Jig for #2 rocker blades, South Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

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Jig for #2 rocker blades, South Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1955.7504.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Makers

Shaker

Description

Cherry jig with edges shaped corresponding to the top and bottom edges of #2 rocker blades. Bolts through turned cherry handles depress clamp blocks when tightened into captured nuts in base, clamping rocker blade blanks in place for edge molding. Flint paper glued to undersides of clamp blocks keep blade blanks from slipping when in use. Coiled springs around each bolt lift the clamp blocks when handles are turned to loosen bolts.

Notes

Miller, M. Stephen. Inspired Innovations: A Celebration of Shaker Ingenuity. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2010.

New York Mount Lebanon South Family

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