Name/TitleManual drill
About this objectThis manual drill consists of a blue hopper on a handle and red wheel. The drill is propelled forward, a wooden pin cutting a groove for the seed which flows from the hooper throughout the blue coulter. A spring operated by a ratchet on 9 pegs round the axle opens and closes the coulter thus regulating the flow of the seed. It was used by the donor's father-in-law c.1938 and is numbered A.B. 310
MakerR. Boby
Place MadeBury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Medium and MaterialsHandle: Ash
MeasurementsHopper: a reversed pyramid with sides 6 inches deep, 6 1/4 inches across and 6 3/4 long
Lid: 8 inches x 8 3/4 inches convex.
Wheel: 10 1/2 inches diameter with 6 spokes.
Coulter: 5 1/2 inches below hopper
Peg: 5 1/2 inches with guide: 4 inches x 2 inches at 1 inch above point
Socket: 5 1/4 inches with fork 6 inches to hold hopper and extension 9 inches to axle of wheel.
Handle of ash: 3 feet 11 inches
total length: 1.70cm
width: 34.5cm
Object numberSTMEA:A.3519
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
