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| Thomas Martin, The Circle of the Mechanical Arts, Richard Rees, London, 1813. |
In 1813 Thomas Martin compiled a large handbook outlining the trades and manual skills used in manufacturing in early 19th century Britain. In this post, looking at just the woodworking section, the tools of the carpenter and the joiner are shown on one page:
The tools most useful to the carpenter, the axe (7), adze (6), saw (24), socket chisel (13), firmer chisel (5), auger (1), gimlet (3), gauge (16), square (9), compass (36), hammer (21), mallet (22), hookpin (11), crow (12), plumb rule (18), and level (19 ).
The tools most often associated with joinery; the jack plane (30), trying plane (31), smoothing plane (34), tenon saw (25), compass saw (26), keyhole saw (27), square (8), bevel (23), gauge (17), mortise chisel (4), gouge (14), turnscrew (15), plow plane (29), molding plane (35), pincers (37), brad awl (10), stock and bit (2), sidehook (20), workbench (28), and rule (38). Most of these tools are virtually the same 200 years later. Is the turnscrew (15) a screwdriver?
3 comments:
Yes 'turnscrew' is the archaic name for a screwdriver.
To me, a turnscrew is always a slotted driver. So a turnscrew is always a screwdriver but a screwdriver is not always a turnscrew.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
That's a lot of iron or steel tools for 1813.
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