MYSTERY OBJECTS
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Wendy put a name to it, but Gloria was first with a "I know" and China with a "me too". On the scant detail given well done everybody. A Yale Pul-Lift.
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.Quite a heavy lump over 30 lbs you need a hoist to use it as a hoist. I use mine for pulling tree stumps out.
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.Quite a heavy lump over 30 lbs you need a hoist to use it as a hoist. I use mine for pulling tree stumps out.
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I should have known! A favourite tool of mine when I was handling big lumps on the Whitelees engine. They saved the day when I ran out of headroom once while lifting the Whitelees beam. One of their great advantages is that they require so little headroom. Nice one!
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Hopefully it's fairly obvious but from where?
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Once upon a time there was this wisdom tooth who's owner decided it was wasting its time where it was so out it went. Then as a reminder of all the pain and suffering it had caused the top was silver plated and stuck on a ring. A bit reminiscent of the days when traitors heads where stuck on a spike and displayed on London Bridge.
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Close enough. It's the 8ct gold crown from my upper left 6 molar. It seemed a waste not to use it after chewing with it for 25 years.
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I think that qualifies as the most bizarre object we have ever had on this topic Kev! Thanks for keeping standards up!
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The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Try this oldie. What is it?
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Interesting one, but no idea.
Gloria
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It's a clockwork 'timer' from something, just racking my brain for more information
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Is it from a gas street lamp?
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Good memory there! You three have it between you. Timer for an old gas lamp in the street. 8 day clockwork movement, solid brass and still runs perfectly despite its age. There must have been tens of thousands of these at one time.....
Next one?
Next one?
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Try this oldie. (Gloria knows this and could shoot me down immediately if she so desired!)
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Gloria does.
Gloria
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
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I've just remembered what it is.
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Thanks to both of you for holding back, does anyone else have any ideas?
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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I think Gloria and China had better break the log jam!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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If I remember correctly these things were for holding together thin sheets of material accurately in the likes of aircraft assembly. Clamps for drilling sheet metal or something similar.
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Almost correct China, let's see whether Gloria can nail it exactly.....
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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They were for aligning holes primarily in aircraft sheet metal assembly, prior to riveting.
Gloria
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
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Now I remember!
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Thinking or rivets, aluminium and aircraft - we are watching those Jon Snow TV programmes on plane spotting and they showed a section of the fuselage from a 1950s Comet airliner with the crack all the way along under the square windows. A zany programme but some interesting facts and brilliant photos. At least plane spotting, like many hobbies, keeps people from mischief and gets them out of doors!
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Spot on Gloria, a perfect explanation.
Next one?
Next one?
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Tell that to the enthusiasts who were jailed in Greece a few years ago for innocently photographing some aeroplanes. Plane spotters
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Another oldie.....
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!