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Accession # |
1978.111.3 |
Item Name |
Driver, Peg Driver, Pin Punch |
Description |
A hand held tool; solid iron rod with circular top (to be struck with a hammer); opposite end has hollow section slightly wider in diameter (to fit over wooden pegs); wood remnants wedged in this hollow. Iron at top is spread from use. |
Provenance |
Used when taking a barn frame down. The hollow end was placed on the end of wooden pins or pegs holding timbers together. The opposite end was struck with a hammer and the peg removed. The owner of the tool was a barn raiser. |
Person \ Organization |
McCutcheon, W. McCutcheon, Wilbert |
Place |
Rockwood |