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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Feb 2013, 06:41
by Marilyn
Ah...see you found the budgie smugglers.
( be still my beating heart)
Bottom one looks like a cover for one of those viewers in a front door. Flip it to the side to expose glass viewer. They seem to have gone out of use these days.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Feb 2013, 08:58
by Stanley
I doubt it Maz but those were the days! (We may be poor (old) but we have seen life!)
Not a peephole Maz but you are definitely getting warm.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Feb 2013, 09:18
by PanBiker
Is it a peephole cover for the firebox on a boiler
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Feb 2013, 10:02
by Cathy
Re the Akubra Hats, they are made from rabbit fur...
Is the last item a key lock cover on a door perhaps?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Feb 2013, 11:04
by Gloria
Is it the cover for a key hole??
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Feb 2013, 05:24
by Stanley
Cathy got it first and Gloria a close second. It's an escutcheon for a keyhole. Try this one.....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Feb 2013, 08:45
by Gloria
A dowel pin/joint?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Feb 2013, 09:13
by Marilyn
I am with you, Glo...though it seems to be flat on the back...
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Feb 2013, 21:12
by StoneRoad
compressed dowel for joints....rather like a biscuit.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 27 Feb 2013, 04:51
by Stanley
Gloria has it exactly right. Fluted to allow the glue to get up the side as you drive it in. (Remember when there were complaints this was a 'man' thing?)

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 27 Feb 2013, 17:58
by hartley353
Is it a mirror plate
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 27 Feb 2013, 18:27
by PanBiker
I would concur with that although having said it, I have four of these holding my 1920's Oak Fire surround to the wall.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 04:12
by Stanley
Mirror brackets come in lots of sizes and are a handy thing to have around....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 04:41
by Marilyn
A foot worth of summat!
Haven't got a clue...
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 08:43
by Cathy
Is it part of a longer length? Reminds me of the "stuff" that you push into a flyscreen frame to hold the flyscreen in, even tho it looks a lot more rigid.
Or is it a piece to be cut smaller (about 2"), hammered into a wall, then you insert a picture hook (for example) into it and it spreads inside the wall cavity making it stronger and less likely for the picture hook to fall out?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 08:49
by Gloria
It looks as though it has a slit in it, is it for fitting/sealing windows into caravans or horseboxes, although maybe it doesn't look wide enough. Some sort of seal though.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 09:04
by PanBiker
I think Cathy has it, it looks like original Rawlplug, cut your own length.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 09:37
by rossylass
A strip of rubber draught proofing?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 19:50
by hartley353
Looks to me like one of those plastic and wire ties for garden plants.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Mar 2013, 05:29
by Stanley
Ian's right in that Cathy got it, it's plastic plugging for screw holes. I was looking to see if I had any original Rawlplug fibre inserts but no joy. Try this one....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Mar 2013, 09:19
by Gloria
Looks U shaped, metal, maybe brass, for putting over an edge, perhaps of wood for decoration, the little knob looks ornate.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Mar 2013, 09:52
by PanBiker
Is it a weight for a horizontal sliding balance?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Mar 2013, 11:44
by Gloria
Oooo good one Panbiker, I like that.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Mar 2013, 20:11
by hartley353
The Knob on top seems to screw off,as it has a locking ring at the base of the thread,which is reminescent of an electrical construction,but I still haven't an idea what it is.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Mar 2013, 05:56
by Stanley
It ain't easy and nobody is anywhere near yet.....