Home›Tools and Equipment›All Tools and EquipmentBrowse ByAll Tools and EquipmentReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe landmark implements this atlas records for their role in a craft or hobby's own history: the potter's wheel, spinning wheel, loom, sewing machine, lathe, kiln, anvil, knitting needle, crochet hook and rotary cutter among them. This band holds the tool itself as a historical and technical subject, not the craft it serves, which is described in its own Crafts entry and linked back here by relationship.All Tools and EquipmentComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)All Tools and EquipmentFilter Results489 entriesTool FamilyAllBasket Weaving and Finishing Tools (4)Candle Accessories (2)Clay Preparation Machines (5)Fiber Preparation Tools (4)Fitting and Pressing Forms (2)Glassblowing Tools and Furnaces (8)Hand Sewing Needles and Needle Holders (9)Kilns and Kiln Furniture (7)Knitting Tools and Knitting Machines (9)Leather Carving and Finishing Tools (11)Loom Parts and Attachments (8)Looms (10)Metalworking Cutting Tools (14)Metalworking Fastening Tools (14)Metalworking Forging Tools (21)Metalworking Garden Tools (4)Metalworking Gripping and Holding Tools (15)Metalworking Measuring and Marking Tools (5)Metalworking Power Tools (11)Metalworking Striking Tools (5)Paper Cutting and Folding Tools (4)Papermaking Equipment (2)Pens, Inks and Writing Supplies (6)Potters Wheels and Throwing Aids (4)Sewing Cutting and Marking Tools (9)Sewing Machines and Their Parts (7)Spindles and Spinning Wheels (6)Willow Rod Preparation Tools (2)Woodworking Chisels and Carving Tools (9)Woodworking Clamps and Vises (13)Woodworking Drilling and Boring Tools (11)Woodworking Fastening and Driving Tools (3)Woodworking Garden and Yard Tools (21)Woodworking Knives and Blades (31)Woodworking Measuring and Marking Tools (22)Woodworking Planes and Shaping Tools (28)Woodworking Power Tools (32)Woodworking Saws (16)Woodworking Sharpening Tools (4)Woodworking Striking Tools (14)Yarn Winding and Measuring Tools (5)Used In CraftAllBlacksmithing (24)Calligraphy (9)Candle Making (2)Crochet (3)Embroidery (3)Glassblowing (9)Knitting (11)Leather Crafting (15)Origami (1)Pottery (17)Quilting (4)Sewing (24)Weaving (24)Woodworking (101)Introduced EraAll1589 (1)1680 (1)1733 (1)1770 (1)1785 (1)1800 (1)1840 (1)1850 (1)1861 (1)1870 (1)1877 (1)1881 (1)1886 (2)1888 (1)1896 (1)1909 (1)1920 (1)1924 (1)1925 (1)1934 (1)1947 (1)1954 (1)2010 (1)16th century (1)1769-1775 (1)1777 (first known patent) (1)17th century (2)17th century (earliest attested use of the name, in Britain) (1)1863 (ratcheting socket wrench patented) (1)1874, patented by John Hawley (1)1891 (Modell 1890, official military designation) (1)18th century (wagon or tail vise form, probably Germany) (1)1906 (first portable power router patented) (1)1931 (first torque wrench patent filed) (1)1950 (first pneumatic nail gun introduced to market) (1)1964 (power miter saw) (1)Antiquity (no precise date established) (1)Before February 2, 1661 (1)Circa 14th century (earliest depicted evidence) (1)circa 17th century (1)circa 1802 (1)circa 1843 (1)circa 1844 (2)circa 1863 (1)circa 1871 (1)circa 1904 (1)circa 1910 (1)circa 1914 (1)circa 1915 (1)circa 1919 (Deep Creek, Colorado) (1)circa 1920s (1)circa 1967 (1)circa 1983 (1)circa 1st century BC (2)circa 3000 BC (1)circa 3rd century AD (1)circa 450 to 800 AD (Migration Period and Early Middle Ages) (1)circa 5100 BCE (1)Circa 6000 BCE (1)circa Bronze Age (1)circa Middle Paleolithic (1)Documented by 1514 (Albrecht Durer's etching Melencolia I) (1)Egyptian times (1)In use since at least the time of ancient Egypt (1)Late 15th century (Germany or France) (1)mid-1940s (1)Nineteenth century, with the emergence of crochet itself (1)not dated in source consulted (5)Not established by the sources consulted (17)over a thousand years ago (1)Roman era (earliest known archaeological record) (1)Term documented from circa 1400 (1)Used in ancient Egypt and mentioned in Homer's Iliad (1)GroupAllBasket Weaving and Finishing Tools (4)Candle Accessories (2)Clay Preparation Machines (5)Fiber Preparation Tools (4)Fitting and Pressing Forms (2)Glassblowing Tools and Furnaces (8)Hand Sewing Needles and Needle Holders (9)Kilns and Kiln Furniture (7)Knitting Tools and Knitting Machines (9)Leather Carving and Finishing Tools (11)Loom Parts and Attachments (8)Looms (10)Metalworking Cutting Tools (14)Metalworking Fastening Tools (14)Metalworking Forging Tools (21)Metalworking Garden Tools (4)Metalworking Gripping and Holding Tools (15)Metalworking Measuring and Marking Tools (5)Metalworking Power Tools (11)Metalworking Striking Tools (5)Paper Cutting and Folding Tools (4)Papermaking Equipment (2)Pens, Inks and Writing Supplies (6)Potters Wheels and Throwing Aids (4)Sewing Cutting and Marking Tools (9)Sewing Machines and Their Parts (7)Spindles and Spinning Wheels (6)Willow Rod Preparation Tools (2)Woodworking Chisels and Carving Tools (9)Woodworking Clamps and Vises (13)Woodworking Drilling and Boring Tools (11)Woodworking Fastening and Driving Tools (3)Woodworking Garden and Yard Tools (21)Woodworking Knives and Blades (31)Woodworking Measuring and Marking Tools (22)Woodworking Planes and Shaping Tools (28)Woodworking Power Tools (32)Woodworking Saws (16)Woodworking Sharpening Tools (4)Woodworking Striking Tools (14)Yarn 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