OTCA Links
TOOL LITERATURE
The Classic Period of American Toolmaking 1827-1930
A brief history of the Micrometer
Beginners Guide to Collecting Slide Rules
TOOL CLUB SITES
Early American Industries Association, Inc.
Potomac Antique Tool and Industries Association
Rocky Mountain Tool Collectors
The Hardware Companies Kollectors Klub
Preserving Arts and Skills of the Trades
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia
Western NY Antique Tool Collectors Association
MEMBER AND DEALER SITES
Martin J Donnelly Antique Tools & Books
Mel Miller / Mel Miller's Antique Tools
Patrick Leach / The Superior Works
Dowd's Vintage & Antique Tools
BOOKS, LITERATURE & PUBLICATIONS
TOOL HISTORY & RESEARCH
Antiques of a Mechanical Nature
Early Rhode Island Toolmakers & Tradesman
LIBRARY & MUSEUMS
University of Michigan Making of America
Museum of our Industrial Heritage
Railway & Locomotive Historical Society
Society for Industrial Archeology
PATENT SEARCHES
USPTO Patent Issue Years & Patent Numbers
Data-Amp, Directory of American Tool & Machinery Patents
OTHER SOCIETIES
The Society for the preservation of Old Mills