Saw, circular
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/PORTABLE/ATTACHEMENT
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2015.0348.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PORTABLE ELECTRIC TOOLS INC.
- MODEL
- Drill-Saw/ZP-1
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal tool and blade.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.7 cm
- Width
- 7.8 cm
- Height
- 12.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools-Machine
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PORTABLE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Used in Montreal and Ottawa by a Canadian family. According to the donor, the saw may not have been used very much. - Function
-
Used, when attached to an electric hand drill, for cutting wood across the grain or ripping (with the grain). - Technical
-
Manual saw accessory which when added to an electric drill, converts the drill into a power saw. This company seems to offer a variety of these attachable accessories but also made full-size electric tools. It reflects well a product made to economize on tools purchase for household uses in the 1950s-1960s. PET Tools made products for Sears and Roebuck in the 1950s, and they also have a variety of magazine advertisements in Popular Mechanics magazine in the late 1940s and early 1950s. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Marked on the blade: "COMBINATION BLADE - KEEP BLADE SHARP/ THIS SIDE OUT/ ROTATION"
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Light grey cast metal handle and frame with a silver-coloured metal blade.
- Decoration
- N/A
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PORTABLE ELECTRIC TOOLS INC., Saw, circular, circa 1955, Artifact no. 2015.0348, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2015.0348.001/
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