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| 39 | Saw set | 12801T17 | bio | photo | MH |
| Drop-forged iron, 8" long with 7 set sizes, signed "HOE & CO". |
| DATM (Nelson 1999) lists R. Hoe & Co.'s working dates as 1828 - 1969 in New York and Boston. It did not list this exact mark. Hoe was a |
| major manufacturer of saws, saw tools, and later, printing presses. This set is probably late 19th century. |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Other Factory Made Tools | Logging Tools |
| 40 | Cat's paw | 12801T16 | bio | photo | MH |
| Drop-forged steel, 11 1/8" long, signed "C. Drew CAT'S PAW - 277". |
| This is a (later) 20th century production. |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Other Factory Made Tools | Woodworking: Other Tools |
| 41 | Coopers' adz | 12801T7 | bio | photo | MH |
| Malleable iron and steel, 8" long, 1 1/4" square striking face, 2 9/16" wide blade, signed "VAUGHAN" "PARDOE & COX" "UNION" |
| WARRANTED". |
| This tool shows some evidence of hand work, including hand filing and hand-forged beveling at the handle socket, which protrudes from the |
| adz's body. An essential and commonly encountered tool in a coopers' workshop, it was used to construct the barrels, kegs, and casks of |
| Maine and New England's fishing and commercial industries and the West Indies and Wine Island trades. This is the first tool in our |
| Vaughan & Pardoe collection with Cox as part of the signature. Donated to the Museum by Rick Floyd. |
| Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution | Coopers' Tools |
| 42 | Slaters' shingle ripper | TBL1001A | bio | photo | MH |
| Drop-forged iron and steel, 24 3/4" long with 2" wide rip, signed "C DREW & CO KINGSTON MASS". |
| This tool is on display above the fire exit. |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Other Factory Made Tools | Miscellaneous Tools |
| 43 | Spokeshave | 71401T17 | bio | photo | MH |
| Cast grey iron, steel, and brass, 10 1/4" long, 2 1/4" wide blade, signed on the brass nut holding the blade "Bailey's Pat. July 13 58". |
| This is an excellent example of Leonard Bailey's tools before he joined in partnership with Augustus Stanley to form the Stanley Tool Co. For |
| more information see Roger Smith's (1960) "Patented Transitional and Metallic Planes" Vol. I pg. 41 - 58 and Vol. II pg. 21 - 38. |
| Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution | Woodworking: Edge Tools |
| 44 | Inclinometer level | 102501T1 | bio | photo | MH |
| Drop-forged iron and steel, brass, 6" long, 14/16" wide, 2 1/2" high, 2" diameter meter, signed "DAVIS LEVEL & TOOL Co" and "PAT.SEP |
| 17, 1867" with owner's signature "J.F. McCABE". |
| This tool is also referred to as a mantle clock level. DATM (Nelson 1999, 214) has historical information on this company. |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Classic Period of American Machinists' Tools | Measuring Tools |
| 45 | Plumb bob | 71401T18 | photo | MH |
| Cast brass, 4 3/4" long, unsigned. |
| This is probably an early product of the Stanley Tool Co. and an excellent example of the most sought after of 19th century plumb bobs. |
| Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution | Measuring Tools |
| 46 | Surface gauge | 21201T12 | bio | photo | MH |
| Steel, 1 1/2" long, 1 9/16" wide, 1 3/8" high, signed "V Oby". |
| Veikko Arne Oby (b. Worcester, MA 1916, d. 2/25, 2000), of Finnish descent, worked in Whitinsville, MA, and the Watertown Arsenal. This |
| satin steel surface gauge, though not signed by its manufacturer, is similar to L.S. Starrett Toolmaker's surface gauge model 56A with 4" |
| spindles. A contemporary L.S. Starrett catalog indicates this tool "is used in layout work for scribing lines on vertical or horizontal surfaces. |
| A groove in the base adapts it for use on cylindrical as well as flat surfaces." This exquisite tool is a late example of the florescence of the |
| classic period of American machinists' tools and is indicative of a proud machinists' careful use of a finely crafted Starrett tool or his |
| meticulous reproduction of the same tool -- a possibility since Starrett surface gauges are rarely unsigned. Every hand tool has its own |
| inscrutable history of manufacture and use. |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Classic Period of American Machinists' Tools | Measuring Tools |
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