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an old wooden workshop with many tools hanging on the wall and in front of it

At this Delaware museum, rooms full of amazing furniture provide a unique tour through American history. Many woodworkers (including me) have concerns about “keeping the craft alive.” As our lives become increasingly digitized, creativity seems to involve clicks and keystrokes rather than the tactile challenges of fin

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an old spinning machine with wheels attached to it

Technology: Textile industry. The first cotton-spinning machine, invented in 1764 by the English weaver James Hargreaves.) Woodcut, 1887, later colouring. SIZE: 3214px × 2615px (24 MB) 27.2 cm × 22.1 cm @ 300 dpi The spinning capacity of the Jenny is eight times better than that of the old spinning wheel, but it still requires manpower. The invention of the Spinning Jenny machine was the beginning of the first industrial revolution.

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an old illustration of various tools used in the making of hats and gowns,

Nail making in the 18th century (French illustration) - "The reason [American colonists] were willing to buy nails from England and not locally was because the crown put restrictions on manufacturing of any finished good, since finished goods were what England produced best. While a few so called rolling-mills, where they could produce nails in the colonies, were constructed before the American Revolution, it wasn’t until after the war did these mills pop up everywhere."

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an old pair of scissors and a knife are on display in the shape of a frame

TWO SAWS, LATE 17TH/ 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR HUNTING OR BUTCHERY the first with bow-shaped body formed of a faceted bar, interrupted by a globular moulding in the centre, curved shaped forward terminal, later saw-blade retained by a shaped thumb-screw, and faceted horn grip (cracked); the second formed of a moulded bar of near square section, broad saw-blade retained by a large thumb-screw, and later wooden grip the first: 59 cm; 23 ¼ in overall

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