Planemaker Companies

'I want to Knock this Man out of the Market'
Did Ohio Tool rip off this unknown planemaker's design?

What Was in Sandusky's Secret Plane Making Room?
Making planes with machines in the US and England in the 1800s

The Ohio Tool Co. (Briefly) Paid Its Convict Workers
For a lucky few it was highly lucrative

How to Run a Plane Factory in 1853 (It Was Surprisingly Complicated)
Plus, the wooden plane song and a Francis Nicholson limerick