| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Machinists' rule | 5616T4 |
| 4" long, 5/8" wide, 1/32" thick | bio |
| signed "SAYWER TOOL MFG CO ASHBURNHAM MASS TEMPERED NO 4" |
| Marking gauge | 31808SLP23 |
| 9" long | photo | photo |
| signed "PAT. AUG. 5, 1873" |
| Miter square | 31808SLP7 |
| | photo | photo |
| signed with obscured mark "____YN" and "____NE" and "CFW" on the handle |
| Mortising gauge | 31808SLP27 |
| 8" long, 7" long gauge | photo | photo |
| unsigned |
| Parting tool | 30911T1 |
| 13" long, 6" blade |
| signed "J. M. McPHAIL" "1889" |
| A parting tool is used to cut grooves in a spindle while it is turning. It gets its name from the |
| tool's ability to remove finished "parts". |
| Pencil compass | 32912T6 |
| 8 1/4" long |
| signed "S COPELAND PAT. MAY 24, 1887" |
| The first letter of the maker’s mark is very faint, but the patent date identifies this tool as the |
| product of Copeland & Chamberlain, working out of Worcester, Massachusetts, from circa 1872 |
| to 1901. The company name was changed to Copeland Hardware Mfg. Co. In 1901 (Nelson |
| 1999, 190). Salem Copeland's patent may be viewed here: |
| http://www.google.com/patents?id=8dE_AAAAEBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=363600&hl=en& |
| sa=X&ei=PBC1T5nVG4Gl-gaYhqX0DQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg. Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
| Size gauges | 41915T5 |
| 6 3/8" x 1 9/16" wide, 3/16" thick and 5 3/4" x 1 5/16", 1/4" thick |
| signed "JOUBERT" "MADE IN FRANCE" "GESSWEIN" |
| Sliding T bevel | 31808SLP19 |
| 6" long, 4 1/2" long handle | photo | photo |
| signed "MADE IN U.S.A." |
| Square | 31611T4 |
| 12" long by 7" long, 1/8" wide |
| signed '"SAFFORD" |
| The blades are tapered. The longer one is stamped with numbers. |
| | 30 |
