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255337 William Ghio <bghio@m...> 2015‑07‑06 FS: Hammer in Hand and other (mostly cheap) goodies
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BOOKS

"With Hammer in Hand: The Dominy Craftsman of East Hampton". 1968. This is a
must read for a Galoot. Traces history of three generations of craftsmen working
in the same shop c. 1760 - 1840. The shop was photographically documented in
about 1940 as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey and today exists as
a display at Winterthur in Delaware. The Winterthur Museum acquired almost two
hundred manuscript items and more than 1000 tools from the family, and all are
documented here. I have included a readable section of the first page of the
preface in the last photo to give you a flavor of the book.  There is a good on-
line presentation of the shop here: http://rainfordrestorations.com/2013/08/03/dominy-clock-and-furniture-
shop/">http://rainfordrestorations.com/2013/08/03/dominy-clock-and-furniture-
shop/
$65
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Building Cabinets, Bookcases and Shelves. 29 step-by-step projects from Popular
Woodworking.
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The Loggers, Time-Life Books. The tale of West Coast logging, part of a Time-
Life series on the Old West. A good read w/ lots of early photographs.
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MARKING & MEASURING

Calipers 7" by Craftsman (looks like a Brown & Sharp) and 6" no name. In both
cases the legs are straight and the screw runs easily.
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Combination Square Union Tool, Tempered blade #4 grad. marked in 8ths, 16ths,
32nds & 64ths. Great condition for a vintage tool.
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Try Squares, set of four. Blades are all marked w/ an inch scale and are 4 1/2",
6", 10" and 15" in length. Handles are brass bound rose/coco/red/dense wood. The
first three are Stanley, the 4 1/2 is marked w/ the 12-29-96 PAT. date and the
10" is a Sweethart trademark. The 15" has the handy little tab on the body to
hold it flat on an edge and is un-marked as to manuf. An instant collection.
$45
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Drafting set marked W. Germany. Handy to have in the shop for the compass which
comes w/ extra leads. Other than the compass I don't know what you would do w/
the other parts, but the price is right for such a nice compass.
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Micrometer, Omega. Just a handy little tool to have around the shop.
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POCKET KNIFE

Boker Tree Brand. Good old (probably 1930 - 1950) high carbon steel blades which
take and hold a beautiful edge. This is a little penknife for those civilized
moments as it won't alarm the politically correct members of our society. 2 3/4"
closed, 4 1/2 with the longest blade open. Nice jigged bone handle.
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