About the Author Paul Van Pernis is a retired family practice physician whose lifelong passion has been the study of woodworking and antique American hand tools.
A past president of The Early American Industries Association, he is a collector of antique tools and an expert on the legacy of Leonard Bailey.
He resides in Ashland, Wisconsin, where he practiced medicine from 1978 to 2014.
The late John G.
Wells was a well-known Bay area architect from 1956 to his death in 2018.