The Tinsmithing Machines

Thanks to Rob Pilgrim of the Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement, who has kindly pasted the comments below on the Flickr pages for the photos. One of them is shown below, but the full photos and posts are HERE and HERE.

He wrote:

I believe that this is a tinsmiths 'rim roller' for putting rims on things like pewter tankards, tin plates etc.

Also for making tight joints where sides meet bottoms

My Technical Curator - who occasionally works in tin, agrees

It's hard to see, but there are pictures here and here.

Apparently it may be called a rim roller / crimper / crimping roller / beader depending on what precisely it does and in what part of the world.

I'm also told that the local plumbers still have some of these in use.

Thanks Rob - much appreciated. The photographs of the Tinsmith shop in Canada are fascinating. Please also Thank your Technical Advisor.