Marking gauge, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1165.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Marking gauge with stem and fence of beech and thumb screw turned and carved from maple. A steel pin is driven through one end of stem and filed to a knife edge to cut (scribe) the wood's surface.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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