Spires Tool Co.
Tool Reference Sites
These are mostly for my reference, but please use them there is a ton of valuable info here.
| Early American Industry Association | Est. 1933 A great Asssociation, I am a member |
| Mid-West Tool Collectors Association | Well established tool collectors organzation founded in 1968 |
| Astragal Press | Publisher of Tool and Industry related Literature and Repro. Tool Catalogs - I carry their titles at a very fair discount, you will not find a better price. Email me with requests if you do not see titles listed! |
| Pacific Northwest Tool Collectors | Another great organization |
| Southwest Tool Collectors Association | Another great organization |
| Rocky Mountain Tool Collectors | Another great organization |
| Old Tool Shop dot Com | Great site with tons of info and load of free downloadable tool literature and catalogs |
| Old Woodworking Machines dot Com | Killer site full of info and literature on old iron |
| Patrick Leach's Blood and Gore | The online authority on Stanley Planes |
| Bob Kaune's Stanley Bedrock Plane Types | A study of Stanely Bedrock Plane Types |
| The Wrenching News | Great site for Farm Tractor and Impliment Wrench Collectors |
| Gordon Lewis Muster II | Stanley Everlast type study |
| Stan Faullin's ToolTrip | Makes some great replacement parts for Stanley and Miller's Falls Langdon Miter Boxes |
| Randy Roeder's Millers Falls Site | Great site covering Millers Falls et al!!! |
| Sandy Moss' Bit Brace pages | Great Brace resource! |
| Brian Welch's Buck Brothers Study | Buck Bros. Chisel Study |
| Brian Welch's T. H. Witherby Study | Witherby Chisel Study |
| Chuck Zitur's Boring Tool Site | Tools for making round holes! A great resource |
| The Clamp Guy's Wooden Clamp Site | A very comprehensive site featuring wooden clamps |
| Ralph Brendler's Patented Guage Site | A great resource for patented marking and morticing guages |
| Phil Cannon's Guage page | Lists makers, markers, types and sizes of common rules, gauges, squares and tape measures. |
| Ralph Brendler's Stanely Guage Site | Great Stanley Guage resource! |
| Tom Price's Smorgasborg | A little bit of all kind of good stuff! |
| Don Bosse's Miller's Patent Site | A great site dedicated to the Miller's Patent! |
| Lars Larson's Metal Router Plane Pages | Resource for metallic router planes |
| Tom Price's Millers Falls Type 1 Study | Early Millers Falls Bench Plane resource |
| Trinder's Norris Plane guide | Norris Plane resource |
| Rhode Island Tool Makers pages | A comprehensive resource covering early RI toolmakers |
| George's Basement Resources | Lots of different tools and makers covered! |
| Dating Snap-On Tools | Snap-On Date Chart |
| Alloy Artifacts Site | Great site covering vintage Mechanics tools |
We are Located in Kingston, MA
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Phone: 617-721-6767