Spade Bit
notes: label: Description
content: This is a steel, square shanked spade bit made by Heaf Works. This bit fits into a drill base in this collection (catalog number 2000.0112.07).
label: Description
content: A spade bit, also known as a paddle bit or flat bit, is a type of drill bit primarily used for drilling large, flat-bottom holes in wood.
label: Description
content: It was owned and used by Isaac Truman Stevens. He was born in Waterville, Maine, on March 25th 1805 and lived there all his life, until his death on March 31st 1874. This donation completes a previous donation made by Stevens’ grandson Lawrence in his memory in 1972.
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content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Linda Christensen Stevens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0112.09
label: accession number
content: 2000.0112
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0112.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.5 cm x 2 cm x .8 cm; 4 15/16 in x 13/16 in x 5/16 in