This section covers books on one or more tool makers. These tend to be reference works used in identifying tools, or brief histories of tool makers - when and where they worked, what they made, etc.
| Title | Author |
| American Levels and their Makers (Volume I, New England) | Don Rosebrook |
| British Planemakers from 1700 (3rd Edition) | W.L. Goodman (Revised by Jane and Mark Rees) |
| Early Tools of New Jersey and the Men Who Made Them | Alexander Farnham |
| Hand-saw Makers of North America | Erwin L. Schaffer |
| Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes, 4th edition | Emil & Martyl Pollak, revised by Thomas L. Elliott |
| Search for Early New Jersey Toolmakers | Alexander Farnham |