working by hand
A site that looks at the human use of tools and things.
- By Mike
- Based in Canada
- Roughly five posts per month
- First post on
Posts per month
| Month starting | Posts |
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| Dec 2022 | 1 |
| Jan 2023 | 5 |
| Feb 2023 | 3 |
| Mar 2023 | 2 |
| Apr 2023 | 1 |
| May 2023 | 0 |
| Jun 2023 | 1 |
| Jul 2023 | 1 |
| Aug 2023 | 1 |
| Sep 2023 | 4 |
| Oct 2023 | 2 |
| Nov 2023 | 1 |
| Dec 2023 | 3 |
| Jan 2024 | 5 |
| Feb 2024 | 6 |
| Mar 2024 | 6 |
| Apr 2024 | 2 |
| May 2024 | 0 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
Many people likely think the first true metal block plane was the Stanley No.9½, which appeared in 1872, but it wasn’t the first block plane. The first cast iron plane produced in North America was …
Modern planes come blades made of exotic types of steel, but what about vintage planes? For instance, what sort of steel did the Stanley’s use? The short brochure “Read this before you use STANLEY PLANES”, …
The modern metal block plane was an artefact of the Victorian period. I mean different types of small metal planes did exist before then, like the British chariot plane, but they did not evolve from …