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OBJECT TYPE: DROP HAMMER
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0116.001

MANUFACTURER: STANDARD MACHINERY CO.
MODEL: 1
LOCATION: Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST METAL CONSTRUCTION..5 WEIGHT SUSPENDED ON CANVAS & LEATHER STRAP..6 &.7 SPRING BEDS ARE WOOD WITH METAL SPRINGS, BOLTS & RODS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 76.0 cm
Width: 61.0 cm
Height: 366.0 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: STANDARD MACHINERY
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Rhode Island
City: Providence

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: USED C. 1900+. NOT USED AFTER 1995.
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY & SILVER MAKING TOOLS AND EQ. FROM THE HENRY BIRKS AND SONSWORKSHOPS IN MONTREAL. HENRY BIRKS OPENED HIS JEWELLERY STORE IN MONTREAL IN 1879; IN 1893 THE FIRM BECAME HENRY BIRKS AND SONS, WITH SILVERWARE & JEWELLERY WORKSHOPS IN MONTREAL, & POSSIBLY TORONTO. MFG OPERATIONS CEASED C. 1995.
Function: USED TO STAMP METAL. DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF DIE USED WITH IT, DROP HAMMER TYPE PRESSES ARE USED TO SHAPE METAL OR TO STAMP DECORATIVE CONTOURS OR FINE FINISHES.
Technical: DROP HAMMER TYPE PRESS USES FALLING WEIGHT; PRESS BED MOUNTED ON SPRING BEDS TO ABSORB SHOCK, AND REDUCE NOISE AND VIBRATION. USED TO MAKE CUTLERY, AND HANDLES FOR TOILET ARTICLES LIKE COMBS, BRUSHES, ETC. PROBABLY ACQUIRED BY BIRKS C. 1899. INITIALLY STEAM POWERED, THIS PRESS WAS EVENTUALLY DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 " NO 1/ STANDARD MACHINERY/ CO./ PROVIDENCE R.I./ U.S.A. " cast in raised print on front of base. Plate (above) reads " MACHINERY/ WILLIAMS/ & WILSON/ LIMITED/ MONTREAL "..2-.4 no markings visible..5 bears label with handwritten text "M-18"..6-.7 "18" handwritten on duck tape label applied to each spring bed.
Missing: UNKNOWN.
Finish: MOST SURFACES HAVE NATURAL FINISH; THICK LAYER OF GREASE AND DIRT COVERS ALL COMPONENTS..3-.4 ARMS HAVE SOME GREY PAINT AT UPPER END, AT ATTACHMENT POINT TO FLYWHEEL DRIVE.
Decoration: N/A

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STANDARD MACHINERY CO., Press, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1998.0116, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0116.001/

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