Button Bit
ca. 1949 (made)
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This is a spare cutter for an industrial button making machine, used in the 1940s. The bit would be bolted to a profile, which would be inserted into a pillar drill and the cutter section could be used on acrylic sheets to create circular buttons with a central circular indent. The cutter blade could be unbolted and exchanged for another different-shaped blade to create other patterns of buttons, although the bolt on this particular bit is stuck in place.
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Materials and techniques | Forged steel |
Brief description | Cutter bit, to be attached to a profile cutter for buttons and inserted into a pillar drill, steel, 1940s, British |
Physical description | Steel tool bit, a rectangular piece of metal with protruding cutting shapes at one end and a circular hole in the centre, with two smaller circular holes, below and to the left and right of the main one. Slight rusting of the metal in a rectangular shape on both sides, where bit was bolted to pillar drill. |
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Production type | Mass produced |
Credit line | Given by Mr F. Beck |
Summary | This is a spare cutter for an industrial button making machine, used in the 1940s. The bit would be bolted to a profile, which would be inserted into a pillar drill and the cutter section could be used on acrylic sheets to create circular buttons with a central circular indent. The cutter blade could be unbolted and exchanged for another different-shaped blade to create other patterns of buttons, although the bolt on this particular bit is stuck in place. |
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Accession number | T.5-2013 |
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Record created | February 19, 2013 |
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