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   MBNACK | Aug 21, 2005 03:20am | #1

   Check out "Williamsburg, Decorating with Style". I have used it to refresh my memories of the style of woodworking and details found in Williamsburg.It has been a great source book for information and inspiration. It is published by Clarkson N. Potter Inc (Random House) for The Colonial  Williamsburg Foundation.

   Good Luck

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   Piffin | Aug 21, 2005 05:01am | #2

   Look in the library for books by Eric Sloane

    

    

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   Ricks503 | Aug 22, 2005 10:42pm | #3

   The woodwrights shop by Roy Underhill is a good source

   1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go        4 - get a new board and go back to step 1
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   donsod | Aug 23, 2005 06:45am | #4

   Thanks for the info on Colonial tools.

    

   Donsod

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   mimi | Aug 25, 2005 07:14am | #5

   Check on Amazon.com for the Eric Sloane book Early American Tools.  They also have other books on early American tools.

   My husband collects antique tools and we often have to look up the original use of them.

   mimi

   
   

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