General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD/ METAL WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

129.0 cm

Width

65.0 cm

Height

54.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Servicing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Jardine

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Hespeler

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

The Balaclava sawmill was a water-powered milll located on Constant Creek near the village of Dacre in Renfrew County. The mill operated between 1868 and 1967 and was owned by the Richards family until purchased by David Dick in 1957. The mill closed in 1967. CSTMC acquired the complete contents of the mill in 1985.

Canada

Andrew Bell Jardine, a Scots emigrant to Ontario, established A.B. Jardine in 1870 in Hespeler, Ontario. The company manufactured blacksmiths' supplies and tools, including post drills, drill presses, taps and dies, hub borers, forge blowers, power hammers, tire upsetters, tongs, vises, and wrenches. The company folded after the Second World War. Source: http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=475

Function

Blacksmiths used tire upsetters to reduce the circumference of the iron band on the outside of a wooden wagon wheel. "As the wheel ages, the wood parts tend to shrink and settle together, resulting in the tire becoming loose. If the tire is only slightly loose, it can be easily tightened by shrinking. The tire shrinker (tire upsetter) grasps the heated tire at two points several inches apart and pushes the two points closer together. If too much shrinkage is attempted at one point on the tire, the metal will buckle or thicken to unusable proportions. The amount of shrinkage desired and possible with one heat is largely a matter of judgement. Shrinkers were available in various sizes from buggy tire size up to those capable of shrinking a 6 inch wide tire. Some makers boasted that their machines were strong enough to shrink a cold tire." (Source: Alvin Sellens, "Dictionary of American Hand Tools: A Pictorial Synopsis, 1990).

Technical

This may the "Improved Tire Upsetter No. 2" as shown on page 8 of "Blacksmiths' Tools and Machinery," Catalogue B-20, A.B. Jardine & Co., 1927. Downloaded from http://www.bamsite.org/books/jardine1927.pdf 14 December 2020.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CAST LETTERING READING 'A.B. JARDINE & CO./ HESPELLER, ONT.' & 'PAT. 1882', WITH MFR'S LOGO

Missing

From CA of 07/29/1997 by Gordon Perrault: Undetermined - only one component of a larger unit

Finish

PAINTED GREEN/ UNFINISHED WOOD BASE

Decoration

N/A