MYSTERY OBJECTS

[chinatyke]

But why is it a peculiar shape and not square?

[Stanley]

Because the designer was having an 'arty' day.....

[Stanley]

Any idea what these are? (If you've been reading Steam and Waterwheels keep stum and let the others have a try.....)

[Bodger]

hardly any rake , used on cast iron

[Tizer]

But why is it a peculiar shape and not square?

There's another pic here: LINK and it looks like the mirror is worn on the left wrist and is shaped to allow free movement of the thumb.

[Stanley]

You're right Bodge but they are special cutters..... What were they used for?

[PanBiker]

He he, I know but I'm not telling.

[Stanley]

Good man. I'll give it another day.... Of course people could always have a look at Steam engines and Waterwheels....

[SPR676]

Good man. I'll give it another day.... Of course people could always have a look at Steam engines and Waterwheels....

Not really of interest to me but I went there anyway.

[Stanley]

Chacun a son gout......

[SPR676]

merci.

[plaques]

Funny how we wait until Sue goes on holiday then everybody starts talking in french. Perhaps Russ finds Steam Engines.. a bit boring, he, he, he,

[PanBiker]

[SPR676]

Chacun a son gout......

I had to look it up

merci.

Funny how we wait until Sue goes on holiday then everybody starts talking in french. Perhaps Russ finds Steam Engines.. a bit boring, he, he, he,

[Stanley]

Nobody is coming clean but quite a few of you know what it is. They are two of the cast steel cutters that Newton used for boring steam engine cylinders.....
Next one?

[StoneRoad]

Just a random remark about those cutters.

My paternal grandfather, just after WW1, was employed as a vertical borer (ie cylinders) at Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds.
Subsequently, my father was an apprentice at Hunslets and after he moved to near Bristol, he worked in the toolroom ...

[Stanley]

Try this one.....

[Tizer]

Rumpole's wig?

[Big Kev]

Asbestos packing for bearings?

[Stanley]

Sorry no.

[StoneRoad]

hank of spun cotton

[Stanley]

Correct, it's cotton but far larger than a hank, look at the foot rule for scale. It's a specialised package but what?

[Wendyf]

Gun cotton?

[Stanley]

Sorry Wendy no. Think more of what could be a subsequent process the warp yarn underwent......

[Stanley]

Time I knocked this one on the head.... It's a continuous warp bundled up ready to go off to the finishers for bleaching and dying. It was plaited into a 'chain warp' to shorten it and fed through the vats of chemicals and dyes. Being loose it finished evenly and when dried was would onto spools before going into the next manufacturing process. It was made at Ellenroad and was a survivor when the mill was demolished when I rescued it.
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