Woodworker's tool chest: drill bits

Woodworker's tool chest: drill bits

Handicraft

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

These drill bits were contained in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. Auger or drill bits fit into a brace. The brace chuck adjusts to accept different-sized shanks that these drill bits exhibit. The bits are made from fairly soft steel and can be hand-sharpened with a file. The small drill points on the tip help pull the bit into the wood being drilled. Stalcup was a skilled carpenter, millwright, and woodworker who worked in and around Waynesville and Macon County, North Carolina, as well as Hiawassee, Georgia, circa 1880s-1930. The chest contains a variety of woodworking tools typically used by craftsmen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Stalcup, Jesse Bryson

Jesse Bryson Stalcup Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1880/1930;

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2007-02-15

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Macon County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

17" - 18"(dimension)

Craft Revival