MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Well done Cathy, spot on! It's one of the ones that sits on the front of a drawer so I thought I might get away with it.... Now we need another,

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Stanley]

No takers? You've seen it before..... Under normal circumstances highly illegal.

[Stanley]

If nobody responds by dinner time I shall knock it on the head....

[Steeplejerk]

Is it ivory ??

[Stanley]

Yes Tom! It's a mammoth ivory offcut, part of a small collection I found in an old workshop I bought. illegal to trade it but not I think to own it if it's this old....
Now we need another object.

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Whyperion]

I am tempted to say spark generator but looks more a measuring device capable of finding true centres lengthways and widthways

[PanBiker]

Hard to see the size but is it for motorcycle wheel balancing?

Going off the top and second rails.

[Big Kev]

I'm with Ian on that

[Whyperion]

maybe not m/c but truing pedal cycle wheels ? ( a tricky task I can never do )

[Stanley]

You've got it Ian, a jig for truing and balancing spoked wheels....
Now we need another object.

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Big Kev]

A pewter cased inkwell for dip-in pens?

[Stanley]

Yes Kev. Well done! Now we need another object!

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Steeplejerk]

Is it some sort of cauking tool ??

[Big Kev]

It looks like one of the scraper attachments for my steam cleaner.

[Stanley]

Tom is very very close but no cigar. Think of another obsolete craft that pursues water tightness!

[Big Kev]

Is it a tool for packing the string between the boards on the hull of a wooden boat?

[Stanley]

Sory Kev but no. Looking at what I said before I may have led you astray.... Let me re-phrase what I said. "Think of another obsolete trade"

[PanBiker]

Was it used in sail making?

[Stanley]

Sorry Ian but no. The raw material was wood...... start from there.

[Steeplejerk]

Is it used by a Cooper??

[Stanley]

Hee hee! You've done it again Tom. Slipped in at the last minute with the right answer.... It was used to drive the hoops down to tighten them up.
Now we need another object.