Tool Types

Calipers and dividers

DATM Information

Fay used the brand name "YANKEE," sometimes "YANKEE & Co." While L.S. Starrett Co. bought him out in 1887, the Fay name continued to be used in connection with patents until 1898. In 1896, he left his position at Starrett to become a VP of the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co, moving on to work at J. Stevens & Co. and L.S. Starrett before starting his own compnay, assigning a number of patents to each while working for them. His patents include 2 June 1885, 26 Jan. 1886 as well as November 1882 (assigned to Samuel B. Dover) and 9 February 1886 (assigned to James H. Bullard), all for calipers.

Identifying Marks

MF'd By C.P.Fay/Sp'f'd.Mass.USA

General Information

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References

Nelson, Robert E., Ed. (1999). Directory of American Toolmakers: A listing of identified makers of tools who worked in Canada and the United States before 1900. Early American Industries Association.

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