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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Colonial Wood Turning Lathe & Saw Sharpening Vice

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Subcollections

Timber Industry

Historical information

1. Wood Turning Lathe belonged to George Holland Knapton.
2. Saw Vice belonged to Bovell family of Busselton

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2025.180

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Contextual information

A woodturning lathe is a specialized tool used to carve and cut a wood piece with precision and speed.
The lathe holds the wood piece in place while spinning it at rapid speeds.
Fixed or hand-held cutting tools are then used to shape the wood piece uniformly around its center-line of rotation

Keywords

Wood Turning Lathe

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

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Friday, 26 September, 2025

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