Thanks for the links, Kirk. I use Archive.org frequently, but have not
heard of  UCR California Digital Newspaper Collection. I will be adding
that to my reference library.

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 3:28 PM Kirk Eppler  wrote:

> Actually, it was the fourth result on the first page, but in Google
> Books.  I searched for "bashaw" chisel.  That led me to Wilkinsonsville,
> and the rest spiraled out from there in iterative searches.
>
> Google Books, and the archive.org International Tool Catalog subset are
> two of my favorite hunting grounds, followed by Archive.org, for finding
> vintage literature.  For local stuff I use the UCR California Digital
> Newspaper Collection.  Kinda cool to be able to read 1850's papers and
> catalogs online.  Some of them are almost searchable too.  I go there
> almost as often as DATAMP.org anymore.
>
> https://archive.org/details/internationaltoolcataloglibrary
>
> https://cdnc.ucr.edu/
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 2:23 PM Paul Olson  wrote:
>
>> Thanks Kirk. I guess I need to go deeper than one page of search results-
>> I saw none of what you found. That's one thing I love about this mailing
>> list group- someone always knows!
>>
>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:27 PM Kirk Eppler  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>> .....
>>>> Does anyone have any info on this maker?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8d212mbegdhuxfs/AAA0BYKsxnShVSCW8Hxb3wfRa?dl=0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 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/historyoftownof
s2187sutt_djvu.txt">https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs2187sutt/historyo
ftownofs2187sutt_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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul
>>
>
>
> --
> Kirk Eppler just heard of an accident on the way home, guess I will work a
> bit longer.
>
>

-- 
Paul