Pit Saw
White Elephant Museum Inc.
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| Nom de l'objet : | Pit Saw |
| Type de l'objet : | saw, pit |
| Classification de l'objet : | man-made artefact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | tools & equipment for materials |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | wood working tools & equipment |
| Discipline : | forestry industrial history local history material culture |
| Matériaux : | metal |
| Technique de fabrication : | rolled pressed shaped |
| Numéro de catalogue : | 1996.WE.RM.01 |
| Province d'utilisation : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Culture : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Canadian |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | North America |
| Contexte culturel : | cutting wood |
| Date de début de production : | c 1900 |
| Date de fin de production : | c 1950 |
| Période : | first half 20th century |
| Description : | The saw is a long bladed single sided lumber saw. The blade is triangular in shape with teeth that run approximately 6/8ths the length of the blade. The teeth are curved forward indicating that the saw made its cut on the down or forward stroke. The wide end of the blade contains two metal lugs that protrude out along the flat side. The lugs pass through two holes in the plate that attaches the handle. The handle is kept in place by two square headed nails that pass through holes tapped into the lugs. The handle plate extends back into a long iron bar. At the end of the bar is a metal tube that runs perpendicular to the saw blade. A Wooden handle passed through the metal tube and formed the working handle of the tool. |
| Commentaires : | Although there was a saw mill in existence in Makkovik that was run by John Andersen, the McNeill family produced their own lumber during the early 20th century. Prior to the wide spread industrialization of the forestry industry in Newfoundland and Labrador saws such as this were commonly used in the rendering of board from timber. The saw was operated by two men, one on a raised platform, and a second on the ground, or in a pit hence the common name for the saw. The saw was pulled by the man below the timber and guided by the man above the timber. Working in this fashion allowed the two men to saw board of desired thickness from the entire length of timber. |
| Fonctions : | The saw belonged to Rupert McNeill and was used be he and his family to cut lumber from logs in the early 20th century. |
| Longueur : | 258 |
| Largeur : | 35.5 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 2 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | blade handle |
| Établissement : | White Elephant Museum Inc. |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Makkovik |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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