| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Try square | 31611T3 |
| 6" long, 2" blade, 4 1/4" wooden leg |
| signed "W. MARPLE" |
| William Marples is listed in DATM (Nelson 1999) as a wooden planemaker, 1828-1856. |
| William Marples & Sons, 1833 - 1983 made planes, edge tools, and files. It is unknown if this |
| tool was made by them, it could be an owner signature. |
| SubCategor | Measuring Tools (Except Machinist Tools) |
| Tenon gauge | 22612T6 |
| 8" long, 5/8" square track, 2 3/8" by 1" block | bio |
| signed "*WATTS Boston*" |
| Joseph Watts made marking gauges in Charleston, MA and marked them Boston from 1834 to |
| 1849 (Nelson 1999, 833). |
| SubCategor | Miscellaneous Items |
| Eyelet | 31811T34 |
| 4 3/4" long, 1 7/8" diameter |
| signed "16" and "27" |
| It is tapered so it can be driven into wood. |
| Iron pyrite | 93011T2 |
| 1 1/4" diameter |
| unsigned |
| A note indicates this sample was gathered at Sutter Creek. |
| SubCategor | Miscellaneous Tools |
| Shotgun primer extractor pliers | 70215T2 |
| 6" long, 2 1/2" wide, 7/8" aperture |
| signed "BRIDGEPOR* GI CO 1182 10" |
| Bridgeport Gun Implement Company was located in Bridgeport, CT from 1874 to 1913 (DATM |
| SubCategor | Patternmakers' Tools |
| Patternmakers' float | 31212T14 |
| 18" long, 1 1/2" wide | bio |
| unsigned |
| Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
| SubCategor | Shipwrights', Sailmakers', and Mariners' |
| | Tools |
| | 20 |