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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Nov 2020, 03:54
by Stanley
Sorry all of you, I forgot to knock it on the head! Have a look at
THIS and click on the spoiler!
It's for shaping pieces of aluminium to record the variations in posture over time. Go read the letter!
Sorry about that one, far too obscure.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Nov 2020, 08:35
by plaques
Not much wiser. Could be used to outline spinal curvature or dowagers hump.?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Nov 2020, 08:40
by Stanley
As I understand it Ken, yes. The 'templates' can be tried against the deformity to show if it has altered at all. I think!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 05 Nov 2020, 05:04
by Stanley
What's this?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 05 Nov 2020, 09:29
by Gloria
Is it a foot off something?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 04:47
by Stanley
Sorry Gloria, no.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 05:54
by chinatyke
It's a Donald Trump (it's got a screw missing)
It looks familiar, either we've seen it before or I should know what it is.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 06:49
by Stanley
I don't think you have seen this one before China but we have certainly touched on this class of objects.
What does it look like?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 07:55
by Big Kev
Is it some sort of pressure relief valve?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 08:03
by Stanley
No sorry. One crucial aspect of it is that the core is made of wood and the whole thing is re-usable.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 08:11
by Big Kev
A brake pad?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 08:29
by Gloria
Is it something to do with barges?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 08:48
by Stanley
Sorry no, nobody is anywhere near. This surprises me, I thought you'd be straight on to it. You need another clue!
This is an essential step in the making of an engineering item, you can see the shape of it! Think how you would do that.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 09:02
by Gloria
Is it punching or forming something?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 09:21
by plaques
Total guess. you've mentioned Lancashire boiler fire tubes several times so it could be a swaging tool for expanding the tube ends into the boiler frame.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 09:30
by Stanley
No. Sorry, I feel terrible about this. Think of a foundry.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 09:44
by Gloria
Do you hit the wooden bit to drive the cope and drag apart?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 13:23
by Stanley
Nowhere near as complicated as that Gloria. Look at it. What is it? The fact you are talking about cores and copes shows you know what it is. Step back and think again.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 13:54
by Gloria
The casing doesn’t look like it’s been subject to heat, the wooden bit possibly does.
Is it attached to the end of a vibrator to remove sand from castings?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 14:03
by Stanley
I don't understand why but you are stalled Gloria. It is a foundry pattern for making a sand mould. What for and why is part of it metal?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 14:18
by Gloria
Got to pass on this Stanley, I don’t know the answer.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 15:19
by chinatyke
It's a pattern! I'm pretty certain we have it before. To make moulds for casting oilers of some sort.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Nov 2020, 03:52
by Stanley
Thank god, Yes China,It's a pattern for making a lubricator. The lubricator part is in cast iron because it wore well when making multiple castings.
Try this, what is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Nov 2020, 05:07
by Cathy
Could it be Coral , that might have been painted?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Nov 2020, 05:51
by Stanley
Sorry Cathy, no.