MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Thanks David. I really enjoyed reading that again myself.
Kev, who are the other two then?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Steeplejerk]

Strange bulb

[Stanley]

Sorry Tom but no....

[Stanley]

Clue.... You've seen these before. They came out of the mill.

[Stanley]

Nobody is nibbling so here's the answer. This is a lubricator used on the shafting in the mill. It was filled with oil and mounted upside down in the oil hole on the top of the bearing casting. The metal rod rubbed on the shaft and jiggled allowing oil to flow slowly down into the bearing. When the shaft was still no oil flowed. Simple and very effective.
Next for shaving?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Stanley]

I've just realised that the reason why this topic is so neglected is because Gloria is up to her neck in flitting!

[Big Kev]

For straightening wire.

[Stanley]

Curses! yes Kev, well done. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't seen the answer online.
Next one?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Steeplejerk]

Is it an old Megger metre ??

[Stanley]

No Tom but you're right about it being connected to measurement.

[Steeplejerk]

A box with verniers and micrometers inside

[Big Kev]

Is there a theodolite in there?

[plaques]

I opened the box and found.....

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Indicator .jpg

To be honest we used them in tech: on gas engines

[Stanley]

Ken is right, it's one of my old Dobbie McInnes steam cylinder indicators.



What is this?

[Stanley]

No takers?

[Steeplejerk]

Heat exchange ?

[Big Kev]

Aye, that's what Google says it is.

[Stanley]

Right Tom, it's a patent heat exchanger tube. John Thompson's in Glasgow ran a nice little line in corrugated tubes and there were two used in a front garden wall on the outskirts of Dumfries I think it was. The idea was that they had greater surface area than a plain tube and also broke up the flow of the medium round them making them more efficient. (They made corrugated furnace tubes as well....)
Next for shaving?

[Stanley]

Yes, you're right! It's a reed out of a Lancashire loom but there is something special about this one. Can you say what it is?

[Stanley]

A deathly hush......

[Tizer]

Is it from one of your local mills?

[plaques]

Something to do with the selvedge edge. Can't remember more than that.