True-Trace Milling Sample
notes: label: Description
content: This milling demonstration sample was owned by Eugene B. Johnson (October 18, 1915 - November 22, 2007), who worked for over fifty years in the tool and die manufacturing field. Spending much of his career as a salesman for the National Sales Engineering Corporation, Johnson rose to become the company's vice president by the time of his retirement. This sample, likely used as a sales tool to show prospective customers, says ""THIS PART WAS PROFILED BY THE NEW / TRUE-TRACE MAN-AU-TRACE /360 /3D / AUTOMATIC TRACER." True-Trace Man-Au-Trace is a milling machine manufactured by Bridgeport Machines, Inc., and sold by Johnson.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Manufacturing
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kathleen Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0187.15
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0187.15
label: accession number
content: 2008.0187
objectType: label: Object Name
content: milling sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 1 in; 4.1275 cm x 2.54 cm