1830-1930 cooperage illustrated collectibles

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Kitchen Collectibles: An Identification Guide
Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 2000

Kitchen gadgets, tools, and appliances, like those found in your grandmother's kitchen, have become major collectibles, bringing increasingly higher prices. Yet, how can you put a value on an item that you can't identify? Here is the first book to concentrate on the identification of kitchen collectibles dating from 1830 to 1930. With over 600 manufacturers listed and described (as to location, date of operation, patents, and items made) and ...

American Steam Engine Builders
Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 2006

Here is the companion volume to Ken Cope's previous works on machine tools, carriage making machinery and cooperage machinery. Factories filled with the machinery described in the previous works, from the smallest drill presses to giant planers, could not have existed without a reliable and sufficient power source. The steam engine was that source, from the start of the industrial revolution to the general availability of electric ...

More Makers of American Machinist's Tools
Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 1998

Here is the much-anticipated sequel to the author s Makers of American Machinist s Tools and American Machinist s Tools: An Illustrated Directory of Patents, pioneering works on machinist s tools and their makers. These books together provide the most comprehensive historical directory ever of the machinist tool industry and its technology. This volume covers hundreds of additional makers. There is also new material on the Big Five makers, with ...

American Wrench Makers: 1830-1930, Second Edition

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Kenneth Cope

Astragal Pr, 2002

The perfect resource
Kenneth L. Cope has really outdone himself with this edition. The entire book has been revamped and reorganized, and it also includes MANY new entries. What Cope has presented us is a fascinating look into the history of this excellent tool and how it has technically advanced over the years. I was really impressed by the accuracy of which Cope dates each model. He doesn't simply include when ...

American Wrench Makers

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Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 1999

The wrench persons book.
If you like wrenchs, this is the book for you. While it does not get into the prices/values of any given wrench, it does have LOTS of great ads and history. It adds to the fun of collecting these great tools. A very well put together book that is a must have for the wrench/old tool collector.

American Lathe Builders, 1810-1910

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Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 2001

Solid handbook of old latlhes
The author in this book has identified every manufacturer of metal lathes that he could find who made lathes in the United States and listed them from A to Z. Line photos of typical products are provided along with reference text. This is an excellent reference work, if having the straight scoop on an old lathe interests you.

American Cooperage Machinery and Tools

1 review
Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 2003

American Cooperage Machinery and Tools
The book is informative on all the makers of cooperage tools but I was looking for tool drawings with dimensions to reconstruct some for making wood pales. I may be able to reverse engineer some from the pictures and process of construction. Thanks

Makers of American Machinist Tools
Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 1994

A unique and invaluable reference source for collectors, dealers, researchersQin fact, anyone interested in the development of the machinist tool industry and its technology.

Carriage and Wagon Makers' Machinery and Tools
Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 2004

Here again is one of Ken Cope's major reference works on the history of technological innovation. The use of machinery to replace hand tools began earlier in carriage and wagon building than in other 19th century trades, and lasted longer. It was primarily concerned with wheelmaking, one of the most intricate and time-consuming tasks of the carriage builder. Mr. Cope continues his series with an alphabetic listing of the inventors and ...

American Milling Machine Builders 1820 - 1920
Kenneth L Cope

Astragal Press, 2007

200 pages. 8.5" x 11". Hundreds of black and white illustrations from period catalogs. The first book to identify American builders of milling machines and the products they invented circa 1818 to the development of the "modern" milling machine circa 1920. Early versions of other American machine tools were largely copied from European, especially British, machines. The milling machine, however, was an American development.

American Milling Machines
Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 2007

Continuing the pattern set by American Lathe Builders and American Planer, Shaper and Slotter Builders, this is the first book to identify American builders of milling machines and the products they invented circa 1818 to the development of the "modern" milling machine circa 1920. Early versions of other American machine tools were largely copied from European, especially British, machines. The milling machine, however, was an American ...

ALL ABOUT YOU
Kenneth Cope

Shadow Mountain Records, 2008

American Planer, Shaper and Slotter Builders
Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 2002

Here is the first book to identify American builders of planers, shapers and slotters, who operated throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Written in the style of the author?s previous groundbreaking books on the American machine tool industry, this volume provides the reader with invaluable information on over 300 makers. Some are very well known, but many have previously gone virtually unrecognized by researchers. More than 1000 ...

American Machinist's Tools: An Illustrated Directory of Patents
Kenneth L. Cope

Astragal Press, 1993

A valuable directory that illustrates and lists over 1000 fully-indexed patents, covering all American machinist s tools patented through 1905 and the more important ones patented between 1906 and 1916. Each patent is represented by at least one illustration, and each is indexed in three separate ways: alphabetically by patentee name, chronologically by date and patent number, and by type of tool. Required for anyone interested in American ...

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