Object number
51/355
Collection
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.'
Physical description
1 gouge: steel blade [concave]; rough wooden handle
Archival history
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.'
Production date
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Nineteenth century
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Material
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_857.tif - High resolution image
