Tool Swap USA Here
is a new Southern Ca website supporting the active and growing tool
group down there. It is an active group and I wish I could attend
their meetings. There is a lot of additional info as well.
MWTCA
Known as Midwest, the king of all tool collecting groups. Lots of
info and a well-presented site.
The
Virtual Museum of Surveying History
This site
consists of exhibits which cover a
variety of topics related to surveying history. As the museum grows, we
will continue to develop galleries with different themed exhibits in each
gallery.
Jim Bode Tools
Jim Bode and his website are the new kid on the
block and he offers some of the finest quality & nicest antique tools
available on the net or elsewhere. Take a Look.
Jon
Zimmers Antique Tools This is
one of the better antique tool sites on the Internet. Jon has the
distinction of being one of the first, and is by the far the
best.
AntiqueSurveying.com
Robert Parrish has an extensive list of surveying equipment that he has
for sale as well as information on the repair, restoration, cleaning,
& parts making services that he offers for surveying and scientific
instruments.
Treasure Hunting
with Cheryl-Ann Millsap. Here is
the first "Blog" on antiques that I have found. It is a nice site
with an interesting outlook on antiques, how to find them, where to shop,
and what antiques and hunting them are all about.
www.arithmometre.org This is Valéry Monnier's
definitive site for info on this category of calculators and adding
machines. These calculators from an age past have an important place
in the history of calculation and their development is an interesting
story.. I have never seen a more complete and informative site on
the subject. Well worth a look if you need info on this type of
instrument from a time past..
The
Hardware Companies Kollectors Klub
Here is the place to go to learn more about Keen Kutter, Winchester, E. C.
Simmons, Diamond Edge, OVB, and all the other great early hardware
companies. Two yearly meets are held in Missouri which include an
amazing auction, tailgate sales and lots more.
Shaker
Brook Farm Antique Pressing Iron Museum This
website is home to the collection of irons and laundry stoves of Bill and
Peggy Heyman. This is a great website filled with loads of
information, including a detailed classified listing section that makes it
easy to connect with other pressing iron collectors. You will
also find listings for iron collector clubs worldwide, including the
Midwest Sadiron Collector Club website, as well as links to washing
machine and antique wood stove websites. There is also an extensive
listing of searches available that link directly to Pressing Iron related
items at eBay. Try this site!
ISMACS
This International Sewing Machine Collectors Group publishes a
top-notch quarterly magazine and hosts several international conventions
and auctions as well as their informative website.
Simmons
Auction Co.
This top-notch Missouri auction house conducts outstanding specialty
auctions for tools, pressing irons, Griswold and cast iron cookware,
graniteware, and lots more great stuff. A well done and very
informative site.
Museum
of American Heritage
Dedicated to preserving and displaying objects related to 19th and
20th century invention, this museum is located in Palo Alto, CA but you
can also visit them online. They offer great workshops and classes
as well as their ongoing exhibits related to the history of
technology. Be sure to check out the resources on their links
page.
MSICC
Here is where you can join the oldest and largest Sadiron collecting club
around. This group was founded in the Midwest
in 1984, and there is currently a proposal to change the club name
to PITCA---Pressing Iron and Trivet Collectors of America---to be more inclusive toward
trivet collectors and to all of us pressing iron collectors East of the
Mississippi, up in New England where you can't get there from here, and
out here on the Left Coast. The quarterly newsletter
"Pressing News" alone is
well worth the modest yearly membership dues and the resource library you
can borrow from is second-to-none.
Lynn Rosack's Trivets
Lynn is the author of The A-Z
Guide to Collecting Trivets and is working on her second volume.
She is also the spearhead of the Ebay trivet collecting forum groups.
Be sure to take a look at her website!
Sew2Go
Catherine Eith's website is where
"the quilting and sewing world comes to shop". Check out
this site if you are looking for treadle sewing machines for sale as well
as a large assortment of antique sewing machine parts, including
hard-to-find parts for Singer Featherweights.
Natural
Tree Furniture Free
form Stick and Twig furnishings handcrafted by artisan Ray Smith.
Environmentally Responsible Designs ~ Specializing in Cat Tree Furniture.
In addition, one of the neatest links pages I have seen.
F.W.
Muller Toy Sewing Machine Book This
324 page book was just published by TSM collectors and researchers Rita
and Manfred Koym. It covers the history of the 111 year old factory,
a list of patents and registered trademarks, wonderful color pictures of
the machines as well as their boxes, and a full catalogue of all known
(and unknown) toy sewing machines F. W. Muller Jr. ever produced.
For more details and ordering info, contact Rita directly by clicking on
the title link above. And be sure to visit their
toy
sewing machine website where you will find pictures of their collection as well as
other information and a selection of the toy sewing machines they have
available for sale or trade.
Needlebar.com
The NeedleBar is a group
of vintage sewing machine collectors (that's vintage machines, not
necessarily vintage collectors!) who also have an interest in researching
the history of these fascinating items and their makers. Lots of
information on sewing machines and a great links page.
MyOldTools
This site by Ross Conant is the source for
Millers Falls and other boring machines as well as other great tools for the timber
framer and other woodworking trades.
Axel & Susanne's
Sewing Machine Collection
Their website is in German but has fabulous
pictures of splendid toy sewing machines in their collection, so even if
you don't understand the text you will love the photos!
Sewing
Machine Parts
If you are looking for parts for your vintage
sewing machines, including parts for Singer Featherweights, you might be
able to find them here at Guy Baker's site.
Jeff
Pearson Antiques If you are
looking for that special architectural piece for your yard or an iron
gate, granite posts, as well as a selection of quality tools for the user
and collector try this site.
Nancee Meeker Pottery
Larry's sister's website.
Nancee is a well-known potter whose work is collected by individuals and
museums nationwide. A well-deserved mid-life change of careers
has her involved in the field of muscular therapy, as well as many
other of life's pursuits. We also now have her in training as our East Coast
picker!
Bill
Meeker Jr. (Willie) This is my
brother's website, and the fellow who got the mathematics gene that I
missed out on, but then I can do some things he can't. I have not
been able to get him to start collecting slide rules but he does collect
other things so that is a start.
Furniture
Knowledge A
nice site full of important information for the working woodworker, as
well a nice selection of links to help you find most anything you will
ever need related to woodworking.
Mayberry's
Metal Art This
is the site of Pete Mayberry, who started out as a welder and discovered
he could create beauty using various metals, a torch, a grinder, and his
own vision.
The
Typewriter Museum
This is a new and very worthwhile typewriter site with lots of information
on some rare as well as many more typical machines that are involved in
this interesting collectible.
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