hand tool
Brace; made from wood and re-inforced with brass plates, which are screwed in. Brass boss with catch to holds the bits at the other end, black flatish handle, which rotates.
wood working tools
Four wood working tools; brace, roll of gouges, reamers, countersink, smoothing plane, and a roll of bits.
Owned by S Hills, and likely made before 1880.
Details
- Category:
- Hand and Machine Tools
- Object Number:
- Y1971.31
- type:
- wood working tools
- credit:
- Gift of Dr R L Hills
Parts
Roll of drill bits
woodworking tool parts; roll of bits made from green cloth, containing 8 bits for drilling wood, a centre point and side cutter, and 4 flat diamond shaped bits.
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and cloth
- Object Number:
- Y1971.31.2
- type:
- drill bits
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
woodworking tools
Roll of gouges, reamers, countersink - contains 16 different tools.
- Object Number:
- Y1971.31.3
- type:
- woodworking tools
Smoothing plane
Large smoothing plane; made entirely from wood.
- Measurements:
-
700 mm x 170 mm x 420 mm, 1.95 kg
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- Y1971.31.4
- type:
- plane - tool
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
