come and learn new  techniques, discuss the intricacies of a project, share project photos  and along the way make new friends. 

 Join  over 33,000 hand plane enthusiasts in the largest social media group of  hand plane enthusiasts.   A group for anyone interested in plane  building and restoring. Share how to tips and tricks. Projects and of  course, the before and after restorations.   

 All  about Hand Planes all the time. Wood, Metallic, New, Old, Dirty or  Clean it’s welcome here. Wanna sell one you have to trade up, don’t know  what you have, wanna just brag because you picked up a cool plane?!  POST IT!!    

 Just  like the name implies, this group features hand planes marketed under  various department store brands like Wards Master, Hibbard, Spencer,   Bartlett & Company, and many more. 

  A group specific to collectors (or wanna be collectors) and discussion of No 1 and No 2 size bench planes of all makes.

 Fulton  Tools group is dedicated to enthusiasts and people casually interested  in Fulton Tools sold by Sears, Roebuck & Co. from 1904-1957.  Primarily wood working tools, group members are encouraged to post  examples, questions, comments on any Fulton tool.  

   Featuring antique Stanley hand planes.  Restoring, collecting, sharing.  

Post your project or admire other's. 

 The name pretty much covers it. All Sargent and Company woodworking tools.   If Sargent made it, someone here knows it inside and out. 

 This  is a group where we can sell our hand planes and related items without  having to pay those aggravating eBay fees. We have just a few rules so  please read them before posting your item.   

 This  group is for posting photographs of before and after tools, those  woodworking hand tools that are gritty and restored to spiffy. The  valuable tool you find at an estate sale for a give away price and the  unusual or “what is it” tools. 

 A  little departure from all the woodworking tools.  Open to anyone who  enjoys or collects vintage and unusual Craftsman tools.  No politics or  rants about China stuff. Just vintage  Craftsman tools.  Questions?   This group has ALL the answers. 

 A  place for hand Saws, using collecting, cleaning and restoring.  Antique  hand saws of every flavor and an unlimited of expertise to help you  unravel any antique saw question. 

 One  of the largest tool collectors groups.  All antique tools, planes,  saws, pliers, black smithing, foot powered tool, you name it they  collect it. 

Technical articles on restoring antique hand plane, saw, and other tools. Building Japanning ovens, dust collection, ultra-dry air compressors, etc.

Humorous anecdotes, insights into antique tool collection obsessive behavior, and occasional off-topic entertainment.

Pour a drink and relax from the restoration work and get lost in your thoughts, or mine.

Perhaps the finest prose written exploring the depths of retirement and the convoluted path into hand plane collection.  Mark Nickel shares his insights and sense of humor in a way that leaves you wanting more.

Covering a wide swath of wood working skills, Joshua Farnsworth and his posse of wood workers show you have to build a bench, tune a saw, finish fine furniture or even use a Stanley No. 45.

 I have been working with wood since I could stumble into the shop with my dad. Several years ago I moved into a house with no space for a full shop so I decided to take up all hand tool woodworking. That started a whole new passion for wood. Now I feel as though I am learning the art all over again.  My Joy and desire is to share this passion for hand tool woodworking with everyone I can. So come along for the fun of learning the ancient and new art of Hand tool woodworking!

 Woodworking is my passion and doing it entirely with hand tool is my  greatest joy.  Always open to suggestions for topics and future builds.   Visit my sites for more videos or questions. www.renaissancewoodworker.com www.handtoolschool.net 

 My name is Marc Spagnuolo and welcome to my channel. I am a podcaster, video producer, author, and woodworking enthusiast. I have contributed articles and video content to FineWoodworking.com, Popular Woodworking Magazine and WOOD Magazine. Producing the Wood Whisperer is a great way for me to combine four of my passions: woodworking, technology, education, and humor. 

 Stumpy Nubs Woodworking Journal is a twice-monthly multimedia e-magazine  full of truly unique projects, tips, tricks, news and entertainment for  every type of woodworker. It's really unlike anything you've ever seen,  and the best part is, subscriptions are free at stumpynubs.com! 

Skilled woodworker and talented videographer, Jay Bates will help you become a better woodworker.  check out his well crafted project and videos.