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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 08:48
by Gloria
Not 100% sure but----Is it a roller for the end of a sine bar perhaps??
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 09:46
by Marilyn
my thoughts exactly, Gloria.
What is a sine bar?
Could it be a type of hook race? I have something similar in my sewing machine...I think.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 10:41
by Tizer
Marilyn wrote:What is a sine bar?
It's where mathematicians do their drinking Maz.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 10:47
by Marilyn
Eeeee....I'll pay that one!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 13 Nov 2014, 05:28
by Stanley
Come on! There are enough of you who know exactly what it is. Have a look at Shed matters....
And then post a now one!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 13 Nov 2014, 08:50
by Gloria
A lathe saddle stop?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Nov 2014, 06:04
by Stanley
Well done Gloria! (One or two had seen Shed matters bur were keeping stum.) Try this one. Exact description please!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Nov 2014, 06:52
by Marilyn
A draftperson's devce...for drawing scale/technical plans/ diagrams?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Nov 2014, 06:59
by Stanley
Not there Maz but you are in the right area of precision measuring..... A very specific use though and I may be being a bit hard on you all. Mysteries are thin on the ground now!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Nov 2014, 09:17
by Gloria
A special adaptation of a 90% Vernier Caliper. Never seen one though.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Nov 2014, 12:54
by plaques
Its a gear tooth vernier calliper. Tesa made some nice instruments, a bit chunky and expensive but well made.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Nov 2014, 05:25
by Stanley
P has it. The reason for the 90 degree configuration is that one vernier measures tooth depth and the other width. Essential for accurate mesurement of racks, splines and gears.
Next for shaving?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Nov 2014, 06:05
by Stanley
Leaving me to rack my brains? Try an oldie....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Nov 2014, 06:09
by Marilyn
Keeping stumm....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Nov 2014, 06:30
by Stanley
Good Lass! (It was a Maz Mystery in the first place....) (and yes, I keep them all on the hard drive!)
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Nov 2014, 19:48
by Pluggy
Automatic air bleed for something or other ? Lets the air escape from something that is normally full of liquid.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Nov 2014, 21:11
by Wendyf
I remember this one.....I think it belongs in Maz's utility room.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Nov 2014, 04:27
by Stanley
I thought I knew what it was but after Wendy's post I'm not too sure!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Nov 2014, 06:13
by Stanley
I think you'd netter tell them Maz and then I'll post your latest one.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Nov 2014, 10:05
by Wendyf
If I remember rightly this is a simple valve that sits in a drain in the utility room floor, so if a washing machine suffers a flooding event the water can drain away.... but no nasties can creep in from the depths below.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Nov 2014, 20:18
by Tizer
And the nasties that could creep into Maz's utility room would be a magnitude nastier than ours.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Nov 2014, 06:01
by Stanley
I think Maz is being cruel to all of us......
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Nov 2014, 09:57
by Marilyn
Yes...it was in the floor of our previous Laundry.
It stops suds from the washing machine coming up, whilst at the same time it will drain any water away should the Laundry sustain a flood, such as if a hose burst or a sink overflowed.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Nov 2014, 11:46
by Stanley
Here is the latest object from Maz..... Like her, I am keeping stum.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Nov 2014, 12:07
by PanBiker
I assume the last one rather than the bowl of nuts and bolts?