Rabbet gauge, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1477.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Iron or steel gauge with between-centers turned maple handle. The gauge consists of a 3/16" x 7/8" x 4 5/16" steel bar with two slots cut through the 3/16" thickness. The front slot houses a fixed wedge, an adjustable probe and another fixed wedge. The rear slot houses another adjustable assembly of two steel bars and a steel wedge held together by a steel collar that is folded around their ends and pinned to the two bar ends. Behind this, the center bar is machined to a a 1/16" thickness which is fitted into a slot in the end of the maple handle. The bar is held in the handle by an iron pin.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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