General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

brace bit

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal (probably steel)

Dimensions

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

Length

18.6 cm

Width

1.0 cm

Height

1.0 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

Gilmore

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Presumably used c. late 1890s- late 1940.

Canada

Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1]

Function

Used for boring, reaming and other purposes.

Technical

One of the bit styles that influenced the necessity for stronger [iron] braces with improved bit-gripping devices, the Jennings style bit is a double twist auger bit with a spur on each cutting lip. This permitted the cutting of deeper, cleaner and larger holes than English centre bit was capable of. [Ref. 4, p. 442]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" G. GILMORE" stamped into shaft.

Missing

None.

Finish

Silver metal [probably steel]; surface rust.

Decoration

N/A