File bit, Hancock, MA

Object ID:

1959.10997.29

Community:

Massachusetts, Hancock

Description

A steel bit with a 1/8" diameter shaft which tapers to about 1/32" diameter at one end. The last 1/8" or so of this 1/32" diameter cylinder is double cut to make a cylindrical segment of file.

Massachusetts Hancock

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