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Collection of machinery

Collection of machinery, tools, benches, etc., from old tinsmith's shop at Edinburgh. The numbering scheme of this collection follows as far as possible that of the old listing to be found in the technical file, the numbers having survived on many items. Items /3, /4, /8

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Two folding boxes (one broken and incomplete - Parts 1&2)

Two Folding Boxes

Portable bellows, in pieces. Comprises bellows (leather perished); 2 cast-iron site frames (one broken); 2 stays with nuts; rocking shaft with cranks; wooden hand lever

Portable Bellows

8 swages complete, and one swage frame and 5 upper parts of swages

Eight Swages, One Swage Frame and Five Upper Components of Swages

2 'jenny' edging machines (one incomplete); one folding trap for use in the vice; one gas burner for heating solodering bolts.

'Jenny' Edging Machines, a Folding Trap and a Gas Burner

2 stakes

Two Stakes

3 wooden patterns for cast-iron blocks and one iron block (for forming flasks)

Wooden Patterns for Cast-Iron Blocks and Iron Block

Tool rack

Tool Rack

11 'bullseye' lenses and 3 rectangular glass plates, for lanterns

'Bullseye' Lenses and Rectangular Glass Plates for Lanterns

Hatchet soldering bolt

Hatchet Soldering Bolt

An agate set in an iron holder to fit on a bar; small iron and steel parts of uncertain purpose or not clearly identified in the earlier listing

An Agate Set in an Iron Holder and Iron Components

2 pairs of discs for bottoming machine?

Two Pairs of Discs for Bottoming Machine

Glass panes from workshop

Glass Panes from Workshop

9 hand screws; 5 tapped plates associated (but not all fit) and 5 similar plates with depressions; coach screws and bolts etc. Any of these may not belong to this collection - they were found associated with parts of 1934-439

Hand Screws, Tapped Plates and Coach Screws and Bolts

Two pairs of Scotch hand shears

Two pairs of Scotch hand shears

A circular flanging machine, hand winch detached but wired on, marked : Sibley & Son / Patentees / Ashton under Lyne. (wings of centre screw broken off)

Circular Flanging Machine with Hand Winch

Photograph of interior of Old tin smith's shop at Edinburgh

Photograph old tin smith's shop

Anvil

Anvil

Triblet and long horse iron

Triblet and Long Horse Iron

Fly press

Fly Press