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Kintyre, Machrimore, Smithy. Mr D McCallum working the beam hand-drill.
AG 302
Description Kintyre, Machrimore, Smithy. Mr D McCallum working the beam hand-drill.
Date 1962
Catalogue Number AG 302
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 342107
Scope and Content Beam-drill inside smithy at Machrimore, Strathclyde The smithy at Machrimore was built as part of the estate and was in use until the late 1960s. This is an example of a traditional beam-drill. The weight of the heavy wooden beam rests on the brace-and-bit drill turned by the blacksmith, making it easier to bore holes in metal. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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