Video Demonstrations of Early American Tools

Brief videos that show how these tools were used

	Hand Cards a tool used to prepare wool for spinning (file size: 10.1 MB)
	Screw Auger a tool used to drill large holes in wood (file size: 5.2 MB)
	Broad Axe and Adze tools used to prepare timber for construction (file size: 7.6 MB)
	Brace and Bit a tool used to drill small holes in wood (file size: 8.1 MB)
	Great Wheel a tool used to spin wool into yarn (file size: 10.9 MB)
	Niddy Noddy a tool used to measure and wrap yarn for storage (file size: 10.1 MB)
	Plane a tool used to shape and smooth wood (file size: 9.1 MB)
	Splitting Froe a tool used to split wood. (file size: 4.2 MB)
	Tape Loom a tool used to weave narrow strips of cloth called "tape." (file size: 15.6 MB)
	Flintlock Musket a rifle from the 17th century and used in the Revolutionary War (file size: 10.3 MB)
	Percussion Musket a rifle invented in the 19th century and used during the Civil War (file size: 7.9 MB)
	Draw Knife and Shaving Horse a two-handled blade used to shape wood (file size: 5.2 MB)
	Churn a tool used to turn cream into butter (file size: 47.9 MB)
	Flail a tool used to separate the seeds from the heads of dried grain (file size: 25.9 MB)
	Winnowing Basket a tool used to separate grain seeds from the "chaff" or seed coverings (file size: 48.4 MB)