Hi Ed, and welcome!

On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Ed Clarke wrote:

> I stopped at Lie-Nielson in Maine and tried out some of the new planes
> in their shop.  The Bailey seems to do a better job as far as I can tell
> ( which was quite a surprise ).  So I need to get an old Bailey #7 and
> some other usable tools.  Is there a FAQ on this list?  I need a set of
> chisels and at least a block plane.  Is there a list of dealers here too?

Hey fellow galoots, reel him in, we got one... :-)

Well, there is the hand tools FAQ from rec.ww, and 
you can get it from:
        http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/roche/wood.html

There is a hypermail archive (1 weeks worth of postings, I think)
for oldtools at:
        http://www.law.cornell.edu/listservs/oldtools/
(I mention that because within the past week there was a bunch of hand 
saw stuff).

Also, check out the Electronic Neanderthal web page at:
	http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~alf/en/en.html
(It's got a *lot* of great stuff, and linke to other woodworking things,
including P. Leach's famed Stanley Blood & Gore, and sources of tools).

I'm sure others can point you in some more places. If you need me to mail 
you a copy of an old handtools_faq (March '95), let me know.

	-Mike
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