Tilter socket bit, South Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1955.7823.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Tilter socket bit for back posts of chairs machined from steel. Bit has a cylindrical lead, 11/64" diameter, a four wing cutter, 13/16" diameter, which produces a semi-spherical cavity, and a 3/8" diameter shank that transitions to a tapered square tang to fit into a chuck.

Notes

Used to drill the semispherical cavities in the bottoms of back posts of chairs to house tilters.

New York Mount Lebanon South Family

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