MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Both wrong but Tom is closest....

[Steeplejerk]

Topiarist

[Wendyf]

A bodger.

[Stanley]

Sorry but no, you're all hovering round what used to be a common rural trade/skill. Particularly if sheep were involved.

[Steeplejerk]

After investigation I came across "wattle hurdle"fencing

[Stanley]

Tom has got it.... used by a hurdle maker who was working with thin withies.....
Next one?

[Stanley]

What are these?

[Tizer]

They're familiar. I seem to recall they are for standing up a sheet of something, a photo, or glass/perspex panel? You loosen the screws to put the sheet in place then tighten them. Or providing the `feet' for something.

[Stanley]

Close but no cigar Peter. You've got the method right but not the purpose. They are used for a very specific job. (The best clue is in the image....)

[Stanley]

You're stuck aren't you.... If you put all three on a ruler what would you have?

[Steeplejerk]

1 inch spacers

[Stanley]

Here's a clue, this is a key seat ruler. A clever little design that always marks a parallel line when sat on a cylindrical surface. Now look at the three objects, how would they help you achieve the same object?

[Gloria]

Would clamping the objects on the ruler give the same shape as the key seat ruler?

[Stanley]

You've got it Gloria. They are made by Starret and are used to convert a ruler into a key seat rule. Well done!
Now for the next one.

[Gloria]

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Where is this?

[plaques]

Cornwall. Tingagel castle bridge. never been there but remember something about it. but can't remember what.

[Gloria]

Haha, well that lasted a long while

[Tizer]

What is the purpose of this building and where is it located?

[Stanley]

Grinding tobacco to make snuff?

[Tizer]

Grinding yes but not tobacco or snuff - but you're right to avoid the common materials, so well done for that!

[Gloria]

Grinding lime stone into powder to help produce lime?

[Tizer]

Sorry Gloria, not limestone.

[Big Kev]

Gunpowder?

[Wendyf]

Bones?

[Stanley]

Could be log wood for making dyes as well. That was ground in water mills.