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Object Name |
Tool, Watchmaking |
Catalog Number |
77.4.11 |
Collection |
Tool |
Other Name |
Mandrel |
Description |
Swiss hand driven mandrel. The center of the mandrel is finished with a sliding steel rod having a pointed/sharpened end. This point of the cutting tool is placed in the hole around which it is desired to be cut. Thus any hole may be made to form the center of the work. |
Maker |
Unknown |
Material |
Brass, steel |
Place of Origin |
Switzerland |
Notes |
This peculiar kind of lathe is confined to the watchmaking trade. The head stock is arranged to hold a watch movement plate or a wheel, which is gripped in jaws that holds it flat |