Mortising chisel
notes: label: Description
content: This mortising chisel, or ‘spit,’ was found near Broadalbin, New York. It has a ¾” blade, is socketed, and has a long wooden handle. Mortising chisels are used to create rectangular holes in pieces of wood and are essential for joinery tasks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Richard S. Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.323916
label: catalog number
content: 323916
label: accession number
content: 254091
label: accession number
content: 1964.254091
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 2 in; 30.48 cm x 5.08 cm