F rancis Nicholson is America’s first documented planemaker. It’s believed he was the first planemaker to imprint his name on the tools he created. Nicholson lived from 1683-1753 and this wooden plane ...

Thousands of handcrafted antique tools that a retired woodworking teacher spent decades collecting but never used are worth more than $35,000. Roy Turnage, 88, spent years adding to his haul that ...

Can you guess what this antique tool, found in the collection of the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, was used for? Landis Valley curator Jennifer Royer says the dimensions of the tool are 9 3/4 ...

Can you identify this object from the collection of the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum? The tool is 72 inches long, 37 inches wide and 11 inches tall. Send your guess to Mary Ellen Wright at ...

In this restoration video you will see: lathe work, metal spinning, nickel plating and chrome plating, in addition to the usual restoration work. This scale is a model from the years 1940-1950. The ...