Shell bit, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1952.5429.1

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Description

Cast steel 5/16" shell bit with a tapered, square tang, notched for use in a spring-lace brace chuck. The end of the tang is mushroomed from being pounded with a steel tool.

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