SOUTHWEST TOOL COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION

Past Newsletters

Updated Nov. 19, 2009

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Edited by Alvin Sellens
Stanley Pocket Levels by Alvin Sellens
Refining Your Collection by Alvin Sellens
Hardware Companies Catalogue Prices
Sewing Palm
Electric (brand name) Merchandise circa 1900
Corn Husking Devices
Poultry Punches
Topps Adjustable Framing Squar
Norman H. Kamb Obituary
Mary Lea Ballintine Obituary

Edited by Tim Johnson
Travels with Ron Cushman by Don Rosebrook
Albuquerque Meeting report by Bill McDougall
Lumber Measuring Instrument Patent(by Edward Knapp of Arcata, Calif.)
The Much-Enduring Millwright (1885 article from Mechanical News)

Edited by Tim Johnson
Biography of a Tool Maker Leonard Bailey
History of the Belknap Hardware Co. by Don Rosebrook
Mustang, Oklahoma Regional Meeting Report
Houston, Texas Regional Meeting Report
Using Plomb Bobs To Built Grain Elevators (article from The Baxter Spring News, Baxter Springs, KS)
Moseley's Scroll Saw (1872 article from The Manufacturer and Builder)
J. A. Traut's 1872 Try Square Patent
E. A. Schrade's 1910 Plane Patent

Edited by Tim Johnson
Huston, Texas Regional Meeting Report
Wichita, Kansas Spring Semi-Annual Meeting Report

Edited by Tim Johnson
Wholesale Hardware Brands Of The Southwest" by Tom Lamond
Brown Auction No 24 Review
Super Saturday Meet Recap by Gregor Mszar

Edited by Tim Johnson
A $1,500 Toaster? - Collecting Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Items"
an interview of Tim Melcher by Tim Johnson
In Defense of the Lazy Man" by John Walcott
Oklahoma City Labor Day Meeting Report by Jim Goodson
Hotter'n Hell Meeting report by Jim Goodson.

Edited by Tim Johnson
Stanley First Lateral #2 Smooth Planes by Charlie Koll
PawPaw Michigan Auction Report by Mike Urness
Road Trips For Tool Guys by Gregor Mszar

Edited by Tim Johnson
George J. Tocquigny Memoriam
Perfect Products Washer Trimmer Identified by Alvin Sellens
Reinheimer's Aug. 31, 1886 Patent Wire Twister Identified by Jim Goodman and Carl Matthews
Houston Regional Meeting Report by Jim Goodson
Super Saturday Meet Report by Gregor Mszar

Edited by Jim Goodson
Albuquerque Joint Meeting Report by Bill McDougall
Houston Regional Meet Report by Jim Goodson
Article on How Saws are Made (reprint) from "The Manufacturer and Builder Volume Four 1872"

Edited by Jim Goodson
The Sounds of Silence (if a tool could talk) by Jim Goodson
Factors in Assessing Value by Jim Goodson
The Talking Tool Chest (made for F. J. Swiebel's of the Brown Corliss Engine. Co. Corliss WI in 1903) by Bill McDougall

Edited by Jim Goodson
Tulsa Spring Tool Show Report by Tim Hoss
Bedford Texas Regional Meeting Report by Gregor Mszar
Bentonville AR 19th Annual Groundhog Day Meet Report by Emery Goad

Edited by Jim Goodson
When Blind Luck's a Lady column by Lowell Brigham
My Favorite Tool by Gene Harp
Stanley Long No. 2 Planes by Charlie Koll

Edited by Jim Goodson
Article on Larry Williams of Clark & Williams, traditional-style plane makers.
Labor Day Meeting in Oklahoma City Report by Jim Goodson
When Blind Luck's a Lady column by Jim Goodson
Tribute to Judy Westcott by her husband John. Complete tribute in a .pdf file HERE

Edited by Jim Goodson
When Blind Luck's a Lady column by Jim Goodson
A Visit to David McDonald's Winchester Tool Collection
Super Saturday Tool Show Report by Gregor Mszar

Edited by Jim Goodson
Report on the MWTCA Semi Annual Meeting - Springfield, MO
Albuquerque Joint Meeting report by Emery Goad

Edited by Jim Goodson
The Founding of SWTCA by Jeff Gaston
14th Annual Super Saturday Report by Gregor Mszar

Edited by Jim Goodson
A Special Plow Plane by Jim Goodson
Spring Tulsa Show Report by Tim Hoss
Founding Members of SWTCA Honored

Edited by Jim Goodson
Scandinavian brace story by Jim Goodson
Saved From a Watery Grave - Two Planes by Lynn Dowd
Oklahoma City Meeting & Open House at Craig Guy's Reports
John Ballintine death notice
Photos of Fine Tools Made by Jim Davis

Edited by Jim Goodson
Stephen Pierrel Memorial by Jim Goodson
Super Saturday Dallas Meeting Report by Jim Goodson
Lynn & Tracy Dowd's Tool Emporium
One Little Tool by Jim & Carol Davis

Jun 2009
Jun 2009 Tool Ads

Edited by Jim Goodson
Display Case cover story by Jim Goodson
Odd star shaped marking gauge identified
Spring 2009 Tulsa Meeting review by Jim Goodson
Info on joining MWTCA & EAIA National Organizations

Edited by Jim Goodson
The Biggest Bore (wooden water pipe auger) by Jim Goodson
R. (Russel) Frisbie’s patent No. 29070 of July 10th 1860 Bench Stop by Jim Goodson
Albuquerque Joint Meeting Review by Gregor Mszar

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