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| 47 | Patternmakers' tools (4) | 42801T3 | photo | MH |
| Brass and steel, 3 are 3 1/2" long with 1 1/2", 1 1/8" & 1" cutters; the other is 2" long, 1 1/4" wide, 1 1/2" cutter, unsigned, c. 1865 - 1885. |
| These are all planes, three are shavers and the other is a spoke-shave type rounding plane. They were all found in the Corbett collection; no |
| owner signatures. |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Other Factory Made Tools | Patternmakers' Tools - H A Cobbett Group |
| 48 | Lace cutter | 111001T34 | photo | MH |
| Drop-forged iron and steel, japanned finish, 2 1/4" long, unsigned. |
| This tool is identified as an Elliot Patent (May 3, 1880) lace cutter for cutting shoelaces in Sellens (2002, 270) "Dictionary of American Hand |
| Tools". |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Other Factory Made Tools | Cobbler and Saddler Tools |
| 49 | Ship caulkers' mallet | TCX1001A | photo | photo | MHC-K |
| Malleable iron and wood, unsigned. |
| This caulking mallet is part of the ships' caulkers tool set in case K; last used to repair the U.S.S. Constitution. |
| Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution | Shipwrights', Sailmakers', and Mariners' |
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| 50 | Gear tooth vernier caliper | 30101T1 | bio | photo | MHC |
| Tempered alloy steel in leather box, 4 1/15" long, 4 1/4" high, signed "Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. Providence RI USA 20.2DP". |
| This tool is representative of the florescence of the New England toolmaker and is made by L. S. Starrett's principal 20th century competitor. |
| The English measure caliper is an uncommon Brown & Sharpe product. |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Classic Period of American Machinists' Tools | Measuring Tools |
| 51 | Gutter plane | 111001T9 | photo | MH |
| Wood with cast steel blade, 15 1/2" long, 2" wide, 1 3/4" wide blade, signed "Roberts & Ash" on blade with a clover leaf touchmark to the right |
| of Ash, plane marked "DM". |
| Goodman's (1993) "British Plane Makers" does not list Roberts & Ash as blade makers. He does list a William G. Ash. DATM (Nelson |
| 1999, 664) lists Roberts & Ash as leather tool makers, no date or location. |
| Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution | Woodworking: Planes |
| 52 | Patternmakers' slick | TCT1003 | photo | MH |
| Bronze, 7" long, unsigned. |
| A slick is used for shaping and smoothing sand casts. Patternmakers' slicks should not be confused with the large slicks used by shipwrights |
| (an edge tool). |
| Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution | Patternmakers' Tools |
| 53 | Shipwrights' slick | TCC2005 | bio | photo | MH |
| Cast steel with wood handle, 14 1/2" long, 3 1/2" wide, 10" handle, signed "WARRANTED CAST STEEL" and "_. TINKHAM". |
| Other than "warranted cast steel," this tool has no manufacturer's touch mark. The slick has an owner's sign (?) "Tinkham" and is part of our |
| collection of Tinkham artifacts and papers that are on display in the Museum. This slick came from a ship carpenters' tool box discovered in |
| Foxboro, MA, several years ago and was undoubtedly used by one of the Tinkham clan, probably in the shipyards of New Bedford, Fairhaven, |
| or Mattapoisset, MA. C. 1810 - 1850. This slick is similar to signed specimens produced by the prolific Underhill clan of Nashua, NH. |
| Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution | Shipwrights', Sailmakers', and Mariners' |
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| 54 | Hoop driver | 51201T3 | photo | MH |
| Steel, iron, and wood, 7 3/4" long including a 4 3/8" handle, 2 5/8" wide driver, unsigned. |
| An iron ferrule is at the end of the wood handle. This is an excellent example of a coopers' hoop driver or bung with a provenance from a New |
| Bedford cooperage, c. 1860. |
| Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution | Coopers' Tools |
| 55 | Howell (chiv) | 81801T7 | photo | photo | MH |
| Wood, forged iron, and cast steel blade, 15 1/2" long, 7 1/4" wide including handle and adjustable screws, signed "H.S.T. H.N.S" and on |
| the blade "Hand Cast Steel". |
| It is from southern New Hampshire. |
| Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution | Coopers' Tools |
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