| Davistown Museum Inventory of Tools - Industrial Revolution - | Patternmakers' Tools - H A | Cobbett Group |
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| Patternmakers' Tools - H A Cobbett Group |
| The H A Cobbett group is a small hoard of patternmaker's tools obtained by a 20th century patternmaker living |
| near Worcester, MA, who sold the lot with other patternmaker's tools to the Liberty Tool Co., ca. 1998. |
| Cobbett was the original owner, but did not make most of these tools. |
| 42801T4 | Center finder gauge | DTM |
| Steel, 7 7/8" long, 3 11/16" wide horizontal cross guide, signed "H A Cobbett" by the owner/maker. |
| Another essential component of the patternmaker's tool kit. |
| 42801T2 | Inside calipers | DTM |
| Steel, 4 5/8" long, signed "H A Cobbett" by the owner. |
| Distinctively stylized ladyleg calipers with a silhouetted head. Possibly owner made. An excellent example of an American |
| folk art tradition: American patternmaker's ladylegs caliper. |
| 40501T1 | Patternmaker's gouge | DTM |
| Cast steel, brass and wood, 11" long, 1 1/4" wide blade, 5" long handle, signed "Corbett" on handle. |
| 42801T3 | Patternmaker's tools (4) | photo | DTM |
| 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, ca. |
| 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. |
| 42801T1 | Shrink rule | bio | DTM |
| Boxwood and brass, 24" long, signed "Stanley Rule & Level Co., New Britain, CONN USA No 30 1/2 1/4 in per ft shrinkage". |
| Sets of shrink rules were essential for judging shrinkage as a result of cooling of various metals in molds used in foundry |
| work. Patternmakers constructed the wood molds for the casting the machinery used in the factories. This was found in the |
| Cobbett collection; no owner signature. |
| Planes made in Maine |
| 42607T3 | Convex block plane | bio | DTM |
| Cast steel, iron, and beach, 7 5/8" long, 2 1/2" wide with a curved 2 1/8" wide blade, signed "Orin Hardin" and on the blade |
| "warrented cast steel" with an obscured signature. |
| The blade is clearly steeled (steel welded on iron), showing the use of cast steel as a weld steel. At least 20 of Orin Hardin's |
| planes were recovered in 3 tool chests accompanied by eight J. C. Jewett planes. Both were Waterville, Maine, planemakers. |
| Quarrying Tools |
| 032103T5 | Miner's pick (?) | bio | photo | DTM |
| Forged iron, 13" long, 3" handle socket, marked "2225". |
| This turn of the century tool has an unusual form and a Kenneth Lynch provenance indicating he collected it in France or |
| Spain in the third half of the 20th century and brought it to this country with the other tools he collected. |
| Saws |
| 040103T6 | Back saw | photo | photo | DTM |
| Cast steel, brass and applewood handle, 15" long, 10" blade, signed "C. H. BILL & SON WALTHAM MASS" "SPRING STEEL |
| WARRANTED" and an eagle medallion. |
| This mark is not listed in DATM (Nelson 1999) nor has the curator, who was born in the town adjacent to Waltham (Newton), |
| ever seen this mark in 33 years in the tool business. A finely made back saw with a beautiful applewood handle. |
| 31602T15 | Buck saw | DTM |
| Steel and pressed wood, 34 1/2" long with 32" blade, signed "Lumber Products Co. Lewiston Maine" "Patented USA Jan 15 |
| 1918" "Patented Canada Jan 22 1918". |
| An interesting early 20th century Maine buck saw. Donated to The Davistown Museum by Michael Ross. |
| 41302T3 | Hacksaw | bio | DTM |
| Steel, brass and wood, 19 1/2" long, 14 5/8" adjustable frame, signed "No 6 Millers Falls Co. Millers Falls Mass USA" with their |
| star cartouche. |
| An uncommon example of an unusual early Millers Falls hacksaw design. |
| 12103T1 | Ice saw | DTM |
| Forged wrought iron, 48" long, 6" wide, with 16" long and 2" wide wooden handle, unsigned. |
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