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