Mechanic's Companion Books - Tool Use with its flat right side

with its flat right side and beveled left

abrasions and cuts for longer use

a compact yet robust tool that's been a Shelter Tools favorite since the early 1980s

Hardened poll withstands striking tasks

Mechanic's Companion Books - Tool Use with its flat right sideA reprint of the 1845 edition, this intriguing text incorporates more than a century of developments in the building trades since the publication of Joseph Moxons Mechanick Exercises, the earliest known English language book on woodworking. Nicholson, a cabinetmaker and architect, provides richly detailed explanations of the tools, techniques and terms used by tradesmen of the period in carpentry, joinery, bricklaying, masonry, slating, plastering,