Collection of machinery

Collection of machinery, tools, benches, etc., from old tinsmith's shop at Edinburgh. The numbering scheme of this collection follows as far as possible that of the old listing to be found in the technical file, the numbers having survived on many items. Items /3, /4, /8

Glass Panes from Workshop

Wooden Horse with Stone Counterpoise

Tool Rack

Three Tripod Stools

Anvil

Roys and Wilcox Flanging Machine

Folding Press with Two Stop Plates

Two Folding Boxes

A Set of Bending Rolls on Iron Standard

Bending Rolls for Channel

Folding Machine

Seaming Machine

Machine for Cutting Strips

Seaming Machine

Bossing Jenny with 5 Pairs of Rolls

Fly Press

Pair of Rolls

Iron Mandrel

5 Beating and Anvil Blocks

Anvil

Two Bossing Punches with Wire Handles

Two Stakes

Hammers

Mallet

Mallet

Hatchet Soldering Bolt

Hollow Punch (Rivet Set)

Hollow Punch Cutting Edge

Groove Punch

Nineteen Various Punches for Hand Use

Tinplate Box with Letter and Numeral Punches

Tinplate Box with Decorative Hand-Punches.

Dome Stake

Two Stakes

Three Horn Stakes

Stake

Two Spout Stakes

Two Circular Bottom Stakes

Large Cone Stake

Three Hatchet Stakes

Two Snaging Stakes

Large Bick

Six Bottom Swages for Swage Tools

Six Bicks

Four Swaging Stakes

3 Horses

Six Stakes

Four Stakes

Eight Swages, One Swage Frame and Five Upper Components of Swages

Stock Shear

Portable Bellows

Press Tools, Eight Punches and Bolsters

Heavy Iron Horse Bar

Triblet and Long Horse Iron

Two Pairs of Discs for Bottoming Machine

Five Bundles of Sheet-Metal Templates

Quantity of Tinplate Goods

'Bullseye' Lenses and Rectangular Glass Plates for Lanterns

Wooden Patterns for Cast-Iron Blocks and Iron Block

Wooden Beating Blocks

Eight 'Swage' Tools

Circular Flanging Machine with Hand Winch

'Jenny' Edging Machines, a Folding Trap and a Gas Burner

Hand Screws, Tapped Plates and Coach Screws and Bolts

An Agate Set in an Iron Holder and Iron Components

Two pairs of Scotch hand shears

Photograph old tin smith's shop

Six order books for articles made and installations carried out and some 'help wanted' notices

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Details

Category:
Hand and Machine Tools
Object Number:
1935-528
type:
tin smith tools
credit:
Mr. James Greig.