Results 1 to 8 of 8
  1. #1
    Mobyturns's Avatar
    Mobyturns is offline In An Instant Your Life Can Change Forever
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    "Brownsville" Nth QLD
    Age
    66
    Posts
    4,411

    Default Adolph Bruhn & Son Collection

    Browsing by theme 'Bruhn Collection' - Museum Victoria

    The Museum of Victoria has been steadily improving access to a collection of wood turning artefacts from Adolph Bruhn & Son, one of the last large scale wood turning production workshops / factories to close in Australia. They traded from about 1897 to the 1990's with the collection being circa 1970-1990.

    It is a very interesting snapshot into the life of a production wood turner with artefacts from tools, clothing, samples, and templates, plans etc all now preserved and catalogued on line.

    Hope you enjoy.

  2. # ADS
    Google Adsense Advertisement
    Join Date
    Always
    Location
    Advertising world
    Age
    2010
    Posts
    Many





     
  3. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    Tasmaniac
    Posts
    1,470

    Default

    Wow! thanks for posting that Moby. Looked through half of the pictures, will look at the rest later on.
    It's good to see that a museum considers the woodturning trade as a worthwhile trade to exhibit. Perhaps they suspect as I do that it's a dying trade.
    Might have to go and have a look next time I'm on the north island.

  4. #3
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    shoalhaven n.s.w
    Posts
    1,240

    Default

    Yep dying trade! I was 1 of 4 apprentice's in 1994 to complete the woodturning course at lidcombe tafe!
    It's good to know that these things are kept for posterity! And how did you find out about this? Thanks for sharing!

  5. #4
    Mobyturns's Avatar
    Mobyturns is offline In An Instant Your Life Can Change Forever
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    "Brownsville" Nth QLD
    Age
    66
    Posts
    4,411

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by chuck1 View Post
    Yep dying trade! I was 1 of 4 apprentice's in 1994 to complete the woodturning course at lidcombe tafe!
    It's good to know that these things are kept for posterity! And how did you find out about this? Thanks for sharing!
    I've been following it for a couple of years and have sent them a couple of emails requesting better access to the collection via online. So let all your wood turner mates know about it & hopefully they will put some more resources into cataloguing the collection and improve access. Some amusing descriptions in there. If I live in Vic I would volunteer my services to assist.

  6. #5
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    shoalhaven n.s.w
    Posts
    1,240

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyturns View Post
    I've been following it for a couple of years and have sent them a couple of emails requesting better access to the collection via online. So let all your wood turner mates know about it & hopefully they will put some more resources into cataloguing the collection and improve access. Some amusing descriptions in there. If I live in Vic I would volunteer my services to assist.
    I'm up to page 40! And yes the descriptions are something! I do like the grind on the couple of gouges I looked at! And the drawer knobs!? I would call them finials for furniture or curtain rail knobs! it's all very interesting I must say! And nice designs!

  7. #6
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    North Carolina, USA
    Posts
    2,327

    Default

    I also found some of the tools most fascinating.

    Photographing and cataloging hundreds or thousands of objects to put on line is tedious, and museums are usually under funded. At times young people without exposure to many old things or processes are hired or volunteer to do cataloging.

    Some misleading and sometimes amusing descriptions can result.

    An email to the museum citing the object with an accurate description may help them.

    I have done so to the Smithsonian Institution here in the US to no avail.

    Thanks Moby for posting.
    So much timber, so little time.

    Paul

  8. #7
    Mobyturns's Avatar
    Mobyturns is offline In An Instant Your Life Can Change Forever
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    "Brownsville" Nth QLD
    Age
    66
    Posts
    4,411

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul39 View Post

    I have done so to the Smithsonian Institution here in the US to no avail.

    Thanks Moby for posting.

    I have contacted the M of V a number of times offering correct descriptions & to put them in contact with expert turners who may wish to also assist & I have offered but what would we know?

  9. #8
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    North Carolina, USA
    Posts
    2,327

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyturns View Post
    I have contacted the M of V a number of times offering correct descriptions & to put them in contact with expert turners who may wish to also assist & I have offered but what would we know?
    Yaa, and that is a very nice round handle on the tool rest.
    So much timber, so little time.

    Paul

Similar Threads

  1. More To Add To My Collection
    By Nai84 in forum WOODTURNING - PEN TURNING
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 13th March 2011, 10:22 PM
  2. my first box - pen collection box
    By MusicalForest in forum WOODTURNING - PEN TURNING
    Replies: 19
    Last Post: 28th July 2010, 12:11 PM
  3. roadside collection?
    By weisyboy in forum NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORK
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 3rd April 2009, 08:14 PM
  4. Dust collection
    By amanda_wa in forum TRITON / GMC
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 15th January 2009, 11:58 PM
  5. collection / memorabilia box
    By banksiaman in forum WOODWORK PICS
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 7th April 2006, 09:23 AM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •