I'm sorry that my website is hard to navigate. I am simply a model builder who enjoys making DVDs on how-to-do-it subjects. I am not a computer geek.
In order to make it at least a little easier to see exactly what I have available, I am giving you this page which will give you a complete, up-to-date listing of everything I have in stock.
OLD LOGGING CATALOGS AND BOOKS ON CD
PRESERVING HISTORY ONE BOOK AT A TIME
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$15.00 1916 Marion Steam Shovel Catalog. 138 pages. Complete catalog.
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$15.00 1917 Yulcan Pile Driving Machinery catalog and more. 116 pages.
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$15.00. 1913 Lidgerwood Hoisting Engines Catalog. 188 pages of logging and mining equipment information and photos.
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$15.00. 1914 American Hoist and Derrick catalog. Contains 159 full size pages. Logging hoist engines, derricks, ditchers and cranes. Tons of photos and drawings.
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$15.00---Circa 1910 Logging and Sawmilling. This book contains 195 full size pages. 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Lavishly illustrated with over 250 photographs of all kinds of logging and sawmill equipment. All 195 pages scanned at 300 dpi.
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$15.00-------Sand and Gravel Equipment and Operations. All told there are 295 pages packed with information about this vital industry which was standard for almost every railroad.
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$15.00------Small Sawmill Operators Manual. 120 pages. 1952. Deals with the types and variations of equipment, installation of equipment, and operational techniques. For anyone who wants to build a small sawmill for their layout.
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$15.00------Road Building and Construction catalogs. 380 pages.
(1) Complete 1915 Austin Brothers Manufacturing catalog. 280 pages.
(2) Complete 1918 (approximate) New England Road Machinery Company. 44 pages.
(3) Selected photos from 1914 book, Highway Engineering. 58 photos. Road building equipment from the 1900s.
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$15.00------Logging and Sawmill Equipment Catalogs. 267 pages. Includes:
(1) Complete 1921 Ottawa Wood Sawing Encyclopedia (36 pages). (2)Complete 1908 American Sawmill Machinery catalog. (124 pages). (3) Partial catalog 1904 Flory Manufacturing (100+ pages) Logging machinery and aerial cableways.
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$15-------3 Loggers Handbooks. 239 pages. Northeastern Loggers Handbook, Forest Loader Handbook, Oldham Saw Works.
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VIDEO CLINICS ON DVD FROM OUR STUDIOS
NEW FOR 2009: $20.00 Weathering Bachmann Steam Locomotives. Over 3 hours long. Covers 2 HO and 2 On30 steam locomotives. Great for beginning modelers. All photography is close-up and detailed. Plus there are prototype reference photos included.
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NEW FOR 2009: $20.00 Making, Casting and Weathering Details. 2 full hours. Includes making bird’s nest, picnic table, box and crates, lobster traps plus making shelves with details including how to make an RTV mold and cast multiple copies in resin. Demonstrations include weathering of each detail. How to label boxes and cans.
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