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taz42o

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The Bridgeport tool is a tubing cutter.
The round item and the big oval are stove pipe dampers.
The square door is from a coal/wood stove.
The round door from a coal stove or furnace.
 

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taz42o said:
The Bridgeport tool is a tubing cutter.
The round item and the big oval are stove pipe dampers.
The square door is from a coal/wood stove.
The round door from a coal stove or furnace.
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Yes! Go Taz!!!
 

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nova treasure said:
you find alot of square nails through the 1800's but they still make them and depending on size, would of course determine their use.
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We recovered almost a bucket-full. The church was built in 1912. Good info, Nova. Thanks.
 

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Nice finds! I was just telling my husband the other day you can find all sorts of things under houses,old buildings,etc. and here's proof.
 

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I'll bet a plumber in the past was a bit sad for losing one of his tools. Pipe cutter made back then wasn't cheap. Now you can get one made in China at the home store for maybe less then ten bucks. Yours sure is a testament of the way things used to be built. "Built to last"
 

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That old stuff looks like it could be used to make a folk art birdhouse. Hint, hint. :thumbsup:
Neat finds young lady.
-Doug-
 

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About the nails... my house was built in 1926 and it has that VERY-EXACT shape of nails in the baseboards and other "trim" in the house. That more-or-less matches up with your church's construction date. I would date that PARTICULAR shape of nails to late-1800s through first 1/3rd of the 20th-Century. But as Nova Treasure mentioned, similar-looking ones are still being manufactured and sold today.
 

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TheCannonballGuy said:
About the nails... my house was built in 1926 and it has that VERY-EXACT shape of nails in the baseboards and other "trim" in the house. That more-or-less matches up with your church's construction date. I would date that PARTICULAR shape of nails to late-1800s through first 1/3rd of the 20th-Century. But as Nova Treasure mentioned, similar-looking ones are still being manufactured and sold today.
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yes. My house I Live in is from the 1850's and my other home was built in 1848, they both basically had the same nail throughout. I also have a couple church pews that I restored that I use in my Foyer. they also were built with small square nails and I used some that I dug in the restoration.
 

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