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Plumb bob (lead weight to level)
Description:
Plumb bob, shaped like a spinning top, attached to a long string
Item type:
plumb bob
Wooden ruler which folds in from two ends 3-foot rule
Description:
Boxwood. Two foot, four fold boxwood and brass carpenter's arch joint by E.P. Preston 3-foot rule.
Date:
early 20th C.
Item type:
3-foot rule
Wooden handle, three-iron trammel points set in
Description:
unusual Steel Marking Guage with wooden handle three scribing or mortising trammel points manufactured late 19th C. 8" steel fence at top of stalk beneath handle
Date:
late 19th C.
Item type:
trammel points
Draftsman's wooden T-square
Description:
T-square, manufacturer's name illegible
Item type:
T-square
Wooden drawing box with inset wooden top
Description:
Wooden drawing box; includes manuscript architectural drawing.
Item type:
drawing box with board
Chisel and Waisted type iron nail
Description:
Chisel marked "Cast Steel" , 8" blade, homemade handle on chisel found in Carpenters' Hall, second floor apt., under kitchen floor. also a cut nail from period. (work done in 1857)
Date:
1850-80
Item type:
chisel and iron nail
English oak box
Description:
Oak box with gold hinges and small plaque attached which says "YORK MINSTER FIRE 1984." box is lined with red felt. slightly shiny finish. inside is note which says: YORK MINSTER
Date:
1984 / 1985
Item type:
English oak box
Wooden tool box
Description:
Wooden tool box with two hinges for saws inside the lid and with sectioned removable tray and metal handles.
Date:
19th C.
Item type:
tool box
Large metal Keffer or panel saw with wooden handle. 5.5 points
Description:
Keffer or panel saw with deluxe handle by Henry Disston & Sons, Philadelphia "D.Walker" inscribed two times on both sides of handle. "H. Disston & Sons * Philadelphia" insignia on handle bolt.
Item type:
panel saw or Keffer saw
Steel Nesting Saw (aka pit saw)
Description:
Nesting saw or pit saw bolt with movable hinge on handle. Nesting Saw, with three blades. by Henry Disston & Sons, Philadelphia "W" inscribed on both sides of handle. "HENRY DISSTON & SONS PHILADA EASY-STEEL U.S.A. WARRANTED" on blade.
Date:
20th C.
Item type:
nesting saw, pit saw
Wooden marking gauge.
Description:
Early beech wood marking gauge with one metal scriber point.
Date:
early 19th C.
Item type:
marking gauge
Wooden trying plane
Description:
Wooden trying plane with wooden handle and metal blade.
Item type:
trying plane
Small wooden trying plane with wooden handle and metal blade
Description:
Small wooden bench plane with metal blade, constructed from beech wood.
Item type:
trying plane
Small wooden bench plane with metal blade
Description:
Small wooden bench plane with metal blade. Also, constructed of beech wood. By D. Malloch of Perth, Scotland D. Walker, owner
Item type:
bench plane
Metal back saw with Wooden Handle
Description:
16" brass back saw by James McFarland of Glasgow, Scotland handle button missing "D.Walker"- owner's stamp "WARRANTED SUPERIOR" insignia on main handle bolt. "COLVER BROS LTD SHEFFIELD Made for JAE McFARLANE GLASGOW" inscribed on strip atop blade
Item type:
back saw
Metal Saw Set With Wooden Handle
Description:
Metal saw set with wooden handle and movable metal part.
Item type:
saw set
Wooden Drill Brace with Gold Metal Trim.
Description:
Drill Brace with Gold Metal Trim. Sheffield style brass plated brace with button chuck.
Date:
late 19th C.
Item type:
drill brace
1/8" mitre chisel blade
Description:
1/8" mitre chisel blade by T.H. Witherby no handle
Item type:
chisel blade
Cast steel center bit
Description:
cast steel center bit
Item type:
center bit
Steel center bit with notch in handle
Description:
steel center bit with notch in handle
Item type:
center bit
Steel Center Bit with Notch
Description:
Steel center bit with notch in handle.
Item type:
center bit
Steel center bit
Description:
Steel center bit
Item type:
center bit
Cast steel center bit
Description:
Cast steel center bit.
Item type:
center bit
Cast Steel Center Bit
Description:
Cast steel center bit.
Item type:
center bit
Cast steel center bit
Description:
cast steel center bit
Item type:
center bit
Steel center bit
Description:
steel center bit
Item type:
center bit
Steel center bit with notch in handle
Description:
steel center bit with notch in handle
Item type:
center bit
Steel center bit with two notches in handle
Description:
Steel center bit with two notches in handle
Item type:
center bit
Copy of Property Deed
Description:
Copy of property deed matted in white and framed in wood painted black with gold trim.
Item type:
Carpenters' Company Property Deed (photographic print)
Metal Marking Square
Description:
Tri-square with rosewood handle with 18" steel blade. Handle brass fastened, brass square edge. By Bushnell, Philadelphia. E.K. Snow, owner
Date:
19th C.
Item type:
tri-square
Metal Marking Tri-square
Description:
Tri-square has wooden handle with 6" steel. Three brass diamonds on handle. Brass square edge. S. Snow, owner
Date:
19th C.?
Item type:
tri-square