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OBJECT TYPE: MARKING
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0080.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: HOME BUILT
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 WOOD WITH METAL SPUR/.2 WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.0 cm
Width: 6.6 cm
Height: 4.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Hand
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Saskatchewan
Period: Unknown
Canada: THIS COLLECTION OF TOOLS BELONGED TO A CARPENTER WHO EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND IN 1910 & SETTLED IN MOOSE JAW, SASK/ THE TOOL CHEST & MOST OF THE TOOLS WERE BROUGHT WITH HIM FROM ENGLAND & USED TO BUILD HIS 1ST 2 HOUSES AS WELL AS SOME FURNITURE
Function: TO MARK WOOD WITH LINES PARALLEL TO THE FACE SIDE OR EDGE WHEN PLANING WORKPIECES TO SIZE & FOR SIMILAR PARALLEL LINES WHEN MARKING REBATES, JOINTS, ETC.
Technical: TRADESMEN & APPRENTICES COMMONLY MADE THEIR OWN MARKING GAUGES/ THIS APPEARS TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF A HOME-MADE GAUGE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .2 STAMPED 'G.B. KIMBELL' & 'H. KIMBELL'
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1-.2 APPEAR TO HAVE A LIGHT, CLEAR FINISH, POSSIBLY OILEDFINISH
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Gauge, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1996.0080, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0080.001/

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