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RE: Introduction - What Is This Woodworking Tool From 1761 Called?
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Looks like a giant Tap and die tool. Does it create threads in a whole?
Welcome to steemit.
Looks like a giant Tap and die tool. Does it create threads in a whole?
I am very confident that is a tap for making threads in a previously drilled hole. There is a corresponding die that makes the threads on the shaft . Not uncommon back then but you have a beautiful and still functional tool. Thanks for sharing it with us. many blessings
Thank you!
Yes, it does :) I don't dare to use it just because the handle is so fragile after so many years, but back in the day it shuld have been able to make wooden threads :) Thank you for clearing that up!