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 slight angle to thin rectangular metal length, curving to edge at top. Found in Area B1, 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
76 cm (Length), 16.2 cm (Width), 3 cm (Height)
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Keywords
German Communities, German Immigration, Tools, Woodturning Industry
