Chapter 21: Additional Crafts  Book III, Chapter 21
 
Section I. [LIB: 3. CHAP. 22. in the 1905 edition and the revised original text]
Now to draw to a conclusion of this Third book of Armory, let me beg the Patience of the courteous Reader, as to take these after Gleaning in as good part as if they had com in at the full tyme of Harvest; when other Instruments of the like professions, were in some part treated of before. But it could not be expected I should set them then down, when the obtaineing of them was at such tyme as this part was neere halfe printed off.

Tin-man  Book III, Chapter 21, Section 1
 
Tin Mans Instruments.


Flat punch
 1. He beareth a Round Flat Punch.


Round hollow punch
  2. He beareth, a Tyn Workers Round and hollow Punch.


Chisel
 3. He beareth a small round Punch and a Chissell for Tyn cutting. There are seuerall other sorts of Chissell used by Tyn men, which are to cut diuerse sorts of holes in Tyn, as the Heart Punch, the Leafe Punch, Diamond Punch, the halfe Moon punch, the Star Punch, &c.


Square plyers
 4. He beareth the Tyn Mans square Plyers.


Round plyers
 5. He beareth a paire of Round Plyers.


Tin mallet
 6. He beareth a Tyn Mallet. This is a round and long mallet in the head, by which the Tyn is worked to what shape they please, by help of the Baken and other Instruments.


Nippers
 7. He beareth a pair of Nippers. By the help of these any small peece of Tyn corner or end is nipt or or cut off.


Shears
 8. He beareth a Tyn workers sheares; these are both larg and strong made, haueing the higher shank with a square bending that in shuting the sheares falls vpon the lower shanke, and so secures the workmans hand from bruseing, which otherwise the two shanks meeting were apt to doe. The lower shank hath a crooked sharp end with an Hammer face, by which it is droven into an hole in a Block to hold it vp for use.


Soldering iron
 9. He beareth a sodering or sothering Iron with a square head growing to a taper sharp point. This may else be called a square pointed sothering Iron, to distinguish it from the next following.


Soldering iron
 10. He beareth a Tyn mans sodering Iron. This is an other kind of their Irons, which I think may well be called a Lag Iron. haveing a cross square peece revitted into the Midle of the head of the long shanke. This is to soder straight ioynts, being flat at the bottom.


Creasing and rivetting hammers
 11. He beareth a creasing Hammer. This Hammer is thick and strong at the eye, thence it Tapers to both ends which are broad and sharp as the figure describeth it.
The Revitting Hamer is a small Hammer much like this, broad and sharp at one end, and flatt at the other.



Small stag
 12. He beareth a Small Stag, or a Round Stag. This is sunk into the face of it with halfe round Notches or Nicks of seuerall bignesses, on exceeding an other: and is for the raiseing of round filletts in Tyn for the Adornment of their Works.


Creasing stag
 The second thing in this square is called a Creesing Stag; this hath a long square head or top, whose face (like the fore said) hath it full of roundish nicks, beginning with small ones, and so exceeding one each other by a small degree tell it come to the other end of the Stag. These kind of Tooles haue all pointed bottoms or stailes whereby they may be set in holes on the work bench or Block, to be Hamered vpon.


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In the sinister base of this square is ----.
It hath a round smooth face from thence growing Taper downwards for a 2 or 3 Inches, it hath a sharp point at the bottom with a shoulder, so that setting it in a fitt hole on a Bench, it rests on the shoulder and can go no further in. There are of these, that haue square faces and all the rest square down as this is round, which are termed square.


Creasing iron
 13. He beareth a Creesing Iron.
This is made much after the same maner as the Stag, saue this hath a much longer top, and slenderer, the face being halfe smooth and the other part nicked as the others. At the smooth end of the face there is a round hole through it and one Nick just at the out side of it.


Planishing anvil
 14. He beareth a Planishing Anvile.
The face hereof is of an escochion form with a round bottom: the body is a little taper, vnder it there is a foure square point or bottom to set in a Hole to the shouldering place.


Small baken
 15. He beareth a small Baken set on a Block.
This is a long and narrow foure square face till it com to the shank on which the body rests or is fixed, from thence it runs as long to a Taper point, the body vnder runs also Taper, which mak the broad end and the point end sharp. There are these sorts of Bakens both small and great, which they doe descipher by these names; the small Baken, the Middle Baken, and the Larg Baken. Some haue a Fall in the Midle of the face, neere to the shanke, others more, some less. See numb. 19.


Planishing hammer
 16. He beareth three Planishing Hamers. This is a kind of a Heavy round bodyed Hamer, haueing a very smooth round polished face, and the hinder part rounded off. The handle is but short.


Hollow hammer
 17. He beareth an Hallow or Hollow Hammer.
This is so termed by Tyn men, though the both ends are Globicall; but it is because they work, or make Tyn hollow with it. This is born by the name of Bartrand. This is in the eye foure square, from thence to the back of the round faces, six square: It is long in the body, and no longer in the handle. Besides these the Tyn man useth many other Instruments or Tooles, as Hammer, compasses, Iron Ruler, &c: but being in other Tooles of Tradesmen I pass them off in this place.


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