On the lighter side, here is a site featuring the hand tools of the 1900-1950 period of truck building in Great Britain. We're talking woodworking tools, not metal pounding. This quote tells you all you need to know of why you should high-tail it over and peruse the site:
"I apprenticed as a truck cab and body builder at the firm of Oswald Tillotson, Burnley, Lancashire, from (circa) 1947 to 1950. Cabs and flat bed bodies were hand built of wood at that time, the cabs being finished with sheet metal (van and panel truck bodies were just starting to be built using extruded aluminum sections and sheeting). I worked mostly in the cab shop doing framework joining and door making/installing, although I occasionally built flat bed truck bodies, as did all apprentices, from time to time."
AMERICAN WOODWORKING HAND TOOLS c. 1900-1950
Used in the Truck Cab & Body Building Trade during the late 1940s
Collecting and using hand tools is one thing. Getting a perspective on the use of the same tools for something other than making furniture is a welcome addition to the mix.This site sheds new light on my head when it comes to looking at tools both common and uncommon.
till next, Gary
