This all-metal centre pop punch tool has a rounded point, thick body and flat round head. The centre of the body is concave to allow a strong grip. This also creates a flat side and would prevent the tool from rolling off the workbench. The ‘centre pop’ in a shipwright’s toolbox may have been used as a punch to remove the ‘eyes’ from a ‘dead eye’ pulley or other jobs that needed a hole removed from the work. The shipwright’s tools on display in the Great Circle Gallery are connected to the maritime history of Victoria through their past owner, user and donor, Laurie Dilks. Laurie began his career as a shipwright in the mid-1900s, following in the wake of the skilled carpenters who have over many centuries used their craft to build and maintain marine vessels and their fittings. You can see Laurie’s inscription on the tool called a ‘bevel’. Laurie worked for Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, for over 50 years, beginning in the early 1960s. He and a fellow shipwright inscribed their names on a wheelhouse they built in 1965; the inscription was discovered many decades later during a repair of the plumbing. Many decades later Laurie worked on the Yarra moving barges up and down the river and was fondly given the title ‘Riverboat Man’ His interest in maritime history led him to volunteer with the Maritime Trust of Australia’s project to restore and preserve the historic WWII 1942 Corvette, the minesweeper HMAS Castlemaine, which is a sister ship to the HMAS Warrnambool J202. Laurie Dilks donated two handmade displays of some of his tools in the late 1970s to early-1980s. The varnished timber boards displayed the tools below together with brass plaques. During the upgrade of the Great Circle Gallery Laurie’s tools were transferred to the new display you see there today. He also donated tools to Queenscliffe Maritime Museum and Clunes Museum.The shipwright’s tools on display in the Great Circle Gallery are connected to the maritime history of Victoria through their past owner, user and donor, Laurie Dilks. Laurie began his career as a shipwright at Ports and Harbours in Melbourne in the mid-1900s, following in the wake of the skilled carpenters who have over many centuries used their craft to build and maintain marine vessels and their fittings.Centre pop tool; all metal punch with a flat head, wide handle section and a shaft that tapers inwards towards the end. It is shaped for a good grip. It once belonged to shipwright Laurie Dinks.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, maritime museum, maritime village, shipwright, carpenter, shipbuilding, ship repairs, hand tool, equipment, ship maintenance, cooper, tool, marine technology, shackle punch, breakdown tool, chains, links, centre pop, punch, laurie dilks, l dilks, port and harbours melbourne

Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces. Brand - Lister.Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces.LISTERshearing machinery, r.a. lister & co. ltd., de josselin, mr john

Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces. Brand - Lister.Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces.LISTERshearing machinery, r.a. lister & co. ltd., de josselin, mr john

Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces. Brand - Lister.Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces.LISTERshearing machinery, r.a. lister & co. ltd., de josselin, mr john

Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces. Brand - Lister.Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces.LISTERshearing machinery, r.a. lister & co. ltd., de josselin, mr john

Tool associated with the Wertheim "Preciosa" Knitting Machine.Tool associated with the Wertheim "Preciosa" Knitting Machine.knitting, jepson, mr keith

Tool associated with the Wertheim "Preciosa" Knitting Machine.Tool associated with the Wertheim "Preciosa" Knitting Machine.knitting, jepson, mr keith

fittersLeather Tool Bag - Large A leather bag used by the fitter to carry spanners and other tools required for repairs.leather bag used by fitters on the victorian railways Leather Tool Bag - Large made of leather with copper rivetspuffing billy, leather bag, victorian railways, fitter

Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces. Handpieces size 10 marked 722 and 24.Maintenance tool for Wolseley and Lister handpieces.01 722 24 24 722 0 0 10 0shearing machinery, de josselin, mr john

THIS TOOL CAME FROM WALTER COOK'S FARM AND WAS USED WHEN BLASTING ROCK DURING CONSTRUCTION OF SHEEP DIP. IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE USED MUCH EARLIER IN THE HISTORY OF THE FARM TO BLAST THE WELL WHICH IS THE MAIN WATER SUPPLY FOR STOCKTOOL USED TO CLEAN OUT HOLE FOR DYNAMITE WHEN BLASTING ROCKlocal history, trades, tools, cook family

Used for sharpening leather tools ca1910Bootmakers sharpening tool used ca1910Three sided metal file with rosewood handlefile, tool

A mortising tool is a specialist axe designed for hewing sills and cutting notches in timber. It has a long, narrow head, making it easier to work on large logs. The shape enables the user to cut a long way down into the notch, where otherwise a chisel would be used. Example of a common bush woodworking tool used before the advent of chainsaws and power equipmentMortising Tooltimber tools