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Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Paling/shingle cutting blade
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...The cutting blade was used to cleave timber apart into shingles or palings. A haft (handle) would have been attached through the socket giving the tool an L shape. The base of the blade is driven into the timber with a mallet forcing timber into two parts along the grain. Twisting the haft then levers apart the two pieces. This can be repeated until several long strips of timber have been cut from a log. Also called a frow or froe. This tool allowed more accurate and controlled splitting over an ordinary axe and required less force.well used blacksmith made. No handlepaling, shingle, cutting, blade, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - log splitting wedge
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...An agricultural tool used by loggers, or farmers, the log splitting wedge has been used for thousands of years and was originally made from stone. They were either driven straight into the wood or into a previously made incision with the blade parallel to the grain. Using a sledgehammer or other tool hammered onto the flat end, the wedge is forced deeper into the log until the force splits the timber.well used, slight surface rust. Octagonal shaft to collar then wedge. Top badly burred over from use.splitting, wedge, log, lumber, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - log splitting wedge
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...An agricultural tool used by loggers, or farmers, the log splitting wedge has been used for thousands of years and was originally made from stone. They were either driven straight into the wood or into a previously made incision with the blade parallel to the grain. Using a sledgehammer or other tool hammered onto the flat end, the wedge is forced deeper into the log until the force splits the timber.wedge with groove to prevent sticking. Worn top, burred overwood, splitting, wedge, tool, tools, farm, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Adze
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...The adze is an agricultural tool, similar to an axe, but the blade is affixed perpendicular to the handle. Used primarily for smoothing or carving wood, the adze can also be used as a hoe. This adze is missing its wooden handle, which may vary in length depending on their particular purpose and can be designed for one handed or two-handed use. Rusted, well worn, blacksmith made with bias on blade. No handle. An adze is a tool similar to an axe.adze, churchill island, farm, axe, tool, tools, blacksmithing, smithing, blacksmith -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Mortise axe
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...A wooden handle would have been fitted through the socket. The shaped iron edge would be struck into timber chiselling out a niche called the mortise, to receive the corresponding projecting tenon. This method would lock two pieces of timber together to form a framework for buildings and furniture.chisel ended, curved underneath. No handle. Rusted.mortice, axe, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - combination spanner/single claw hammer
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...purpose made with large spanner at one end of handle and single claw hammer at other endcombination, spanner, claw, hammer, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Box spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...large box spanner #2 cast; socket for extension. Shows screw marks from castingW E CARY LTDbox, spanner, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Box spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Double ended (large/small) # 209 stamp. Has had welded repair on large end209 SHELDON AXLE COMPANYbox, spanner, tool, tools, double, welded, sheldon, axle, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Box spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Square box spanner with hanging loop at other end. Tapered box. Rust and pittingbox, spanner, square, churchill island, tool, tools, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Box spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...This box spanner was used in the early twentieth century to tighten the hubcaps on wire wheels. These were the standard wheels for early models of cars, as the quick detachable hubcaps meant they could be changed quickly. Although they were later replaced by the development of the cheaper pressed steel wheels in the 1920s, their lighter weight meant they were still used on luxury cars. This spanner was manufactured by ‘Wire Wheel Corporation of America’, also known as ‘Houk Manufacturing Company’, who were making wheels in Buffalo, New York, from 1910.Box spanner for wire wheels; tapered handle, hanging loop other end to spanner. surface rustWire Wheel Corp of America Buffalo NY B4-1005/H4.B4.CB4.CB4 5 Abox, spanner, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Double ended spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...The double-ended ring spanner served as a useful, manual tool for maintaining farm machinery. The hexagonal rings would be placed over a nut to secure it, before the spanner was rotated to tighten the nut. The ring design provides greater purchase, or grip on all sides of the nut, which in turn reduces the risk of rounding the nut, or slippage. Early spanners were mostly made from iron and hand-forged using an anvil and hammer. Since the mid-19th century, gravity or powered drop forging techniques were used to compress metal for greater strength. Ring spanners produced in the 20th century are mostly made of chrome vanadium steel.stainless steel, some pitting. One end slightly smaller than the otherdouble, ended, spanner, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - flat box spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...flat box spanner, surface rustJENBRObox, spanner, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Combination spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...This instrument is a 'McKay Massey Harris Spanner P206'. These spanners were supplied with harvesters and other implements to be used by the farmer to maintain his equipment. The agricultural spanner was often of odd shapes to allow for use in confined spaces or because the one tool could be used for more than one function. Broken one end. Small box spanner and broken open spanner one end, square box spanner with two open spanners at other end. Rusted.1_06combination, spanner, broken, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...hand-made open ended spanner; rustyhandmade, hand, made, spanner, open, churchill island, farm, tools, tool -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Box spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Blacksmith made box spanner with octagonal collar, attached to long iron handle with rounded end. Made from bar stock with collar extension piece added on1 1/2 box, spanner, blacksmith, blacksmithing, smithing, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...double ended open spanner. One end has angled jaw. Other end rounded (for over shaft) with tabs for locking into placedouble, open, ended, spanner, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...double ended spanner. Box one end; open the otherdouble, ended, spanner, box, open, tool, tools, farm, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - spanner
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...open ended cast spanner. Heavy duty. Handle has 2 small drill holes7/8 [on jaw]cast, spanner, heavy duty, tool, tools, farm, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Block plane
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Alexander Mathieson & Sons Ltd ('& Sons', after c. 1890), of the Saracen Tool Works, Glasgow, advertised as 'manufacturers of planes, mechanical, engineering and edge-tools'. They received 'prize medals' at the London, Melbourne and Edinburgh International Exhibitions of 1851, 1862, 1880 and 1886, in their 'quest for perfection in tools'. Mathieson's vast output included specialised craft implements for coopers, ship's carpenters, tinsmiths and wheelwrights. The firm originated when master plane-maker John Manners opened premises in Saracen Lane, Glasgow, in 1792. 4 Alexander Mathieson (c. 1797–1852) took over his business in 1821, which he gave as the foundation date of his firm. He was later succeeded by his son, Thomas A. Mathieson (1822–1899), a prominent Glasgow magistrate and preceptor of Hutcheson's Hospital charitable institution. In 1854, Mathiesons moved to East Campbell Street, and had opened branches in Edinburgh, Dundee and Liverpool by 1876. The third generation comprised Thomas O. and James H. Mathieson (born 1867), the latter being a Glasgow bailie (councillor), whose estate totalled an enormous £150,939 in 1926. Mathieson's hand- and small machine-tools (e.g. bandsaws and beading machines) were exported worldwide, especially their 'heavy duty auger bits used... for boring railway sleepers'. Wooden smoothing plane with handle. Adjustable via wedge. Borer holes in handle.Ward blade. Plane made by Mathieson & Son Glasgow Best Guaranteed.plane, block plane, hand tools, carpenter's tools, mathieson, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Level
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...The wood level has been around for over 100 years and this type is called a spirit level. It gets its name from the mineral spirit solution which is inside the level. The level is used to indicate how parallel (level) or perpendicular (plumb) a surface is relative to the earth. The spirit level is placed on the surface, if the surface is level the bubble in the tube will be in the centre between the lines, if the bubble is either side of the lines then the surface has a slope.Paint spots and wear at grooves. Wood, glass bubbles, brass cover over bubble. Round maker's seal missing.level, carpenter's tools, hand tools, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - mallet
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...This mallet is handmade simply from a red gum block and dowel handle. It is complete and has been repaired with screws. Mallets were used to drive timber pieces together without damaging the work.Wooden mallet, with a long dowel length of wood for the handle, attached to a unshaped block of redgum as the head. Small paint stains, and two screws affixed in either end of the handle. mallet, hand tools, churchill island, redgum -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - mallet
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...This mallet is of a basic construction. It is a rough shaped head which has been reinforced with rivets. The handle is slim in relation to the mallet head. Timber mallets were used to knock timber pieces together.Wooden mallet, with a rectangular replacement handle affixed to a large block of wood. Two rusted rivets are affixed through the top of the block, which is missing a chunk from one side. mallet, woodwork, carpenter's tools, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - 10" Spofford Brace, Mathieson
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...This brace would be used to drill into timber. A drill bit would be inserted into one end of the brace and then placed on the timber where the hole is to be drilled. The other end of the brace would be placed against the user’s abdomen, with one hand holding the brace firmly then the free hand would be used to turn the centre of the brace and drill the hole. This type of drilling method was used prior to the use of the electric drill. This brace appears to have been made by the firm of Alexander Mathieson & Sons from Glasgow, Scotland. Alexander Mathieson & Sons Ltd ('& Sons', after c. 1890), of the Saracen Tool Works, Glasgow, advertised as 'manufacturers of planes, mechanical, engineering and edge-tools'. They received 'prize medals' at the London, Melbourne and Edinburgh International Exhibitions of 1851, 1862, 1880 and 1886, in their 'quest for perfection in tools'. Mathieson's vast output included specialised craft implements for coopers, ship's carpenters, tinsmiths and wheelwrights. The firm originated when master plane-maker John Manners opened premises in Saracen Lane, Glasgow, in 1792. 4 Alexander Mathieson (c. 1797–1852) took over his business in 1821, which he gave as the foundation date of his firm. He was later succeeded by his son, Thomas A. Mathieson (1822–1899), a prominent Glasgow magistrate and preceptor of Hutcheson's Hospital charitable institution. In 1854, Mathiesons moved to East Campbell Street, and had opened branches in Edinburgh, Dundee and Liverpool by 1876. The third generation comprised Thomas O. and James H. Mathieson (born 1867), the latter being a Glasgow bailie (councillor), whose estate totalled an enormous £150,939 in 1926. Mathieson's hand- and small machine-tools (e.g. bandsaws and beading machines) were exported worldwide, especially their 'heavy duty auger bits used... for boring railway sleepers'. Iron carpenter's brace, metal handle, rotating knob, thumb screw, rustedATMIEBON (x) Mathiesonbrace, woodwork, carpenter's tools, spofford brace, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - 8" Spofford Brace
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...This brace would be used to drill into timber. A drill bit would be inserted into one end of the brace and then placed on the timber where the hole is to be drilled. The other end of the brace would be placed against the user’s abdomen, with one hand holding the brace firmly then the free hand would be used to turn the centre of the brace and drill the hole. This type of drilling method was used prior to the use of the electric drill. This brace appears to have been made by the firm of Alexander Mathieson & Sons from Glasgow, Scotland.Iron carpenter's brace, metal handle, rotating knob, thumb screw ..... rusted.brace, spofford brace, woodwork, tools, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Domestic object - Dining Table Cloth
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Owned by Margaret Amess, youngest child of Samuel and Jane Amess. MA gave the cloth to Mary Clay, aunt of donor, who had been MA's maid prior to marriage. Owned by Margaret Amess, youngest child of Samuel and Jane Amess. MA gave the cloth to Mary Clay, aunt of donor, who had been MA's maid prior to marriage. Damask dining table cloth, off-white, stitched motifs throughout of leaves and sprays. Hand stitched hem.Inked black "M Amess" (ss smudged) in one corner.margaret amess, samuel amess, jane amess, "tynefield", churchill island, damask, farm, dining table cloth, hand stitched hem -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Ship's tank
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Tin ship's tank also used as a water tank."FOR INSULATED HOLD STOWAGE"/"MURRAYS CARAMELS"ship tank, churchill island, westernport -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Sundial
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ..."It is believed that the SUNDIAL was constructed by Peter Rawlins for Sister Campbell, and it was originally sited on the North side of the Homestead Tree, near the Cannon. The base was 'faced' with rocks from the shoreline, and the Sundial itself is of a slate material. By the early 90's, the overhead canopy of the surrounding trees, began to overcome the Sundial, and it could not be 'read'. It was decided to move it to a more clear sunny site. The Herb Garden was considered the most suitable site, and the Sundial was picked up by Front End Loader, and placed on its present site in 1992." - C Schulz, 1996, 'SUNDIAL TO HERB GARDEN - PROJECT 21'Bronze dial marker with slate face mounted on granite pillar from Cape Woolamai.churchill island, sister margaret campbell, sundial -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Furniture - Large Cedar Sea Chest, late 1800s
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Sea Chests were traditionally used for centuries by sailors as a portable locker, box or suitcase to securely store and transport their personal belongings from one ship to another. This particular trunk is believed to date from the late 1800’s. It was existing in the house when Gerald Buckley took over from the Amess family in 1929. Edith took the chest when they left the island in the 1930s. It was used by the Jeffery family to store linen.Large unpainted cedar chest with hinged lid. Lid has rounded edges. Board at base.amess house, cedar chest, samuel amess, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Furniture - Wheelchair, c. 1900
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Cane wheelchair with small metal wheels. Curved arms supported on each side by single strut. Decorative scroll top centre of backrest. Hole in wickerwork of seat. Diamond pattern in backrest. Fold-away solid footplate under seat.churchill island, early wheelchair, amess barn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Document - Handwritten notes on cow milking and content, August 1944
... churchill island...Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Handwritten notes in pencil on paper for evening and morning milkings amount and butter fat content for eight cows. Dated 10th August 1944. Assumed author Harry Jenkins.cow milking amount, cow milk butter fat, churchill island, harry jenkins