MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Big Kev]

68F (20C) is the ideal temperature for developer fluid. For developing photographic paper.

[Stanley]

Kev has got it. It's a temperature gauge for monitoring a dish of developer.
Now we need another object.

[Gloria]

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What am I looking up at from underneath?

[Stanley]

That's a good one.... The mesh is too big for a bird feeder I think. Or is it?

[Gloria]

You are spot on Stanley, it’s a bird feeder.

[Stanley]

Sorry Gloria!



Try this one. What is it? Or more accurately, what was it used for?

[Gloria]

Don’t know, but it looks like it’s had a battering.

[Stanley]

That's a necessary part of its function Gloria.

[Big Kev]

A chisel for a pneumatic drill?

[Stanley]

Sorry Kev, no, it's a hand tool.

[Steeplejerk]

Caulking chisel

[Stanley]

Well done Tom, exactly right. Back in the day high pressure water pipes were made by making a collar on one end of a cast iron pipe. The plain end of the next pipe was forced in and the collar filled with lead wool which was pounded down using the caulking iron to make a solid seal.
Next one?
(Lost technology.... One very popular way of sealing the joints in cast iron pipes was by creating a 'rust setting joint'. The joint between the spigot and collar was sealed at the base with a caulking of lead wool and then the joint was filled with a paste made of cast iron borings and Sal-Ammoniac. This mixture rusted and swelled and made a permanent joint.)

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Stanley]

No takers? I'll review progress at dinner time.

[PanBiker]

Looks like toll for pulling something? Is it anything to do with car engine valves or clutches?

[Big Kev]

Tap reseating tool?

[Stanley]

Forgot to look yesterday, sorry. Kev has it right it's a tap or valve re-seating tool. Very old now probably over 100 years but still useful.



What is it? It's half an inch in diameter.

[Stanley]

No takers? I shall take a view later. You've seen it before, this is a memory test!

[Gloria]

Is it a weight which hangs off something….. a plumb line perhaps?

[Stanley]

I can see why you thought that Gloria but no. Remember the small size and here's a big clue, it is a bearing, but what for?

[Big Kev]

Morris Cowley door mirror bearing?

[Stanley]

That could be right Kev but I can't say. What I can say is that you are close enough. Well done! This one was the bearing from the hinge on a vehicle door.
Next object?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Stanley]

You need a clue. made by Johnny Pickles as an accessory for use with his 1956 OT lathe.....
You've seen it before.....

[Gloria]

Is it a copying attachment?