On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:08 PM Paul Olson  wrote:

> I recently picked up this chisel ..... maker "W. A. Bashaw" before and I'm
> not able to find anything but a few old eBay
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> Does anyone have any info on this maker?
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> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8d212mbegdhuxfs/AAA0BYKsxnShVSCW8Hxb3wfRa?dl=0
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Looks like William A Bashaw was active in Chisel making in 1908, per the
New England Business Directory and Gazetteer (Issue 23) in Wilkinsonville,
Sutton County, Massachusetts (now 01590 zip code), One town over from
Millbury, MA of Buck Bros fame.  There is now a short stretch of road known
as Bashaw road in Sutton, the county where Wilkinsonville is located.

Looks like a WA Bashaw was manager of the Sutton Water Works in 1915.
Supposedly he helped form it per the History of...  Says where he bought a
house on what is now Bashaw road, formerly a blacksmith shop.  Later on it
talks about " THE SUTTON TOOL CO.

William A. Bashaw erected a shop for the manufacture of edge tools on land
which he had bought from his father, Eustace Bashaw, and carried on this busi-
ness for some time. Later, he changed to the manufacture of shuttle irons, and
built up a very prosperous business under the name of The Sutton Tool Co. His
shop was destroyed by fire, in 1925, but he rebuilt on a larger scale,
and at the
time of his death, June 6, 1931, he had installed machinery for the manufacture
of the complete shuttle.

After Mr. Bashaw's death...."

Also says "THE SUTTON WATER CO.

William A. Bashaw, in search of water to furnish steam for his engine, lo-
cated an underground supply, north of and adjacent to his shop. He did this by
means of the divining rod, in the use of which he was expert. Water was found
in such abundance that a water-supply system was inaugurated by Mr. Bashaw
and John C. Dudley, in 1914, under the name of Sutton Water Co."

https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyoftownofs218
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nofs2187sutt_djvu.txt


In 1921 (filed), he was (1926) granted a patent for a shuttle spring (if
you want to see how he signed his name)

https://patents.google.com/patent/US1466418

Probably more out there, but work is calling, so I gotta go.
-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, might get some shop time this weekend.