Summary
Hand rest, used to support the cutting tool as it cut the timber on the lathe. Circa 1900.
Used in the woodturning business of Adolph Bruhn & Son, South Melbourne, 1970-1990, and previously in Little Collins Street, Melbourne. The business made a wide range of wooden products, including tables and architectural mouldings, and undertook specialist turning tasks. Part of a collection of nearly 900 items, including a lathe, cutting tools, hand tools, products, workshop fittings, office equipment, portraits, and an accounts ledger.
Physical Description
Round, solid metal pole welded on a slight angle to thin rectangular metal length, curving to edge at top. Found in Area B1 in workshop, resting between two pegged wooden upright planks near lathe.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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User
Adolph Bruhn & Son, 121-123 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900-1970
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User
Adolph Bruhn & Son, 283 Coventry Street, South Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970-1990
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overall dimensions
79 cm (Length), 20.5 cm (Width), 3 cm (Height)
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Keywords
German Communities, German Immigration, Tools, Woodturning Industry
