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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