St. Neots Museum - Catalogue - Crafts and Trades

Crafts and Trades

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Carpenter's brace

Date: 1900 - 1930

Notes: Wooden handle set into wooden stock and shaped hand space. The metal piece which holds the bit is screwed into the wood. Metal decorative / reinforcing pieces are screwed both sides at the top and bottom.

Traditional wooden frame saw

Date: 1890 - 1930

Notes: Two moulded wood side pieces are separated by a central rectangular bar to which they are loosley joined. A replaceable toothed blade at one end of the frame is kept in tension by a stick with twisted cord at the other end.

Traditional Shaped Iron Saw

Date: 1890 - 1930

Notes: Handle of traditional shape with central hole for hand. Traces of dark varnish. Secured to blade by 4 screws. One side decorated with 'poker work' leaf motif. Blade tapers from 16cm to 7 cm. Rough and corroded. Treated for woodworm.

Shaped Moulding Plane

Date: 1900 - 1930

Notes: Wooden moulding plane with shaped steel blade, attached fixed wooden guide rail and wooden blade adjuster.

Long Rectangular Plane

Date: 1890 - 1930

Notes: Long rectangular plane of oiled hard wood. Handle inset of different wood. Steel blade and guard, firmly fixed. Name 'L. Settle' stamped in 2 places.

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