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57/138/1-6
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This hub boring engine, also called a 'boxing machine', was used by John Owen, a wheelwright in Monk Sherborne, Hampshire. It was used there up until c. 1908. It was used to bore our a wheel-hub, to make space for an iron bearing known as the 'box'. When the cross-handle is turned, the cuter is drawn along the main bar and slowly through the hub.
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – 'Boxing Machine // Wheelwright's Boxing Auger // John Owen a wheelwright in Monk Sherborne worked up to 1908 approximately. // [pencil sketch]'
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1908
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[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5625.tif - High resolution image