| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Set of patternmakers' dies for surgical tools | 8213T1 |
| ranging from 2 5/8" x 3/4" x 3/4" to 5" x 1 1/8" x 7/8" | photo | photo |
| signed "HOT WORK", "6" EAR LABORATORY FORCEPS", and various serial numbers |
| This set of 16 pieces is comprised of dies for hot work patternmaking of tool steel surgical |
| devices. It includes four two-piece molds for forceps, pincers, and shears as well as a number of |
| single side scalpels and probes. |
| Unidentified tool | 31811T24 |
| 9" long, 1 1/2" wide, 3/8" high |
| unsigned |
| This tool came from a patternmaker's shop. The curved side with a dovetail cutout is a possible |
| holding fixture. |
| SubCategor | Quarrying Tools |
| Cold chisel | 072112T4 |
| 5 1/4" long, 1" wide, 3/4" cutting edge |
| signed "PINEL TOOL CO, QUINCY MASS" |
| "The Pinel Tool Company, 242 Water street, Quincy Adams [MA], is composed of Alfred Pinel |
| and his son Alfred P. J. Mr. Pinel, Sr." (http://thomascranelibrary.org/legacy/history/hisch5.htm). |
| It was established in 1908 as a successor to Pinel Brothers. |
| Rock hammer | 101312T29 |
| 12 3/4" long, 7" wide head |
| signed "ESTWING ROCKFORD ILL. MADE IN U.S.A." |
| Estwing of Rockford, IL, has been making hammers since 1923 |
| (http://www.estwing.com/about_us.php). |
| Stone chisel | 31112T4 |
| 6 1/2" long, 3/4" wide |
| signed "VAUGHAN & BUSHNELL MFG Co." "AL-O-ITE" |
| This company made various hand tools in Chicago and Hebron, IL, from 1873 to 1994. |
| Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
| Brick chisel | 31112T17 |
| 6 7/8" long, 2 7/8" wide cutting edge | bio |
| signed "C. DREW & CO." |
| Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
| Stone cutter or splitter | 31112T6 |
| 6 1/4" long, 3/8" wide cutting edge | bio |
| signed "C. DREW & CO." |
| Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
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