Woodworking clamp, Hancock, MA

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Object ID:

1958.10549.1

Community:

Massachusetts, Hancock

Makers

Shaker

Description

Clamp entirely of maple consisting of two jaws and two 1" diameter vise screws. Clamp face jaw 2 1/16" x 2 5/8" x 49 5/8"; fixed jaw is 2 1/4" x 3 5/16" x 49 3/4" and has a 11/16" d x 3/4" h rabbet along bottom of inside jaw face and a 5/32" d x 3/16" w dado, 1" from back on underside. A 3/16" diameter hickory dowel is set into dado flush with underside at 21 3/4" from one end. Approximately 10" in from either end, holes for the vise screws are drilled through; holes in the clamp face are 1" in diameter while those in the fixed jaw are 3/4" and tapped. No finish.

Massachusetts Hancock

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