Long lathe bed, Church Family, Hancock, MA

Object ID:

1950.3357.1

Community:

Massachusetts, Hancock

Description

Woodworking lathe. Two maple shafts, set one two blocks each, secured by threaded iron tenons. Top outside edge chamfered. Atop shafts sits a rectangular block. 7 1/8" x 4 3/4" x 5 1/8" notch in one shaft. Above lathe is shafting with a stepped wooden wheel and two iron wheels with curved spokes.

Notes

This lathe bed was originally located in the northeast corner of the third floor of the Machine Shop / Wash House building at the Church Family, Hancock, MA. It can be seen in a HABS photograph taken by William Winter in 1931: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma0108.photos.077468p/

Massachusetts Hancock Church Family

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