Post by artificer on Jan 27, 2020 23:34:18 GMT -7
For those interested in tools commonly used in the British American Colonies in the first half of the 18th century, the following is one of, if not the best of sources. The following takes a bit to load, but is the most easy to see link I have yet found.
Mechanick exercises : or, The doctrine of handy-works ; applied to the arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklayery
by Joseph Moxon, published in 1703
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015028306002&view=1up&seq=7
Many of these types of tools were used even beyond the middle of the 18th century in the American Colonies. Benjamin Huntsman's invention of cast steel in the 1740's and in 1751 when English users began to use his steel, opened more advanced tools to be made of steel and at lower cost.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Huntsman
For example, after Huntman's cast steel began to be used more readily after 1751, the early frame saws began to be replaced by more modern rip and cross cut saws we are familiar with today, though frame saws continued to be made and used into the 19th century.
www.history.org/almanack/life/tools/images/handsaw.jpg
.
www.history.org/Almanack/life/tools/tlsaw.cfm
Gus
Mechanick exercises : or, The doctrine of handy-works ; applied to the arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklayery
by Joseph Moxon, published in 1703
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015028306002&view=1up&seq=7
Many of these types of tools were used even beyond the middle of the 18th century in the American Colonies. Benjamin Huntsman's invention of cast steel in the 1740's and in 1751 when English users began to use his steel, opened more advanced tools to be made of steel and at lower cost.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Huntsman
For example, after Huntman's cast steel began to be used more readily after 1751, the early frame saws began to be replaced by more modern rip and cross cut saws we are familiar with today, though frame saws continued to be made and used into the 19th century.
www.history.org/almanack/life/tools/images/handsaw.jpg
.
www.history.org/Almanack/life/tools/tlsaw.cfm
Gus