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Standard Tool Company Athol Mass. Help to ID a tool
- Thread starter dougie
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TDegenhart
Diamond
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2011
- Location
- Geneva Illinois USA
That's a trammel. Should have sharp pointed pins sticking out of the jaws. Used among other things to lay out circles and curves in wood. A large beam compass.
Tom
Tom
apolune
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2004
- Location
- San Francisco
Paolo_MD
Stainless
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2013
- Location
- Damascus, MD
Starrett has a similar one (I believe that is No. 99).
I will dig them out when I have a few minutes to spare.
Paolo
I will dig them out when I have a few minutes to spare.
Paolo
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rivett608
Diamond
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2002
- Location
- Kansas City, Mo.
Well DUH? What antique machinist tool collector wouldn't want to add that to their collection. That is so cool, great condition, very rare, all original, not messed with! Must ask, did you get it at Yard Sale prices?
Well it wasn't on the dollar table, lol, but very reasonable.
L Vanice
Diamond
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2006
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN
A fun thing to do when you have an interesting old tool with an owner name is to search Ancestry.com for the owner to learn what he did for a living and possibly some other interesting details. You have his name and probably RI for a state and know about when the tool was new, so that may be enough to find him.
My local library has computer terminals with free access to Ancestry, so no need to pay for an account. The 1890 census records are lost, but 1900 and later and many other resources might turn up that owner and maybe even his employer's name.
Larry
My local library has computer terminals with free access to Ancestry, so no need to pay for an account. The 1890 census records are lost, but 1900 and later and many other resources might turn up that owner and maybe even his employer's name.
Larry
