Object number
57/138/1-6
Description
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.
Archival history
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – 'Boxing Machine // Wheelwright's Boxing Auger // John Owen a wheelwright in Monk Sherborne worked up to 1908 approximately. // [pencil sketch]'
Production date
1908
Object name
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5625.tif - High resolution image
