BIT ROLL & BITS

H2009.54.1-26

[1] BIT ROLL; Khaki heavy canvas bit roll with two flaps and tie strings with 14 compartments and 18 auger bits with short, square-tapered tang for use in a brace, 2 auger bits with round shanks for machine, and 3 gimlet bits for boring pilot holes for screws and nails. On front in ink handwritten ‘E.Dibb/Bought/Bristol/U.K/Xmas 1946’. ’20 WOOD BITS/1 REAMER/3 NAIL BITS/OLD TIME CARPENTERS/BOREING GEAR/UK/EDIBB KARDINYA/012’ handwritten in blue ink on yellow paper/card label. ‘ALL MIGRANTS/TOOL/SS DORCHESTER/(BIBBY LINE)/1949/EDIBB/KARDINYA/LIVERPOOL/FREMANTLE/5 WEEKS’ handwritten in blue ink on yellow paper/card label inside yellow paper envelope ‘Wileys Pharmacy’. 3 small nails loose (contained in plastic sealed bag).
[2] AUGER BIT, Scotch, ‘MORRISON LTD/SHEFFIELD ENG’
[3] AUGER BIT, Scotch body, screw lead, ‘4’
[4] AUGER BIT, Jennings body, point lead, machine
[5] AUGER BIT, Irwin body
[6] AUGER BIT, Scotch body, ‘MADE IN ENGLAND/SHEFFIELD’
[7] AUGER BIT, Jennings body, ‘GILPINS/MADE IN ENGLAND’, ‘5/8’
[8] AUGER BIT, Scotch body, ‘SHEFFIELD/ENGLAND’, ‘5/8’
[9] AUGER BIT, Reamer
[10] AUGER BIT, Brick
[11] AUGER BIT, Jennings body, ‘GERMANY’, ‘5/8’
[12] AUGER BIT, Scotch body, ‘MATHIESON/MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN’, ‘5/8’
[13] AUGER BIT, Scotch body, ‘MATHIESON’, ‘M/16’
[14] AUGER BIT, Jennings body, ‘TITAN’, ‘5/8’
[15] AUGER BIT, Jennings body
[16] AUGER BIT, Irwin body, ‘CORNELIUS/WHITEHOUSE & SON/
[17] AUGER BIT, Irwin body, ‘WRIDGEWAY/SHEFFIELD’, ‘1946’, ‘5’
[18] AUGER BIT, Scotch body, ‘5/16’
[19] AUGER BIT, Jennings body, ‘SHEFFIELD’
[20] AUGER BIT, Scotch body, machine
[21] AUGER BIT, Scotch body
[22] AUGER BIT, Scotch body, ‘DE MORRISON & SONS Ltd/SHEFFIELD ENG’
[23] AUGER BIT, Scotch body
[24] GIMLET BIT, Swiss body
[25] GIMLET BIT, Swiss body
[26] GIMLET BIT, Twist body

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2009.54.1-26
Accession Date: 27 Oct 2009
Acquisition Year: 2009
Credit: Donated by E Dibb

Material

Canvas/Textile0 - Whole
Metal

Measurement

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