Popular Woodworking 2007-08 № 163, страница 47

The Sindelar Tool Collection

by Christopher schwarz

After collecting tens of thousands of the world's most beautiful tools, cabinetmaker John sindelar is ready to show them off in a new tool museum.

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ohn Sindelar stands in front of a door at the back of his thriving cabinet and millwork shop in Edwardsburg, Mich. The door opens into blackness and Sindelar turns around for a moment before entering.

"This room," he says with a sly grin, "is like church to me."

He flips on the light and walks into the small paneled room. The room is filled with antique tools. No, strike that last sentence. The room is filled with tools that you never thought existed or that you would see in person. Tools that you have only heard about, seen in auction catalogs or drooled over in Sandor Nagyszalanczy's books "The Art of Fine Tools" or "Tools Rare and Ingenious" (Taunton).

A real handful. John Sindelar's tool collection focuses on one-of-a-kind woodworking tools, including this armload of quite rare craftsman-made handplanes.

photos by al parrish