tinsmiths
Sheet metal artisans
Tinsmiths is the plural of tinsmith, a craftsperson who works with tin and other light metals.
Tinsmiths make and repair items like pots, pans, lanterns, and decorative metalwork.
The trade was once common but has largely been displaced by mass manufacturing: The tinsmiths of colonial America produced everything from candle molds to weathervanes.
Shaping raw ore industrially
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
- sheet metalThin flat industrial panels
- rivetingCompletely holding one's attention
seaming · punching · crimping · forming · shaping · flux · snips · stakes
Moving for work
- colonialOf occupied territories
- frontierEdge of settlement
- peddlerRoving small-goods merchant
- pre-industrialBefore mass manufacturing emerged
whitesmith · brazier · coppersmith · guild · apprentice · journeyman · workshop · village
Enclosed portable light sources
- candle holdersSupports for wax lights
- cookie cuttersTools for shaping dough
- potsVessels for cooking or planting
- pansCriticizes severely
buckets · funnels · cups · measures · colanders · watering cans · sconces · boxes
metalworking
Shaping raw ore industrially
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
- sheet metalThin flat industrial panels
riveting · seaming · punching · crimping · forming · shaping · flux · snips · stakes · mandrel
itinerant
Moving for work
pre-industrial · whitesmith · brazier · coppersmith · guild · apprentice · journeyman · workshop · village · repair
lanterns
Enclosed portable light sources
- candle holdersSupports for wax lights
- cookie cuttersTools for shaping dough
- potsVessels for cooking or planting
pans · buckets · funnels · cups · measures · colanders · watering cans · sconces · boxes · trays
pewter
Tin-based tableware alloy
galvanized steel · solder · lead-free · alloy · wire · patina · coating · plating · recyclable · corrosion-resistant
- metalworkersblacksmith, blacksmiths, silversmith, silversmiths, goldsmith
- craft hobbiesknitting circles, sewing circles, soap makers, glass artists, calligraphers
- makersmakers, filmmaker, crafter, watchmaker, crafters
- vanishing thingsblacksmiths, cobblers, lamplighters, switchboard operators, telegraphers
tinsmithsblacksmiths
Artisans forging iron tools
goldsmiths · silversmiths · coppersmiths · steelworkers · ironsmiths
tinsmithswoodworkers
Artisans who craft timber
stonemasons · potters · glassblowers · leatherworkers · weavers