Future Home of None Such Tool Werks

For now it's just Russ' home page (the original was http://home.xnet.com/~rcallen/)

My interests
Casting/Pattern makingPatents
  • Casting
  • Pattern maker's tools
    • One of my pattern makers planes Doesn't everyone have more than one? A second pattern maker's plane is listed in the patterns section.
    • Roover's embossing press (it was used to make the metal strip above)
    • Router Planes Page o' router planes no two the same so I couldn't possibly be a collector!
    • fillet plane slide show- created after receiving a request from Norway for more information!
    • A patented machine for making core boxes
    • Core box plane
    • Shrink rules
    • a graphically intense montage of the rest of my collection
  • Patterns
    • My chariot plane pattern.
    • My fire hydrant pattern Or is it? One reader suggests it's a pattern for a single cylinder, two stroke engine.
    • Cast iron doorstops Is it a doorstop or chisel plane?
    • my anvil pattern page
    • Scraper plane project for Scott Grandstaff. This plane is shown in the recent Tools & Shops issue of Fine Woodworking! (issue 174)
    • A scraper plane similar to a Stanley 112
    • my other pattern makers plane and pattern
    • My son's cradle (yes it required a casting!)
    • my bronze scraper plane 12" version of a Stanley 112
    • my second attempt at a scraper plane this time in iron.
    • molding plane parts
  • Foundry Tools
  • On pattern making
  • A patented router part and other patent info
  • My patent related display from the Fall 2005 mwtca (Mid-West Tool Collectors Association) national tool meet. Don't let the name fool you- there are members in every state. It started in the Midwest 40 years ago.
  • A patented machine for making core boxes
    I'm guessing I'm the only one on my block who has one
  • A patented forge and blower I came across in Mesa Arizona
Miscellaneous