Saw Bench Model
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
notes: label: Description
content: This is a model of a universal saw bench made by the Baker Brothers Company from Toledo, Ohio.
label: Description
content: A universal saw bench is a versatile, portable stand designed to support various tools. A historic universal saw bench is a heavy-duty industrial woodworking machine that combines multiple functions into a single, large cast-iron unit.
label: Description
content: Popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these machines served as a comprehensive solution for professional woodworkers and factory shops before specialized, individual machines became commonplace.
label: Description
content: The Baker Brothers company manufactured woodworking machinery and grew out of Herbert Baker Machine Works in 1896.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Toledo
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Baker Brothers, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.314926
label: catalog number
content: 314926
label: accession number
content: 212901
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saw, Bench
label: Object Name
content: Saw Bench, Model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 in x 7 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 20.32 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 8 3/8 in; 19.3675 cm x 22.225 cm x 21.2725 cm