Objektnummer
51/355
Beskrivelse
This gouge is a lathe tool used at R. Middleton & Sons' wheelwrights workshop in Eddington, Hungerford, to make grooves in wood as it turned on the lathe. It has a narrow concave blade and a wooden handle stamped with 'R.N.H.'
Fysisk beskrivelse
1 gouge: steel blade [concave]; rough wooden handle
Arkivhistorik
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This lathe tool came from the wheelwright’s workshop at Hungerford. This is a gouge with a narrow concave blade .5 inches in diameter and was applied to the whirling surface to form grooves or for reducing the size of the surface. The shank of the tool measures 4.2 inches and its parallel sides are .5 inches apart. The whole metal stem of the tool has been fixed into the rought wooden handle which is 7.3 inches in length. The handle is stamped with a rough R.N.H. // See also 51/109M.'
Produktionsdato
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Produktionsperiode
Nineteenth century
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