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- A User Melbourne, Australia
- B Manufacturer Birmingham, United Kingdom
- C User South Melbourne, Australia
Screw Box - Robert Marples, Sheffield, circa 1900-1940
Reg. No: SH 912762
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- Summary:
- Screw box for cutting wooden threads. Made by Robert Marples Hermitage Works, Sheffield, circa 1900-1940.
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. - Description:
- Rectangular block with a handle at either end. Through the centre there is a hole containing a cutting blade which is held in place by the top third of the rectangle which is actually a separate piece screwed on. The walls of the hole are cut in a spiral. There is a turn screw at the bottom.
Found in Area E3 of workshop.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 6.50 cm (Height), 7.00 cm (Width), 29.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | german communities, german immigration, tools, woodturning industry |
| Themes this item is part of: | Bruhn Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection |
| Primary Classification: | TRADES |
| Secondary Classification: | Woodturning |
| Tertiary Classification: | hand tools |
| Inscriptions: | Stamped side panel of block "ROBERT [Illegible.] / [Illegible.] WORKS / SHEFFIELD". [presumably Robert Marples Hermitage Works] |
| Manufacturer: | Robert Marples Hermitage Works, Birmingham, England, Great Britain, circa 1900-1940 |
| User: | Adolph Bruhn & Son, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1920-1970 |
| User: | Adolph Bruhn & Son, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970-1990 |
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