Machined steel center with a Morse (?) taper stepped down to a flat surface at active end. Flat has cone-shaped cavity machined in its center. This center may have actually been forged since scratches on surfaces are neither continuous nor perpendicular to the axis of rotation indicating filing.
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Shaker Museum Center, Lathe. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=19455. Accessed on November 25, 2024
