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- Black & Decker Type A Disc Sander, 1929 - Alonzo G. Decker and S. Duncan Black, who operated a small manufacturing company in Baltimore, Maryland, began designing and producing electric tools in 1916. Their pistol-style grip and trigger switch, patented the following year, set the standard for power tool design. Black & Decker developed new products as the company expanded through the 1920s, introducing a portable electric sander in 1929.
- 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Black & Decker Type A Disc Sander, 1929
Alonzo G. Decker and S. Duncan Black, who operated a small manufacturing company in Baltimore, Maryland, began designing and producing electric tools in 1916. Their pistol-style grip and trigger switch, patented the following year, set the standard for power tool design. Black & Decker developed new products as the company expanded through the 1920s, introducing a portable electric sander in 1929.
- Belt Sander, Used by Phil Remington - Phil Remington was one of racing's greatest fabricators and metalworkers. He worked alongside innovators like Lance Reventlow, Carroll Shelby, and Dan Gurney throughout his 70-year career. Always resourceful, "Rem" often made his own tools suited to the job at hand. He made this belt sander using parts from an old lawn mower.
- 1969-2013
- Collections - Artifact
Belt Sander, Used by Phil Remington
Phil Remington was one of racing's greatest fabricators and metalworkers. He worked alongside innovators like Lance Reventlow, Carroll Shelby, and Dan Gurney throughout his 70-year career. Always resourceful, "Rem" often made his own tools suited to the job at hand. He made this belt sander using parts from an old lawn mower.