Iron molder's toolbox
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden toolbox was that of an iron molder, donated with iron molders’ tools inside. It has a metal latch on the front. Inside the toolbox, there is a dusting can, safety glasses, outside calipers, adjustable pliers, 5 lifters, a double square, 4 tapers and spoons, 2 beads, 2 flanges, 3 spoons, 4 smoothers, a shaper, 2 gauges, 2 lifter pins, a needle, 11 dusting brushes, and a trowel. Iron molders are skilled metalworkers that create molds and utilize such molds to create casted metal parts. The tools found in this toolbox would have been used in the preparation and casting of iron tools.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jerome J. Kaspar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MI-1142 [dup10]
label: accession number
content: 1978.0441
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MI-1142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tool Box, Iron Moulder