MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Gloria]

Some sort of cranking handle?

[Stanley]

Exactly right Gloria but the question is what was it used for? The best clue is that Graham recognised it last time form his early employment.....

[Gloria]

Is it for winding a large clock?

[Stanley]

No Gloria, something far more simple than that.....

[Gloria]

Winding a gramophone, or clocking in clock?

[Cathy]

Looks too small to snuff out a candle, is it for getting into a small awkward space, maybe used by a motor-mechanic?

[Big Kev]

It's a winding handle that fits in a ledger spline for opening the pages

[Stanley]

He's done it again! Dead right. The big Kalamazoo account books had a mechanism inside the spine which could be slackened and extra pages inserted. Graham recognised it as he used them in his apprenticeship at Windle and Bowker's for one groat a week......
Next one?

[Big Kev]

He's done it again! Dead right. The big Kalamazoo account books had a mechanism inside the spine which could be slackened and extra pages inserted. Graham recognised it as he used them in his apprenticeship at Windle and Bowker's for one groat a week......
Next one?

It was Graham's answer, I just used the site search for it

[Stanley]

That would please him if he was with us....

[Stanley]

What exactly are we looking at here.....

[Big Kev]

The rock has been drilled and then split with wedges?

[Stanley]

Yes but what is the name of the tools used?

[Big Kev]

Wedges?

[Stanley]

Sorry no, it's a specific and well known phrase describing the tools used.

[Steeplejerk]

Drifts

[PanBiker]

Here you go, take your pick:

Plug and feather, also known as plugs and wedges, feather and wedges, wedges and shims, pins and feathers and feather and tare, refers to a technique and a three-piece tool set used to split stone.

[plaques]

Sorry no, it's a specific and well known phrase describing the tools used.

Can I add 'Hammer'?

[PanBiker]

Of course you can, I assumed the ammer was a given.

[Big Kev]

I'm with Ian, Ken and Wikipedia.

[Stanley]

That was right Ian, plugs and feathers.
Ken. I think hammer is a given!

[Stanley]

Carved out of the solid rock by hand over 2,000 years ago. By whom? and where is it?

[Gloria]

Roman aqueduct?

[Stanley]

Older than that Gloria and here's a clue, in South America........

[Gloria]

Is it part of a large irrigation system in Peru?