Trimmer, saw

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OBJECT TYPE: PEDESTAL
DATE: 1917–1928
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1979.0470.001

MANUFACTURER: MILLER SAW-TRIMMER CO.
MODEL: UNIVERSAL SAW-TRIMMER
LOCATION: East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 3504
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON/ STEEL/ BRASS (MICROMETER ETC)

Dimensions

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

Length: 62.0 cm
Width: 51.0 cm
Height: 109.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Make-up
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MILLER
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: East Pittsburgh

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: MACHINE DESIGNED TO CUT SLUGS & OTHER MATERIALS TO POINT SIZE- ALSO WILL TRIM, UNDERCUT, MORTISE, & NOTCH TYPE, PLATES, RULE, ETC.
Technical: AN EARLY MODEL OF ONE OF THE FIRST PRECISION ELECTRIC SAWS DESIGNED FOR THE PRINTING TRADES. IT WAS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN THE ONLY COMBINATION SAW/TRIMMER IN 1912 & INCORPORATED A MICROMETER GAUGE TO ACCURATELY MEASURE CUTS TO POINTS & FRACTIONS. SAWS OF THIS TYPE APPEAR TO HAVE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POPULARITY OF SLUG CASTING MACHINES & PHOTOENGRAVING WITH WHICH THEY WERE USED EXTENSIVELY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE WITH MFR'S NAME, SERIAL NO., & PATENT INFO/ MFR'S PLATE ON MOTOR
Missing: N/A
Finish: PAINTED GREY OVER ORIGINAL FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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MILLER SAW-TRIMMER CO., Trimmer, saw, between 1917–1928, Artifact no. 1979.0470, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0470.001/

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