PART THREE – An Oddity For completeness, I feel I should add an observation about another Australian company that used the ‘reuleaux’ triangle. I don’t know what to make of it …
It could easily be a coincidence.
It was only used on one model – and it did not appear on any other model of that manufacture. It was the …
… first model Whirlwind rotary, the Whirlwind 18” of about 1955-56. Note that it is a base feature but with no other seeming purpose beyond for fronting the brand name and cutting width. Also note that the Whirlwind had an early side discharge alloy skirted base; the Mini- Master had a pressed steel base of the mulching type.
Is there a connection between the Mini-Master, Pye Electric and the Whirlwind? Who knows! There is a clear connection between the Pye and the Mini-Master; a seeming tenuous connection with the Whirlwind. I don’t know. You decide. I’m just sayin’.
