Storage bag for punches

PART OF:
Toolbox containing tools
Made:
circa 1965 in Altrincham

Storage bag for punches, owned by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s.

This bag holds punches made by Bob Watkins. As part of the five year apprenticeship, in order to learn the main processes involved in mechanical engineering, namely turning, shaping, milling, grinding, fitting and drilling, Linotype apprentices like Bob Watkins were required to make their own set of tools, which formed part of the toolkit they used out on the factory floor.

Details

Category:
Printing & Writing
Object Number:
2015-2019/33
Materials:
textile
type:
bag
credit:
Gift of Bob Watkins