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Grooving Wood: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/25/2017 - 12:27pm.
December 1941. "Boy grooving wood in shop class at homestead school. Dailey, West Virginia." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
Mallet
Submitted by trackes on Tue, 10/31/2017 - 9:02pm.
They're large for the weight and made of wood to save the chisels or anything else you need to hit. Metal hammers or mallets would tear up the cap on the chisel in no time.
Actual Mallets
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Wed, 10/25/2017 - 8:43pm.
Is that loop on his finger part of the tool?
The Chisel looks new, the Mallet looks like the type Cartoon characters hit each other with.
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