[TheForge] dividers

[Bob Smolen]

So,
the Zirkelschmid made measuring, cutting,sawing carving , holding and 
splitting tools. Pretty handy guy to have around if you want to get 
something built. If he also made beer, call him King.
Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 1:55 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: dividers


>
> German tradition actally has a specific word for the guy trainrd to
> make this kind of thing: Zirkelschmied.  Literally compass-smith.
>
> So far as I can tell (my German isn't real good, especially when there
> are a lot of obsolete words) the Zirkelschmied's work varied depending
> on the venue.  It might be limited to compasses, calipers, dividers
> and other measuring and drawing instruments of might include saws,
> chisels and carving tools or even forestry tools such as axes and froes.
>
> I once found a nifty old engraving (wood cut?) of The Zirkelschmied on
> the net but I can't fins it again now.  ....Oh, wait, here's a
> differently cropped version of the same image:
>
> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Zirkelschmidt-1568.png&filetimestamp=20050701144604
>
> Circa 1568.  The text in the other version of the pic says:
>
>   I make every sort of tool
>   Subtle compass and the like,
>   All sorts of tongs (pliers) finely finished
>   [Lathe-] Turning tools and [GdrbEisen ??][1] in many workshops,
>   [Tools for] the cabinet maker and worker in brass [bronze/copper],
>   For the candlemaker and the barber [2]
>   Make as well numerous artistic pieces,
>   Finely engraved, smooth and subtle.
>
>
>
> - Mike
>
> [1] Not only is this in rather blurry 16th c. Fraktur typeface, they
>    left out a lot of vowels.  I have no idea what a GdrbEisen is.
>
> [2] Who was also the surgeon in the 16th c.  Ow!
>
> -- 
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~.
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