86. Workshop Tools, , 1920-1981

Summary: Documents CR's testing, research and projects relating to the use and reliability of domestic power and hand tools. Includes correspondence, notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, photographs, product literature, test results, operating manuals, advertisements, and purchase orders. Products represented include general tools, electric power tools, reaming and routing machines, sanders and sand paper, grinder, sifting and sorting devices, saws, chain saws, jig saws, lathes, drilling machines, spraying devices such as aerosol sprayers, compressors, pumps, welders, soldering tools, various means of attachment tools such as nuts, bolts, screws, screwdrivers, and wrenches.