The Tools That Built America

By Alex W. Bealer

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486437531
• ISBN13: 9780486437538
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

historical critical basics

this book is the bee's knees. it gives a terrific overview of the history of hand tools and their progression plus dated timeline of when they appeared and disappeared. In very clear writing, it tells in detail on the use and purpose of the tool. it helped me a lot in my level of understanding.