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Also known as tinner, tinman, tinplate worker, pewterer

thumb|A tinsmith at Old Sturbridge Village thumb|right|Tinware desk lamp, late 1930s, Bandelier National Monument. Made by a [[Civilian Conservation Corps tinsmith.]] thumb|Tinsmiths on the roof of Storkyrkan, Stockholm, 1903

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Der Blechschmied - Berufe und Tätigkeiten dieser Welt

Der Belchschmied ist landläufig auch als Klempner bekannt, auch wenn er heute unter diesem Namen eher die Sanitäranlagen installiert und repariert.

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Contents
  • Training of tinsmiths
  • Raw material
  • Tinsmithing tools
  • History of tinsmithing
  • References
  • External links

thumb|A tinsmith at Old Sturbridge Village thumb|right|Tinware desk lamp, late 1930s, Bandelier National Monument. Made by a [[Civilian Conservation Corps tinsmith.]] thumb|Tinsmiths on the roof of Storkyrkan, Stockholm, 1903

A tinsmith is a historical term for a skilled craftsperson who makes and repairs things made of tin or other light metals. The profession was also known as a tinner, tinker, tinman, or tinplate worker; whitesmith may also refer to this profession, though the same word may also refer to an unrelated specialty of iron-smithing. By extension it can also refer to the person who deals in tinware, or tin plate. Tinsmith was a common occupation in pre-industrial times.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tinsmith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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