Cutter, Pipe

Pipe cutter, Hancock, MA

Object ID:
1950.3574.1
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Makers
J.E Stanwood
Description

Steel adjustable pipe cutter with moveable cutter head housing a 15/16" diameter cutter wheel on a steel shaft. The cutter head housing a 15/16" diameter cutter wheel on a steel shaft. The cutter head slides up or down in a machined steel frame with a right angle at the top that catches a piece of pipe in two places while the cutter head holds the pipe from below. A 1/2" iron rod threaded on one end and with a turned maple handle at the other turns up or down via a tapped hole in the base of the cutter frame. The end of this iron rod turns against the underside of the cutter head forcng the cutter into the surface of the pipe.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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