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A two window room, wonderfully lit.
Before cavitrons*...
A cart, handtools, operatory & chair, drills, handcranks, lights, and an antique toothkey...
Found displayed in another previous cozy boading room in the museum at the Washington House, Two Rivers, Wisconsin. *water pressure*
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Tyneham, Dorset, England, UK.
Tyneham is a ghost village which was abandoned in November 1943 when all residents were told to leave within 28 days as the area was needed for forces’ training in preparation for D Day. On 17 December 1943 the last residents left believing one day they could return. This was never to happen. Today, the village is still part of the Army Firing Ranges but public access is allowed most weekends.
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Traditional north European woodworking carpenters axe. Laminated steel. Turpentine, beeswax and linseedoil mixture for the steel as the treatment for anti rust. 3 1/2" faxe. Rockwell 60 (HRC). Linseedoiled and beeswaxed 18" elm wood handle.
Available to order: neemantools@gmail.com
Saws date back at least to the early Egyptians, who used copper hand saws were about half a meter long and worked much like today's knives to saw their way through soft materials.
The Greeks and Romans improved the basic design of the saw by introducing wooden frames for supporting the blade and setting the saw teeth alternately, in order to get a better more accurate and easier cut.
The big breakthrough for the humble hand tool came after 1650, when the process of rolling wide strip steel was developed in Sheffield and Holland. Wider bladed saws made it possible to do away with the wooden frame, and the steel hand saw, as we know it, was born.
English saw makers developed the wider type handle still in use today, while continental makers produced a pistol-shaped handle. The fact that a saw can "sing" was discovered both in Europe and in the U.S. at about the same time.
As furniture and joinery work became finer and more detailed, specialist saws were developed to help craftsmen achieve the desired effects. Sash, tenon, keyhole and dovetail saws were developed with thinner blades, finer teeth and steel or brass strengthening bars began to appear, together with new types of open handles for ease of use.
Today's hand saws use double-sharp steel edges to cut through wood, metal and just about anything else you can imagine. The diversity of specialty saws is staggering. Saws do everything from prune a hedge to hacking through drywall. Take a moment to appreciate the diversity and the handiness of the humble hand tool, the saw.