The patternmakers’ bench lined the west wall, with a
work station, tool rack, and vise front each window. There sink the southeast comer. Work space the
bench was supplemented three rolling tables, each topped cast-iron surface
plate. The drill press, miter trimmer, ripsaw,
jointer, cross-cut saw, small lathe, and bandsaw formed irregular row down the
center the shop floor. Six
incandescent lamps with conical reflectors are visible, suspended their wires
from the collar ties.
Marking stencils hung from nails the east end wall and stencil brushes stood in
cans the bench below.
Photographs the shop taken around 1890 and 1917, show that was
substantially rearranged (figures and 43). Two new table
saws were installed, one set for ripping, the other for cross-cutting.
The door sander, horizontal boring machine, double bladed table saw, and planer
disappeared and the scroll saw was banished the basement. bipolar motor and rheostat panel are located the
southwest corner the shop.blade table saw behind. Racks front the windows held some each man’s most commonly
used personal tools: chisels, dividers, squares, patternmakers’ scales, screwdrivers,
bit-braces and bits.
Building Pattern Shop, Period II: 1901*1914
No photographs inventories the pattern shop survive from Period II. Gluepots and planes stood the bench and clamps hung
from racks overhead. There evidence indicate
when these changes took place, whether they happened gradually all once. Lumber
racks, for the vertical storage long stock, cover about third the south wall. The patternmakers* lathe was
turned around and moved against the east wall (figure 42).
The belt the extreme right foreground the photo probably carried power from
the lineshaft the basement the countershaft for second lathe. There way telling what stood the north end the
shop if, for example, the bandsaw was already place. cabinet, barely visible the northeast corner the
1917 photo, still contains leather fillets for easing the interior comers patterns
and cast zinc letters and numerals that were tacked patterns identify the
108
.
Given the age the new additions, reasonable conclude that the changes
occurred sometime between 1900 and 1915.
Building Pattern Shop, Period III: 1915-1931
A photograph the pattern shop (figure 43) taken January 1917 and 1920
inventory the New York Appraisal Company reflect the general arrangement of
machines and benches that exists today. drill
press was installed the middle the floor
