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Lathe chisel with a gouge bit for making grooves in the wood. Used by a wheelwright in Ham, Wiltshire. The handle is made from beech wood.
This lathe tool is a chisel. It is long-handled, and has a gouge bit for making grooves in the wood on the lathe. It was used by the donor's father, a wheelwright in Ham, Wiltshire. The handle is made from beech wood.

1 lathe tool: wood [beech] and metal [brass and iron]; fair condition: ferrule cracked

1875-01-01 - 1899-12-31

Late-nineteenth century

Lathe tool, Chisel

Wood, beech, Metal, iron, Metal, brass