The open house was held at the beautiful Lie-Nielsen Toolworks in Warren, Maine.




Map of Lie-Nielsen's factory, offices, showroom and classroom




Block plane castings




Block plane castings




Bronze frog castings




Machine for flat grinding plane soles




Shoulder plane castings




Deburring shoulder plane castings




Bench plane front knobs




Router plane irons partially machined




Bronze shavings after castings are machined




Assembled block planes




Smoothing plane assembly




Partially assembled smoothing planes




Smoothing planes with frogs awaiting blade assembly




Assembled smoothing planes




Rolls of steel plate destined to become saw blades




Steel to be made into saw plates




The machine used to cut steel roll material into saw plates




Automatic filing machine set up for dovetail saws




Machine for setting saw teeth




Milling machine that cuts the slot in the brass backs of saws.
Items on the wall are jigs for holding the backs.



Saw blades waiting for handles and/or hand sharpening




Shaper cutter for saw handle




Saw handles before contour shaping




Saw handles after shaping




The reject bin




Master sawmaker at window filing teeth on a dovetail saw




Dovetail saws in progress




Dovetail saws in progress




Inlay tools




Vise screws after machining




Benchtop on stationary routing machine