Machine used in the clock shop of Brother Ricardo Belden, Hancock, MA

Object ID:

1959.10943.1

Community:

Massachusetts, Hancock

Description

A-shaped machine with two steel rollers attached to thick metal gears on one side. The opposite side of the bottom roller is a cast iron arm with a wooden handle. On top of the device is one thick central gear sandwiched between two thinner gears that sit at the middle of the central gear. The central gear has a black painted cast iron arm and handle extending from the top. The arm and body of the device is painted black.

Massachusetts Hancock

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