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1959.103.2

ID Number: 1959.103.2
Category: T&E For Materials
Sub-category: woodworking T&E
Item Type: screw
Item Name: tap
Materials: METAL, STEEL
Measurements: overall: 5 3/4 in
Description: Inside thread; 6 threads; 2 bands; squared end for handle - handle missing
History: These "taps" are for threading the inside of wooden holes. In this case, the steel shank of the instrument, handled like an auger, is enlarged into a heavy steel screw, sometimes tapered sometimes cylindrical, generally filled vertically, into three or more channels.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Carpentry / Travail du bois subject

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