Component, Timepiece

Object ID:
1959.11129.1
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Description

Clock parts or other pieces originally found in cardboard box lid. Includes: eight brass gears, 9/16" dia. x 5/8" high, seven flutes. Nine brass bushings (?), 3/4" diameter x 5/8" high, center drilled and taped, 1/4" diameter. Six brass bushings, 5/8" diameter x 1/2" to 5/8" high, center drilled and tapped, 7/32" diameter. 1 steel shaft with brass gear force fit on to one end with threaded section; gear (3/4" diameter x 1 1/4" high) has seven flutes; shaft 5/16" diameter with 1/2" diameter section at one end; shaft assembly 5 3/8" long. One steel cutter for metal lathe (?), very worn, 7/8" diameter x 15/16" long with 1/2" diameter arbor hole. One steel cutter for metal lathe (?), 1 5/32" diameter x 15/16" long with 1/2" diameter arbor hole. One steel cutter for metal lathe (?), 1 5/32" diameter x 15/16" long with 1/2" diameter arbor hole.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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