Hi Ian
That info you sent has proven crucial!
It is tragic that I find this exciting. blush

I had the patent on record, but associated with the Little Trimmer.
My best guess is that the Little Trimmer was the 12"; the Trimmer the 14"

We now know who invented the machine: George Stanley Donaldson.

It was manufactured in Victoria, originally by Donaldson Slattery & Company,
and then (probably) by Australian Foundries and Engineering Limited.

The patent appears in the gallery ...
The square-bar cross-brace appears in the patent illustration.

I have more work to do on this one, and we look forward to your resto progress.

Many thanks.
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Jack


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