Many tools, such as the jigsaw and the engraver, that have changed significantly over the years due to the development of new technology. But sometimes you find a tool that was pretty much fully developed from its creation. Take the soldering iron, for example:
Tag Archives: antique tools
Tools Then and Now: Plane
November 12, 2010 – 2:39 pm
There’s something to be said about the elegance of some antique tools. Take this plane, for instance:
Tools Then and Now: Level
November 7, 2010 – 8:12 am
Know what this is? I guessed that it was some sort of ancient ocean navigational tool. And as with many things in life, I was wrong.
Name This Tool
October 26, 2010 – 10:18 am
Any guesses? If you said a jigsaw, you’d be correct. Me? I thought it was a loom or some sort of sewing apparatus. The device above is a rare Schrofter Brothers jigsaw, patented in February 1876. The one pictured happens to be in working order and is for sale at Union Hill Antique Tools for $1825. I [...]
Tools – Then and Now
June 8, 2010 – 12:14 pm
At one point in my life, I was a chef. I suppose I still am, though no longer in a professional capacity. We definitely eat well at home. I only mention this because kitchen gadgets are something of an obsession with me. I have all sorts of items, ranging from a vacuum sealer to a [...]
Tools – Then and Now
May 25, 2010 – 2:07 pm
After years of studying, I’m convinced that tools were originally designed to chop off various parts of the body. If used properly, only fingers would go. However, if Dumbass Jimmy (or James Sharlborough of the Bloated Belly, as his doppelganger was known during the Dark Ages) decided to tie one on, maybe a leg or [...]
