OTCA Links

TOOL LITERATURE

The Classic Period of American Toolmaking 1827-1930

The Starrett Story

A brief history of the Micrometer

Beginners Guide to Collecting Slide Rules

All about Slide Rules

The HANDPLANE Book

TOOL CLUB SITES

Mid-West Tool Collectors

Early American Industries Association, Inc.

Missouri Valley Wrench Club

Potomac Antique Tool and Industries Association

Rocky Mountain Tool Collectors

The Hardware Companies Kollectors Klub

CRAFTS of New Jersey

Pacific Northwest Tool Club

Preserving Arts and Skills of the Trades

Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia

Western NY Antique Tool Collectors Association

Medical Antiques

MEMBER AND DEALER SITES

Martin J Donnelly Antique Tools & Books

The Fine Tool Journal

Jim Bode Antique Tools

Union Hill Antique Tools

Bill Kohr / Craftsman Studio

Mel Miller / Mel Miller's Antique Tools

Patrick Leach / The Superior Works

Jon Zimmers Antique Tools

Inchmartin Tool Bazaar

David Stanley Auctions

Blackburn Tools

Falcon Wood

Dowd's Vintage & Antique Tools

Papawswrench

Yesteryears Tools

The Electronic Neanderthal

The Best Things

BOOKS, LITERATURE & PUBLICATIONS

Google Books

Alibris

Abe Books

Antique Week

Astragal Press

TOOL HISTORY & RESEARCH

Wooden Clamps

Disstonian Institute

Handsaws of Harvey Peace

Antiques of a Mechanical Nature

Millers Falls Home Page

Early Rhode Island Toolmakers & Tradesman

Stanley Planes

Old Wood Working Machines

American Artifacts

LIBRARY & MUSEUMS

Archive.org

Library of Congress

Cornell University Library

University of Michigan Making of America

Steamtown

Davistown

Museum of Woodworking Tools

American Precision Museum

Museum of our Industrial Heritage

Railway & Locomotive Historical Society

Society for Industrial Archeology

PATENT SEARCHES

Google Patent Advanced Search

US Patent & Trademark Office

USPTO Patent Issue Years & Patent Numbers

Patent Search Information

European Patent Office

Data-Amp, Directory of American Tool & Machinery Patents

Canadian Patents Data Base

OTHER SOCIETIES

The Society for the preservation of Old Mills

Timber Framers Guild

The Slide Rule Universe

The Oughtred Society

Dutch Slide Rule Collectors

The Farm Show Directory

Trowel and Masonry Tool Collector Resource

Society of American Period Furniture Makers