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Clunes Museum
Plant specimen - WOODEN BLOCK

... ...flitch...Block of wood (hemlock), the top half is "dressed" to show how timber is prepared. Typically, the flitch beam is made up of a vertical steel plate sandwiched between two wood beams, the three layers being held together with bolts. ...Typed onto cardboard pinned onto wooden block; Hemlock Bought in flitches Milled Clunes Sawmills Used for building finishes...Clunes Museum 36 Fraser Street enter building through Collins Place Clunes goldfields hemlock clunes sawmills flitch sample Typed onto cardboard pinned onto wooden block; Hemlock Bought in flitches Milled Clunes Sawmills Used for building finishes Block of wood (hemlock), the top half is "dressed" to show how timber is prepared. ...

Block of wood (hemlock), the top half is "dressed" to show how timber is prepared. Typically, the flitch beam is made up of a vertical steel plate sandwiched between two wood beams, the three layers being held together with bolts. Typed onto cardboard pinned onto wooden block; Hemlock Bought in flitches Milled Clunes Sawmills Used for building finisheshemlock, clunes sawmills, flitch, sample
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (item) - Black and white photograph, Original photograph-November 1945

... Breaking down is the process of slicing whole logs into manageable cants, flitches, or rough-cut slabs. This is typically done on a saw bench, which is the heavy-duty table and guide system used to push the log through the blade. ...Breaking down is the process of slicing whole logs into manageable cants, flitches, or rough-cut slabs. This is typically done on a saw bench, which is the heavy-duty table and guide system used to push the log through the blade. ...

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of a breaking down bench used at the Cambarville timber mill near Marysville. Cambarville was established as a timber mill town in the 1940s. Timber mill owners A. Cameron and F.J. Barton named Cambarville. They established the mill to salvage timber from trees destroyed in the 1939 bushfires. Cambarville was impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and any remaining structures were destroyed. Breaking down is the process of slicing whole logs into manageable cants, flitches, or rough-cut slabs. This is typically done on a saw bench, which is the heavy-duty table and guide system used to push the log through the blade. The original photograph was taken in November 1945.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of a breaking down bench used at the Cambarville timber mill near Marysville.marysville, victoria, 1939 bushfires, 2009 black saturday bushfires, cambarville, a. cameron, f.j. barton, australia, breaking down bench, photograph