Do You Know What This Is And It's Use ?

donny48 | 12:29 Sun 13th May 2018 | How it Works

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http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=14mt8co&s=9#.WvggyiAh06Q
Can anyone recognise this object ? You can judge its size by the Tesco carrier bag, I have not got the object just the photo at present.

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Patsy33

Some sort of metal embossing machine?.. :-)

Davemano

I said earlier that a wire or cable cutter was suggested and I think there is a clue. The wire could feed through the hole in the shaft on the right, then go through the hole to the right of the spring, and it can be seen there is some wire sticking out of that hole.

Islander

Could it be a primitive do dah thingy that launched the clays that are shot ( or missed ) ?

gness

I'll be really miffed if I die before we find out!...x

donny48

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Firstly thanks to all of you for this fantastic AB response. I will try to answer any questions.
Vulcan, no name or numbers.

dannyk13

Just one question Donny.What is it?

donny48

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Melv, cotton / wool a possibility or even wire or rope/string.
Eleena , the wool could go through the right hand side, the scooped out shape would facilitate this.
Nothing turns.
Not on Facebook but if anyone wants to try them then feel free.

donny48

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Dave, if you look at previous postings I have given a picture of either end but can't see any wire sticking out.

donny48

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Danny , I presume that was a cryptic question, lol.

dannyk13

:-)

melv16

The hexagonal spigot on the LH side could mean it slots into a hexagonal hole.
The wooden base is asymmetric, does this mean it sits on the bed of a larger machine?
BTW, I've sent the pic to the Bradford industrial museum.

donny48

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Melv, I agree about the hex spigot in that both these and splines are to fix something in a given place or number of places. To fix something in one place could be done far cheaper than a hex soi either a variety of angles or for easy removal .

IJKLM

^^ "The hexagonal spigot on the LH side could mean it slots into a hexagonal hole. " ^^

The question s, why hexagonal?
In terms of making the male end, round is easiest, square is next and hex is most difficult. In terms of making the female side, round is trivially easy, square is difficult, but can be fabricated; Hex was all-but impossible until the 1910 period, when a new method was invented.

Hex was used (on the make side) to make it easier to apply a spanner in restricted conditions.

If the aim was to prevent rotation, then square was used (it's easier, cheaper and more reliable).

The other issue is that the hex spigot is out of line with the main action of the device. That's poor design. So there must be a very good reason for putting it there, rather than inline with the main action.

Like, I said, there are a lot of things that don't appear to add up on this one. Not saying there is something wrong with it, just that there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.