PRESS, DRILL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- POST HOLE DRILL PRESS
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- IRON, WOOD, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P20010069002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- POST HOLE DRILL PRESS
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- IRON, WOOD, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 44.0
- Length
- 89.3
- Width
- 36.8
- Description
- PRESS IS MOUNTED ON A BASE MADE OF THREE 2X4S (WOOD IS WORN). THERE IS A SQUARE HOLE AT ONE END OF BASE AND A SMALLER OVAL ONE AT OPPOSITE END. THERE IS A HANDLE ON ONE SIDE OF PRESS, THAT WHEN TURNED ACTIVATES LARGE WHEEL ON OPPOSITE SIDE; THIS MAKES DRILL BIT ROTATE. HANDLE IS WRAPPED WITH BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE. THERE IS ANOTHER HANDLE MOUNTED ON A WHEEL AT BACK OF PRESS; THIS HANDLE PUSHES DRILL BIT FORWARD OR DRAWS IT BACK. THERE IS A SMALL LATCH AT BACK OF PRESS THAT LOCKS BACK WHEEL INTO PLACE. DRILL BIT IS POLISHED STEEL. EMBOSSED ON SIDE OF PRESS IS "NO. 00" AND "816".
- Subjects
- METALWORKING T&E
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- DONOR USED ITEM AS A FARMER. DONOR FIRST ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA, WHEN HIS FAMILY MOVED TO RAYMOND, IN 1927, FROM EUROPE. DONOR TOOK ITEM WITH HIM WHEN HE MOVED TO FARM IN PICTURE BUTTE IN 1934. DONOR THEN FARMED DRY LAND AT THE CAMERON RANCH NEAR CHIN; ORIGINALLY OWNED BY CHARLES S. NOBLE. DONOR REMAINED THERE UNTIL 1965 AND THEN MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010069002
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-12
- Collection
- Museum
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