Box, Screw
Screw box, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY
ca. 1840
Description
Cherry board with edges molded to a "V" which slide in corresponding V-shaped grooves in the slide box on the threading machine. A screw box is attached to the top at each end of this board; one cutting 1/2" diameter threads, the other 3/8" diameter ones. The 1/2" thread box has a body of maple, an inset maple thread guide, a steel v-cutter and throat plate, a brass locking plate, and steel wood screws holding the pieces together. The 3/8" screw box has a body of hickory with an integral thread guide, a steel v-cutter secured by a steel wood screw, and wedged with an iron or steel shim stock.