N° d'objet
51/355
Description
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.'
Description physique
1 gouge: steel blade [concave]; rough wooden handle
Historique d'archive
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.'
Date
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Période de création
Nineteenth century
Nom d'objet
Matériel
Document électronique
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