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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 13 Jun 2016, 10:18
by Tizer
Crazy Horse, Indian leader of the Lakota tribe who led a war party to victory against General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. I'll bet his image is used in the promotion of the Indian motor cycle brand.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Jun 2016, 03:14
by Stanley
Bodge gave a lovely answer because he killed two birds with one stone. Guy Motors used a cast metal head based on this for the radiator cap but I took mine from the advertisements for Carborundum. Logo was 'Hardest and sharpest'.
Try this one...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Jun 2016, 05:58
by Stanley
No offers I see. Well I'm not going to be boring! It's a specimen high grown mountain Jarrah log in King Park, Perth, WA. This is some of the toughest wood in the world, close grained, hard, flexible and incredibly long lasting. Lovely stuff to work with as well. It is illegal to fell trees like this now, all new Jarrah has to be sustainable and this means low grown, wider grain and while it is good, it isn't a patch on the old stuff. I laid a floor for Janet sawn from reclaimed timber like this and it was lovely stuff. One little known tip.... Karri is a closely related wood and almost indistinguishable from Jarrah but not as good. The way to definitively tell the difference is to set light to a splinter. The Karri will burn to white ash, the Jarrah will retain its shape and be black and hard.
Next for shaving?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Jun 2016, 03:38
by Stanley
Come on Kids!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Jun 2016, 08:15
by David Whipp
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Jun 2016, 08:28
by Wendyf
Its a part from an old fashioned meat mincer.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Jun 2016, 08:35
by Tizer
It's the Queen's head depicted on a 7-sided cupro-nickel coin with a part from an `old fashioned meat mincer' (according to Wendy) alongside to show the scale.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Jun 2016, 08:46
by plaques
I think David inadvertently dropped the coin in the mincing machine and that's why he took it apart.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Jun 2016, 19:45
by David Whipp
I can assure you that you won't catch me inadvertently dropping any cash!
Wendy is correct... but, can you identify the make, model and type of cutter?!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Jun 2016, 20:41
by Wendyf
Spong?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2016, 03:06
by Stanley
I'm with Wendy if it is hand twined. If not, Kenwood or Bosch.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2016, 06:46
by Marilyn
Bamix?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2016, 09:18
by David Whipp
More guessing needed... the food chopper is still in its original packaging - I'll give you a little while before posting a pic. Ken Hartley provided the chopper for the Heritage Weekend last year - it's been living at ours since then...
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2016, 09:59
by PanBiker
Kitchen Craft?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2016, 12:51
by chinatyke
Why am I seeing only about the top 20% of the image? Even getting the image address and going directly gives me the same 20% and I can't see the object. Is it only me?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2016, 13:08
by PanBiker
That's a strange one China, it's OK for me. What does it look like in the gallery?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Jun 2016, 03:06
by Stanley
Image OK here China
Make of mincer.... Breville?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Jun 2016, 07:14
by David Whipp
You'll probably make mincemeat of me if I string this along any further... here's some of the parts in their box though.
And here's the parts list - showing that the cutter pictured is the 'coarse' one...
Finally, here's the packaging with the maker's name and model number...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Jun 2016, 07:42
by Wendyf
Wonderful! It brings back lovely childhood memories. Mum had a similar one which was kept in a box just like that, I used to love using it. I had one years ago but I've no idea what happened to it...that attached to the worktop with a suction pad which didn't work very well.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Jun 2016, 10:02
by chinatyke
PanBiker wrote:That's a strange one China, it's OK for me. What does it look like in the gallery?
I see only the top 10% or so. All other images are OK including the ones in the postings above and below it on the same page. I've experienced this before and I put it down to slow internet here but I'm baffled. Strange, just ignore it.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Jun 2016, 10:10
by PanBiker
I'll have to, can't reproduce the error, not come across it before. Best guess would be a memory problem but you would probably have other errors if that was the case. I won't loose any sleep.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Jun 2016, 04:24
by Stanley
I agree with Wendy and have the same memories of clamping the mincer to the edge of the kitchen table and helping mother to mince suet and good stuff like that! I don't think I have ever seen that make. Try this one....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Jun 2016, 05:48
by Wendyf
Are they butter churns?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Jun 2016, 06:07
by Stanley
Curses!! Yes, you're right Wendy. The small Blow butter churns that almost ever farm had to make fresh butter for the family. I first met them at Harrod's Farm over 60 years ago when it was my before breakfast job to churn the day's butter after I had pumped up the days water to the internal storage tank from the well in the porch. That was after milking.... Those were the days.....
Next for shaving?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Jun 2016, 06:08
by Stanley
Try this one.....