Nick Clarke 3 | 21/03/2022 16:42:21 |
![]() 1425 forum posts 63 photos | Just for fun, but something to wrestle your thinking parts over perhaps! I do know what it is and have frequently used it professionally, but not in my workshop. It is made out of a pale fine grained hardwood - birch perhaps? Grubby finger for scale. |
SillyOldDuffer | 21/03/2022 16:59:46 |
Moderator 8684 forum posts 1967 photos | My answer is rude and I've had to censor my own post! Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 21/03/2022 17:00:33 |
David Millar 3 | 21/03/2022 17:21:40 |
20 forum posts | It looks like part of a fishing float but not sure if you'd use that "professionally"! |
DiogenesII | 21/03/2022 17:52:42 |
561 forum posts 221 photos | Fid? |
Nicholas Wheeler 1 | 21/03/2022 18:00:02 |
930 forum posts 87 photos | Posted by DiogenesII on 21/03/2022 17:52:42:
Fid? Don't those need a groove for the rope? The ones I've used and made have them. |
MichaelR | 21/03/2022 19:26:22 |
![]() 474 forum posts 76 photos | Maybe a bit small but it has the looks of a Rug Prodder. |
Nick Clarke 3 | 22/03/2022 10:06:14 |
![]() 1425 forum posts 63 photos | I'll eave this up until the end of the day when I'll post the answer (unless anyone gets it right first) While not engineering as such it is a clear use of simple technology to solve a real problem. |
john halfpenny | 22/03/2022 13:17:44 |
236 forum posts 24 photos | Something for opening up a woven material, for sewing? -maybe sailcloth or sacking |
Nicholas Farr | 22/03/2022 14:23:07 |
![]() 3360 forum posts 1542 photos | Hi, for putting a couple of holes in your gold tops, so you can control pouring your milk out, also useable on silver tops for the more common amongst us. Regards Nick. |
Ian Parkin | 22/03/2022 14:40:23 |
![]() 1021 forum posts 239 photos | Catheter plug? |
pgk pgk | 22/03/2022 16:41:56 |
2563 forum posts 293 photos | A vertical plumb-bob for use in flooded cellars?
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Hopper | 22/03/2022 16:47:39 |
![]() 6393 forum posts 334 photos | Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 21/03/2022 16:59:46:
My answer is rude and I've had to censor my own post! Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 21/03/2022 17:00:33 Put it this way: If a doctor produced a couple out of his bag, I'd be nervous. |
SillyOldDuffer | 22/03/2022 17:10:46 |
Moderator 8684 forum posts 1967 photos | Posted by Hopper on 22/03/2022 16:47:39:
Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 21/03/2022 16:59:46:
My answer is rude and I've had to censor my own post! Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 21/03/2022 17:00:33 Put it this way: If a doctor produced a couple out of his bag, I'd be nervous. We're on the same page... |
Peter Cook 6 | 22/03/2022 18:11:13 |
275 forum posts 79 photos | Dibber for planting out and thinning out seedlings in the potting shed. |
Nick Clarke 3 | 22/03/2022 18:57:15 |
![]() 1425 forum posts 63 photos | I have been truly frightened by some of these answers! It is a braille eraser used to flatten braille dots that have been embossed incorrectly This video demonstrates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MtDLqgoZdo Edited By Nick Clarke 3 on 22/03/2022 18:57:41 Edited By Nick Clarke 3 on 22/03/2022 18:58:34 |
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