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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0009
- Description
- Long, black, cast iron body with breast rest on top, turning handle on large green wheel, holding handle on opposite side, and large chuck at bottom. Body cast as strong frame to hold gears and wheels. Breast rest is slightly cupped plate across top. Approximately half way down, through heavy tu…
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- Title
- Breast Drill
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 45.8 x 5.6 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Long, black, cast iron body with breast rest on top, turning handle on large green wheel, holding handle on opposite side, and large chuck at bottom. Body cast as strong frame to hold gears and wheels. Breast rest is slightly cupped plate across top. Approximately half way down, through heavy tube cast into body is fastened large green wheel with rack gear on back, tying into pinion gear around the shaft of the body at the wheel's lower extreme. Large wooden handle fitted to wheel by metal arm which adjusts in length by large metal screw. Below pinion gear on opposite side from wheel is another fixed holding handle standing horizontally from the shaft. Bottom of shaft holds large chuck for bits. On side of shaft behind wheel is small spirit level. Marks on chuck "Millers Falls, Mass. USA Miller's Falls Tools 12A"
- Subject
- commercial
- carpentry
- woodworking
- Sam Ward
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0009
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0011 a,b
- Description
- (a) A wooden handsaw with a thin jagged blade at one end and a tension bar and string at the other. (b) Wooden hand saw, one side longer than the other. Wide blade , two wooden braces near middle, metal screw tension rods at top.
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- Title
- Hand Saw
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 58.0 cm
- Description
- (a) A wooden handsaw with a thin jagged blade at one end and a tension bar and string at the other. (b) Wooden hand saw, one side longer than the other. Wide blade , two wooden braces near middle, metal screw tension rods at top.
- Subject
- households
- tool
- woodworking
- carpentry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0011 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0012 a,b
- Description
- (a) one hand saw in good condition, 2 brass rivets missing from the handle, one replaced with copper. "TVZACK" printed on the blade.(b) One hand saw in fair condition, a large nick in the middle of the blade. Printed on the blade "M.B. MOULSON BROTHERS DOUBLE RE__N_D Sheffield CAST STEEL WARRANTED”…
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- Title
- Hand Saw
- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- (a) one hand saw in good condition, 2 brass rivets missing from the handle, one replaced with copper. "TVZACK" printed on the blade.(b) One hand saw in fair condition, a large nick in the middle of the blade. Printed on the blade "M.B. MOULSON BROTHERS DOUBLE RE__N_D Sheffield CAST STEEL WARRANTED”. 30 cm in length, 18.5 cm, 2.5 depth. Stamped on the handle “_ WARREN”.
- Subject
- households
- tools
- woodworking
- carpentry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0012 a,b
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