Swarf, from planing machine built in Johnstone, Renfrewshire

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Swarf is the material removed by cutting or grinding tools in the machining of metals, stone or other substances. These two pieces of metal swarf were produced, probably in the 1980s, by a large planing machine built in 1937 by Loudon Brothers of Johnstone in Renfrewshire.

Piece of swarf produced by a large planing machine, built by Loudon Brothers of Johnstone in 1937 for Hutson and Son of Glasgow

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-194-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1989.X.17.2
• Date: Probably 1980s
  
• Material: Metal
  Metal
  Swarf, machine tool
  Swarf, machine tool
  
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 100 mm Dia
  290 mm x 90 mm Dia
  
• What: Swarf, machine tool
  Swarf, machine tool
  
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• Who: Hutson and Son, Glasgow (Owner of planing machine)
  Hutson and Son, Glasgow (Owner of planing machine)
  Loudon Brothers, Johnstone (Manufacturer of planing machine)
  Loudon Brothers, Johnstone (Manufacturer of planing machine)
  
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