Boring machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0850.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Iron gears, rack, arms & bit/ wooden frame and handle grips.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 73.2 cm
- Width
- 19.3 cm
- Height
- 72.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools-Hand
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
This machine was used at Valencourt Boiler Works, in Welland, Ontario. - Function
-
Wooden boring machine. It was used for boring large holes for mortises. It would enlarge a hole that has already been drilled by means of a single point cutting tool. - Technical
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Boring machines achieved greater accuracy in the diameter of the hole, and could cut a tapered hole. Iron gears, rack, arms and bit and a wooden frame and handle grips. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Some black paint on wooden frame.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Boring machine, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1968.0850, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1968.0850.001/
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