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OBJECT TYPE: CYLINDER
DATE: 2000
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0472.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: HOME BUILT
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 27.3 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Machine
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
Period: THIS DIE WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME BETWEEN C. LATE 1940S- C. 2000.
Canada: ACQUIRED WITH METAL LATHE (2001.0432) & ACCESSORIES OWNED & USED BY MR. (PAUL) HENRY NESS, BANFF, AB.. MR. NESS BOUGHT THE LATHE AND SELECTED ACCESSORIES IN 1946 FROM THE WAR ASSETS CORP., FOR USE IN HIS GARAGE HOBBY SHOP. MR. NESS MAY HAVE MADE THIS DIE AND USED IT ON THE LATHE.
Function: USED TO HOLD METAL BEING MACHINED ON LATHE; MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN USED AS A TEMPLATE FOR MEASURING AND/OR MARKING METAL BEING HELD.
Technical: TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS A HOME BUILT DIE, PROBABLY MADE FOR A SPECIFICMETAL WORKING PROJECT. SERIES OF HOLES DRILLED VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY MAY HAVE SERVED AS TEMPLATE FOR MEASURING AND OR MARKING. ALTERNATIVELY, THIS MAY BE A PIECE OF METAL STOCK, USED OR ACQUIRED FOR USE, IN A METAL WORKING PROJECT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: No markings visible.
Missing: UNKNOWN.
Finish: DULL SILVER METAL EXTERIOR; INTERIOR HAS RED PAINTED FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Die, before 2000, Artifact no. 2001.0472, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2001.0472.001/

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