Bob takes us on the first of many visits to the Winterthur Garden and Museum in Delaware's Brandywine Valley. Winterthur was the vision of Henry Francis DuPont, who researched and collected antiques and housed them here. Greg Landry, Director of Conservation for Winterthur, takes Bob to the Dominy Workshop, which once belonged to a family of carpenters and clock makers on Long Island. The workshop-turned-museum houses a multitude of Colonial-era tools, many of which are still in use today. Bob takes a turn on the great wheel lathe, which was used to mill large items like table tops as well as other decorative items. Landry also shows Bob some handtools, including antique saws, planes, and drills.
Tommy MacDonald demonstrates a few of the techniques he employs to create hand carved furniture details. MacDonald lines up the grain of the mahogany and securely fastens the wood to a worktable. After sketching a pattern onto the work piece (in this case a seashell pattern) he uses an assortment of handtools to shape, refine, and finish the pattern.
electric space heaters, sanders, buffers, or other electric handtools. Open flames, cigarettes, matches, lighters, pilot lights electric space heaters, sanders, buffers, or other electric handtools. N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP): Excessive contact with
Preservation Carpentry students from the North Bennet Street School work with handtools on site to recreate 18th century-style molding for the Home Again's Season 13 "Modern Colonial" project house. Since
just a major workshop saw, a drill press, and a good router with accessories, along with an assortment of handtools. Priority handtools for woodworking include a good set of chisels and a good plane. Consider the workshop tools listed below