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A History of the Amateur Woodworking Movement
A Decade-by-Decade Narrative of Amateur Woodworking in America From 1900 to 2000
An Online Book -- Raymond McInnis -- Amateur Woodworker
Home Contents Appendices Authors Documents
Glossary Intro and Glossary Annexes
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Narrative Chapters
Chap 1 Chap 2 Chap 3 Chap 4 Chap 5 Chap 6 Chap 7 Chap 8 Chap 9 Chap 10 Chap 11 Chap 12
Headnote for Manuals Manuals by Decade
1900-before 1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950 1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000 2001-later
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Chapter 5: 1931 - 1940 5: 4. Hand tools vs power tools
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In the 1930s, the pace of conversion from hand tools to power tools becomes more rapid. Manufacturers of scaled-down woodworking machines, powered by fractional horsepower motors, include Boice-Crane, Delta, J D Wallace, Walker-Turner, and Sears continued distributing power tools under its label. Issues of Popular Homecraft and the Home Craftsman are sprinkled with brief articles high-lighting the latest tools released to the market. In the wake of the local chapters of the National Homeworkshop Guild formed after 1933, under the umbrella of the National Homeworkshop Guild, excitement about new tools among amateur would be inevitable
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