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Grain of Thought: Don Schol

Description: Video of an interview with artist Don Schol about a piece in progress titled, "Charting the Uncertain Course."
Date: 200X
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Center for Media Production.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a man shaving wood and two men working on a frame, 1]

Description: Photograph of a man using a hand plane to shave a plank of wood. The plank of wood is attached to a workbench covered in tools and shavings. Behind him are two other men, one smoking, putting together a wooden frame. In the back of the shop is a smaller room filled with machinery and a window illuminating the space. On the dirt ground around the men are several piles of wood shavings.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of two men inspecting a hand plane, 1]

Description: Photograph of two men inspecting a hand plane. The men are standing in front of a long wooden plank attached to the front of a workbench. The man standing furthest from the camera is holding the plane vertically, looking at the bottom of it, the other man is standing a little bit away, also looking at the plane. The workbench is sitting below a window. On the other side of the bench is a tall stack of wooden planks. Behind them is a wooden frame set on a worktable. In the back of the room are m… more
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a man shaving a wooden plank, 1]

Description: Photograph of a man using a hand plane to shave the edge of a wooden plank. Standing next to him is another man, watching him. The wooden plank is attached to a workbench that runs along the side wall and is covered with other tools and miscellaneous items. Above the bench, on the wall, are shelves with more tools and a window illuminating the space. In the rest of the room are other work spaces along with some larger machines and another window. All over the dirt floor are wood shavings and ot… more
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: China Exhibit]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 13, 1986, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: China Exhibit]

Description: B-roll vdeo footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 15, 1986, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Improvement inTables.

Description: Patent for improvement in tables which "consists in the arrangement and combination of parts that will be more fully described hereinafter, whereby the table can be taken apart, packed in a small compass for transportation, and then put together again by an inexperienced hand” (lines 11-17).
Date: November 19, 1878
Creator: Melcher, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Toy Grasshopper

Description: Patent for a toy grasshopper that is able to jump on surfaces once it is set down to simulate the propelled jumping of a grasshopper. Because of its design, primarily of rubber bands and levers, the movement is unique. It is also able to be formed into other animals or insects, as the body is made of wood.
Date: December 14, 1920
Creator: Ford, George E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Table Gage.

Description: Patent for a saw-table cutting stop that can be very quickly set and which automatically indicates the distance from the stop to the saw.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Krocker, Adolf G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shoemaker's Gimlet.

Description: Patent for a shoemaker's gimlet that bores holes in wooden heels for women's shoes, including illustrations.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Paternostro, Luca
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plane Attachment.

Description: Patent for an attachment to be affixed to a hand plane to guard the hand from splinters while in use.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Langford, Joseph O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Guard for Hand-Planes

Description: Patent for an improvement in guards for hand-planes, more specifically bench planes. The improvements provide a guard, which prevents wood shavings or splinters from injuring the hand.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Westberg, John E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Stock-Cutter.

Description: Patent for an improved rotary stock cutters "adapted for use as matcher heads, ship lap heads, and ogee bats" (lines 11-12). It has two disks with several curved blades sticking out from each disk.
Date: February 28, 1893
Creator: Hardee, Isaiah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Handle.

Description: Patent for Saw-Handle that blows air out of its handle to clear the saw's teeth of dust.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Whitworth, John Luther
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cutter.

Description: Patent for improvements in cutters where the cutter is "specially adapted for smoothing the inside of barrels, kegs and the like, which are formed from wooden staves" (lines 11-14); includes illustration.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Highams, Frank T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Butter-Container.

Description: Patent for a butter container that holds butter and protects against direct handling until it is served. This is inexpensive, two-piece and very easy to clean.
Date: August 12, 1913
Creator: Eiband, Ernst A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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