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TOOL RACK: EX PERTH MODERN SCHOOL, MANUAL ARTS SECTION

Overview

Wood, Steel, Stainless Steel, Brass, Plastic, Paint.

All intact and in working order (except planes), showing signs of constant use. Timber worn and pitted. Varnish, paintwork, and trademark labels chipped.

Tool rack from Perth Modern School woodwork room. The donor (Chr?) Doug Love, who taught at Perth Modern School retrieved the tool rack and two sets of tools when the equipment was replaced in 1995.

Mr. Love contacted Mr Arthur Mawby, a retired manual arts teacher at Perth Modern School who examined the rack and tools and described their use.

See attachments to data sheet explaining all the tools.*

01.22 - Tool Rack, Perth Modern School Woodwork room. See written records for DETAILED descriptions.

a) Folding steel ruler

b) Marking knife

c) Chisel

d) Chisel - Titan

e) Chisel - Titan

f) Chisel - Titan

g) Chisel - Titan

h) Chisel - Stamped EDWA

i) Chisel - Titan

j) Mertice chisel - Titan

k) Marking knife

l) Folding stainless steel ruler

m) Tri-square

n) Screwdriver

o) Marking gauge

p) Tenon Saw

q) Wooden Mallet

r) Wooden Jack Flane

s) Wooden Jack Flane

t) Wooden Mallet

u) Tenon Saw

v) Marking gauge

w) Screwdriver

Historical information

The donor Mr Doug Love, who taught at Perth Modern School, retrieved the tool rack and two sets of tools when the equipment was replaced in 1995. Mr Love contacted Mr Arthur Mawby, a retired manual arts teacher at Perth Modern School, who examined the rack and tools and described their use.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-2001.22a-w
Item type
Statement of significance

social - typical of local Manual Arts education

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