Die and holder, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1952.5858.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Steel frame holding three small steel bars which dies cut into their two common sides and a set screw to hold the dies in place. Set screw has a cuboidal head with all eight corners removed and two tommy holes. Integral to each side of the frame is a square cross-section projection that tapers to a tang starting 1 3/8" from the frame. A turned maple handle with a steel ferrule is mounted on each of these tangs. Each die component is number stamped "1", "2", or "3". The facets of the set screw head are also number stamped one through eight.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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