What is this? Competition.

[Tins]

Ok, we have som fun with the where am I comp, and the word association thing, so, why not?

Does anyone know what this is a pic of, and what it does?

123590

[solmanic]

I'm suspecting it's for holding cattle whilst you do something awful to them.

[Tins]

I'm suspecting it's for holding cattle whilst you do something awful to them.

My, what a mind you have.... Nope, no cows.

[V8Ian]

Ok, we have som fun with the where am I comp, and the word association thing, so, why not?

Does anyone know what this is a pic of, a hallway and what it does? leads to a set of stairs. [biggrin]

123590
Or. alternatively, after some intel gathering from other threads, a cotton press.

[fitzy]

Is it inside a glass transport trailer?

[Chops]

Or. alternatively, after some intel gathering from other threads, a cotton press.

Im going with this too.
I've not seen inside one, but it's very clean as I imagine a cotton press would be,, perhaps to clean even, as I would expect to see some left over weeds or something , and I'm not sure what the steps are at the back.

[Tins]

Is it inside a glass transport trailer?

Indeed it is. Called a Floatliner.

[Tins]

Different make, same thing. The trailer runs on super singles, and lifts itself and the 20 odd tonne of glass up. Then the pads are pneumatically pressed against the glass. There's a magnetised 'tarp' to seal up the floor and that's it.

123621123622

[Chops]

Have to find a video of that,, alway wondered how those trailers worked.

[Tins]

Have to find a video of that,, alway wondered how those trailers worked.

Simple. Even truck drivers can do it.... Needs accurate reversing.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYFJWPGneJI

That wil give you the general idea.

The glass sits in a different frame...123623

[goingbush]

Is it inside a glass transport trailer?

Your turn Fitzy . might as well keep this going !!

[Tins]

Your turn Fitzy . might as well keep this going !!

That was the plan...

[fitzy]

Harder than it sounds.
Try this
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/284.jpg

[Tombie]

Bloody fidget spinner

[goingbush]

For Once, I think I got the clue , ... is it a Pillow Block ?

[BathurstTom]

Is it a camera lense?

Tom

[pop058]

Bloody fidget spinner

x 2

[fitzy]

Bloody fidget spinner

And the winner is 🥁🥁🥁
Tombie

[Tombie]

Here:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/283.jpg

[Tombie]

And bonus points:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/282.jpg

[Saitch]

Pump on a tank stand

[Tombie]

Nope

[Chops]

One of those big electrical insulators on the main powerlines,,,


Of course, with SA's lack of power, you obviously had no issue in getting close to get a pic [bigwhistle]

[fitzy]

Compressor?

[bee utey]

Blast furnace blower

[Homestar]

Shaker of some description?

[Tombie]

Shaker of some description?

Close [emoji6]

[POD]

Dunno what they're called but is it the machine that screens stones to make screenings?

[V8Ian]

Dunno what they're called but is it the machine that screens stones to make screenings?
They're called shakers or screens.
Is it a wash plant?

[Tombie]

Correct... pic 1 is a screening deck and exciter for an Ore Beneficiation Plant

[Tombie]

For bonus points - what's Pic 2 [emoji41]

[goingbush]

a spiral conveyor ?

[Tombie]

a spiral conveyor ?

Not a conveyor....

Hint: Part of the same processing facility [emoji6]

[V8Ian]

123651

[V8Ian]

Not a conveyor....

Hint: Part of the same processing facility [emoji6]
Holding tank for the cleaning medium?

[goingbush]

one of the Springs that screening deck mounts on ??

[Tombie]

Nope. Medium is H20 but it's not a holding tank..

[bee utey]

Dust suppressor.

[Tombie]

Post 30 will provide a clue to the second image..

[Tombie]

123651

That's... ummm

[V8Ian]

Spring mount?

[Tins]

Post 30 will provide a clue to the second image..


Well, I'm guessing here, and I know you don't like guesses.....

Part of the vacuum filter for the beneficiation plant?

[BMKal]

It's a spiral concentrator in the same ore beneficiation plant. It concentrates the mineral by using gravity and centrifugal force to move the lighter components of the ore to the outside of the spiral as the slurry flows down the spiral. Heavier mineral concentrates in the centre of the spiral from where it is collected.

[Tins]

It's a spiral concentrator in the same ore beneficiation plant. It concentrates the mineral by using gravity and centrifugal force to move the lighter components of the ore to the outside of the spiral as the slurry flows down the spiral. Heavier mineral concentrates in the centre of the spiral from where it is collected.


Wish I'd never started this.............

[V8Ian]

It's a spiral concentrator in the same ore beneficiation plant. It concentrates the mineral by using gravity and centrifugal force to move the lighter components of the ore to the outside of the spiral as the slurry flows down the spiral. Heavier mineral concentrates in the centre of the spiral from where it is collected.
Just a guess, Brian? [biggrin]

[cuppabillytea]

Don't tell me Fitsy and Jon are going to clean up in this competition as well. :o
Then Roger will come home and it will be even more homework for the rest of us.

[V8Ian]

Don't tell me Fitsy and Jon are going to clean up in this competition as well. :o
Then Roger will come home and it will be even more homework for the rest of us.
OK. [bigwhistle]

[cuppabillytea]

Just a guess, Brian? [biggrin]

It's not a guess Ian he knows it's a Centrifuge he just can't remember the word. Or did Julius Sumner Miller make it a dirty word?

[Tombie]

It's a spiral concentrator in the same ore beneficiation plant. It concentrates the mineral by using gravity and centrifugal force to move the lighter components of the ore to the outside of the spiral as the slurry flows down the spiral. Heavier mineral concentrates in the centre of the spiral from where it is collected.

Winner [emoji6]

[BMKal]

Just a guess, Brian? [biggrin]

If it's in the plant I think it's in, I might have seen it before. [wink11]

But I have worked with one or two over the years.

[Tombie]

Not this one... this one is brand spanking new - I'm on the project team [emoji6]

[Don 130]

A mineral vibrating screen in a mine.
Don.

[Tombie]

A mineral vibrating screen in a mine.
Don.

You're correct Don but we're beaten to the post..

It's a 0-3mm fines screen and exciter[emoji6]

[Tombie]

The other image is the Fines and Slimes Spiral circuits for the same plant...

As BMKal pointed out it uses centrifugal force to separate the denser material from the tailings.

There are 4 banks on this plant:
Course
Rougher
Fines
Slimes/Tailings

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/263.jpg

[BMKal]

OK - here's an easy one. It's what I have been doing today.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/257.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/akwkoytm5/)

[cuppabillytea]

An Induction Smelter? He asks sheepishly, having never seen one.

[Tombie]

Oh nice. Au [emoji41]

[Chops]

What exactly are you making there Brian?

I must admit, I miss working at the foundry during winter,,, was always warm [biggrin]

[Tombie]

Gold bullion [emoji6]

[gromit]

Any idea what this is

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/248.jpg (http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/cradley/media/Stuff/DSCN3355_zpsurkminjy.jpg.html)


Colin

[Tins]

When I started this nonsense, I didn't expect people to cheat and post obscurities.... Lol.

No, I don't know, but it looks like the keeper at the top of a MacPherson strut. Only shinier.

[BMKal]

What exactly are you making there Brian?

I must admit, I miss working at the foundry during winter,,, was always warm [biggrin]

Tombie has it. Poured three gold bars using gas fired electric tilt furnace and cascade bullion moulds. [wink11]

[V8Ian]

Don't tell me Fitsy and Jon are going to clean up in this competition as well. :o
Then Roger will come home and it will be even more homework for the rest of us.
No Billy, this one looks like it's the Mike and Brian show. [bigsad]

[Tins]

No Billy, this one looks like it's the Mike and Brian show. [bigsad]

Well, it seems that we have two different comps here, thanks to Tombie's bonus points scheme. [bigwhistle]

No one has figured out Colin's one yet.

I suggest you all try harder. My opening gambit was deliberately easy to get things rolling. Use some imagination, folks!!

[cuppabillytea]

No Billy, this one looks like it's the Mike and Brian show. [bigsad]

Oh well two more smarties. We'll just have to do that extra homework I envisaged.
Never minde Ian, our turn will come and they'll never guess what our Gizmotrons are, 'cos we don't know ourselves.

[Tombie]

To be fair Brian and I work in the same fields so it's a given with his experience that he's going to pick it up.

[cuppabillytea]

Oh yeh. Colin's one looks like a Dog Clutch for a belt drive of some sort.

[The ho har's]

Has this been solved or not?

I have the best pic to put up, so I need to win a guess, I guess

Mrs hh

[V8Ian]

Have a crack at post 34 Carolyn.
The whole shebang seems to be in disarray. :confused:

[The ho har's]

Have a crack at post 34 Carolyn.
The whole shebang seems to be in disarray. :confused:

Balls hanging off a tow bar

[V8Ian]

Balls hanging off a tow bar
I wouldn't be that crass on a family forum. :angry:

[Tombie]

123651

Weight on a clock?

[The ho har's]

Weight on a clock?

Yep didn't think about that and we have a weighted cuckoo clock here,,,

Mrs hh

[V8Ian]

Well done Tombie.

[gromit]

Oh yeh. Colin's one looks like a Dog Clutch for a belt drive of some sort.

Probably left this long enough now....

Valve seat from a Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Splined section used to screw it into place then that is machined out.


Colin

[Tombie]

Wow... I never would have got that!

[cuppabillytea]

Probably left this long enough now....

Valve seat from a Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Splined section used to screw it into place then that is machined out.


Colin
Oh wow. Thanks.

I don't think anyone would have got that one. Well I could have if my Dad was still alive. He worked on Merlins during the war.

[cuppabillytea]

We need the winners to fulfil their obligations here.:rulez:

[Tins]

We need the winners to fulfil their obligations here.:rulez:


Yes, we do! even if the winners aren't clear. Tombie, I expect you to make your own arrangements re bonus points.

Come on, it really can't be that hard. Or is it too hard for you all??? Do you need an arbiter to see who goes on?

Let's try and get it on track, unless disrupting it is on your agenda. No "bonus points" that derail the thread. If Mischief is your bent, there are better places.

I started this, so I'm calling it.

Gromit, you owe me. Nobody got yours', so do a new one. Hopefully, you can find something a little more mainstream. We would like to solve them.

The Merlin thing was awesome though.

[JDNSW]

Oh wow. Thanks.

I don't think anyone would have got that one. Well I could have if my Dad was still alive. He worked on Merlins during the war.

Same here - he spent part of the war making tooling for them, but never mentioned that to me!

[cuppabillytea]

Same here - he spent part of the war making tooling for them, but never mentioned that to me!

They tended not to say much at all John. It's not easy to fill in the gaps. My Dad finished up at Narrandera. Where was yours?

[JDNSW]

They tended not to say much at all John. It's not easy to fill in the gaps. My Dad finished up at Narrandera. Where was yours?

Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation's engine factory at Lidcombe. He stayed there until the factory closed in the 1950s.

[gromit]

Gromit, you owe me. Nobody got yours', so do a new one. Hopefully, you can find something a little more mainstream. We would like to solve them.



Not exactly mainstream but here goes.......

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/50.jpg (http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/cradley/media/Stuff/IMG-1200_zps8jw7qqhp.jpg.html)

The section with the round knob moves in/out.
Comes in a leather case with a belt loop.


Colin

[Tins]

Not exactly mainstream but here goes.......

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/50.jpg (http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/cradley/media/Stuff/IMG-1200_zps8jw7qqhp.jpg.html)

The section with the round knob moves in/out.
Comes in a leather case with a belt loop.


Colin

Looks military. A rangefinder?

[Tins]

Looks military. A rangefinder?

Oh. Just saw the background. It's smaller than I first thought.

[gromit]

That was obviously too easy.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/48.jpg (http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/cradley/media/Stuff/IMG_1200_zpsij49xjsm.jpg.html)

Rangefinder from the First World War. Found it at a car boot sale in the UK years ago (paid 50pence). A colleague told me "if it's golf related it will be worth thousands if military it'll be worth about 5quid, unfortunately it's military.

Newspaper advert here https://www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com/item/the-hymans-pocket-range-finder-iln0-1915-1106-0027-003/


Colin

[Tins]

That was obviously too easy.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/48.jpg (http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/cradley/media/Stuff/IMG_1200_zpsij49xjsm.jpg.html)

Rangefinder from the First World War. Found it at a car boot sale in the UK years ago (paid 50pence). A colleague told me "if it's golf related it will be worth thousands if military it'll be worth about 5quid, unfortunately it's military.

Newspaper advert here The Hymans Pocket Range Finder | THE INTERACTIVE WAR NEWS (https://www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com/item/the-hymans-pocket-range-finder-iln0-1915-1106-0027-003/)


Colin

I was going periscope first, but the scale on the side gave it away. Only easy if those things are of interest. They are to me.

Blast, now I have to think of something.

[Tins]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/45.jpg

[V8Ian]

Pocket watch.

[cuppabillytea]

I'm guessing that's a Chrysanthemum motif, possibly a Japanese Military issue Fob Watch from WWII?

[Tins]

Not a watch.

[Tins]

I'm guessing that's a Chrysanthemum motif, possibly a Japanese Military issue Fob Watch from WWII?

Quite a bit older than that.

[pop058]

We need the winners to fulfil their obligations here.:rulez:

I'm working on it [biggrin]

[V8Ian]

You would, ya show-off. [wink11]

[cuppabillytea]

A povo snuff Box?

[Tins]

A povo snuff Box?

Nope. But it may have been carried by the same type of person.

[bee utey]

A pocket compass?

[Tins]

A pocket compass?


Sorry, no.

[bee utey]

A tinder box. Pictures of military lighters look somewhat similar.

[Tins]

A tinder box. Pictures of military lighters look somewhat similar.

Nope.

[cuppabillytea]

A Monocle Case.

[V8Ian]

A Monocle Case.
After the elaborate description you started with, you could at least tell us if you think it's a left or right monocle case. [wink11]

[Tins]

After the elaborate description you started with, you could at least tell us if you think it's a left or right monocle case. [wink11]

Doesn't matter. It isn't either.

[cuppabillytea]

After the elaborate description you started with, you could at least tell us if you think it's a left or right monocle case. [wink11]

I like to limit showing off to once, or at the most twice in one day. [bigwhistle]

[Chops]

A pill/powder box

[Tins]

A pill/powder box

Luke warm on the first one, cold on the second.

I'm trying to think of a clue that won't give it away. I think I may need to give one soon...

[bee utey]

Gin flask.

[Tins]

Gin flask.

I'm tipping that a; the size doesn't come across in the pic, or b; you aren't a gin drinker...

NO.

[Tins]

Let me see. It carries something we don't use quite so much these days, but in it's day it's contents would have been important.

If I put it another way I'll spoil it. Oh, it's over 100 years old.

[Chops]

The only other thing I can think of is that its a tobacco box.

[bee utey]

Smelling salts.

[Chops]

I should also say a "snuff" box. Widely used amongst the gentry folk.

[Tombie]

I'd say Snuff [emoji6]

[Tins]

I'd say Snuff [emoji6]

Quite a few would. But, we do still use what was inside this one, but ours lack the significance.

[Chops]

A watch "case".

[Tins]

A watch "case".

You were lukewarm before, Marcus. Not sure Leeanne would like where you are now.... [bigwhistle]

[Tombie]

Not a case for the discerning gentleman?

[Chops]

You were lukewarm before, Marcus. Not sure Leeanne would like where you are now.... [bigwhistle]


haha,,
not wrong there,,, I shouldn't be on here at this point [wink11] (Impressive you've spelt her name correctly,,, [biggrin])

[Tins]

haha,,
not wrong there,,, I shouldn't be on here at this point [wink11] (Impressive you've spelt her name correctly,,, [biggrin])


Observant, I am... Besides, I'm coming to Wombat, and Leeanne gets the best pozzie at the The Fire. Need to keep her on side.

[Tombie]

I'd say this is the answer..

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/28.jpg

[cuppabillytea]

It's a box for carrying a spies suicide pill.

[Tins]

I'd say this is the answer..

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/05/28.jpg

When you see the size of this, and more importantly, how much it carried, you may regret this post.

[Tins]

It's a box for carrying a spies suicide pill.

No. However, one might have fit. Not so secret, though. Would have been a little more 'open'. That is not a subtle clue.

[Tins]

Condoms? Suicide pills? Ok, I accept that there are those among us that would still use one of those, but I have already ruled out a suicide pill. Prophylactics are also hereby ruled out. You need to look far closer to home. What, Tombie excluded, do you find yourself with at the end of the day? Do you want them? And, would someone have wanted one or two a hundred years ago?

Now, I can't say fairer than that, Henry Higgins. Blimey. Although, the bloke who owned this would NEVER have said blimey.

Enough clues. Get on with it. Oi never fort this would go on so.

Get on with it.

[bee utey]

A bottle opener

[Tins]

A bottle opener

Sigh. The bloke who owned this rarely needed one.

Fail.

[Tins]

No more clues. They would give it away.


Tell me when you've had enough.... Five votes calls it. I don't want to give it up too easily, as it really isn't that hard...

[cuppabillytea]

This is hard for me. I've never been a Gentleman, but I'm not giving up.

[Tins]

This is hard for me. I've never been a Gentleman, but I'm not giving up.

Glad to hear it. Not giving up 'makes you' a gentleman, apparently.

BTW, the Gentleman thing is a clue, although not a very helpful one. Think, if you were a 'swell' these days, and you wanted to pay a cabbie.... Now, go back to those days, and think how you would have done it. That there is a personal clue to you, Billy. But someone else will probably pinch it.

[cuppabillytea]

It's surly not a receptacle for coins of the Realm.? wait I think I've seen such a thing used in "Upstairs Downstairs " or "Sherlock Holmes ". Would it be called a coin fob?

[Tins]

It's surly not a receptacle for coins of the Realm.? wait I think I've seen such a thing used in "Upstairs Downstairs " or "Sherlock Holmes ". Would it be called a coin fob?


I would not have described it thus, but I must call it. You have it, Sir.123961

Now, it is your job, a mere trifle I might add, to better it...

[Tins]

How long, seriously, would this last without clues..

[cuppabillytea]

I would not have described it thus, but I must call it. You have it, Sir.123961

Now, it is your job, a mere trifle I might add, to better it...

Not at all old boy. You had us all stumped.
As you handed me this one on a plate, I shall refrain from making this one about plates... Well almost entirely not about plates.

I'm after the name of the Green thing.

[bee utey]

How long, seriously, would this last without clues..

Well I've never seen anything like it and thanks for putting it up. [bigsmile1]

[Tins]

Well I've never seen anything like it and thanks for putting it up. [bigsmile1]

I'm not surprised. I know your bent. You put up a brave show. The antiquities may come up again, though. Well. assuming that I pick another one.. Which I won't.

[Tins]

Tricky. The green thing indeed. I see more than one green thing...

Must know there is deception here...

[cuppabillytea]

Tricky. The green thing indeed. I see more than one green thing...

Must know there is deception here...

The cube shaped Green thing, if you please.

[Chops]

An anti rattle valve, or could be a type of liquid pressure absorbing device.

[trout1105]

If it is on a boat it looks like it has something to do with the water supply for the deck hose, Maybe an inspection box?

[cuppabillytea]

An anti rattle valve, or could be a type of liquid pressure absorbing device.
It's simpler than that.


If it is on a boat it looks like it has something to do with the water supply for the deck hose, Maybe an inspection box?
Slightly more important than that but closer, and it has a name.

[Chops]

It's simpler than that.


Slightly more important than that but closer, and it has a name.


Picky, picky, picky,,,,

It's just a name [bigwhistle]

[trout1105]

Slightly more important than that but closer, and it has a name.

Anti cavitation or surge tank ?

[bee utey]

A green crap trap.

[Ancient Mariner]

sea chest

[V8Ian]

Accumulator, to keep a pump primed.

[cuppabillytea]

Picky, picky, picky,,,,

It's just a name [bigwhistle]
Just the name I want.


Anti cavitation or surge tank ?
No


A green crap trap.
Not as silly as you think


sea chest`
Close but of a different nature.


Accumulator, to keep a pump primed.
Not quite. The pump is below sea level. Its in the pick too.

[bee utey]

Well, I dunno, but sea chest comes up in searches.

Sea water pumps on a ship: Sea chest suction filter cleaning procedures and their importance (http://www.brighthubengineering.com/marine-engines-machinery/41043-procedure-of-sw-pump-sea-chest-cleaning/)

[Tote]

A sea cock?

[cuppabillytea]

I owe bee utey an apology. I thought he was having a bit of a joke. Technically he is correct but the thing has another name. If no one gets it in the next post bee utey gets the prize.

[cuppabillytea]

A sea cock?

A sea cock is below it.

[trout1105]

It's a weed trap, to prevent weed etc. from fouling the pump.

[bee utey]

Sea strainer?

[trout1105]

Sea strainer?

HeHe:lol2::clap2:
Even if it isn't the correct name That has to be the winner [thumbsupbig]

[cuppabillytea]

These are all wonderfully descriptive names, but as Mr bee utey has pointed out Ancient Mariner, has given us a technically correct answer although the answer I wanted was "Strum Box".
The Mercy Rule must now be applied and the prize given to The Ancient Mariner.

[bee utey]

My guess (via google search) is "strum box" refers to the coarse grating that protects the inlet to the bilge pump, a bit like guitar strings in appearance. A "sea chest" or "sea strainer" on the other hand refers to a box containing a coarse mesh filter that keeps wildlife from entering your cooling pump. This of course has to be opened and cleaned frequently. Some very interesting pictures of sea strainers and their failures on the internet.

Well on the off chance that AM doesn't want to get his sea boots dirty down in the bilge, I do have a widget on hand that should have some people guessing for a while.

[cuppabillytea]

My guess (via google search) is "strum box" refers to the coarse grating that protects the inlet to the bilge pump, a bit like guitar strings in appearance. A "sea chest" or "sea strainer" on the other hand refers to a box containing a coarse mesh filter that keeps wildlife from entering your cooling pump. This of course has to be opened and cleaned frequently. Some very interesting pictures of sea strainers and their failures on the internet.

Well on the off chance that AM doesn't want to get his sea boots dirty down in the bilge, I do have a widget on hand that should have some people guessing for a while.
All such strainers are called Strum Boxes. At least in the schools I went to.
As you pointed out earlier, Ancient Mariner called it a Sea Chest and since that is technically correct I had to give him the win.
Incidentally: I believe that the original strum was a trainer for draining the liquid from the malted grain in the brewing process.

[Ancient Mariner]

Sea chest for raw water intake or spare pieces of eight Strum box for bilge water but as the Brew said technicaly still a sea chest

Bee utey near enough so over to him

Thanks AM

[Vern]

Good to see you're back Noel

[cuppabillytea]

My guess (via google search) is "strum box" refers to the coarse grating that protects the inlet to the bilge pump, a bit like guitar strings in appearance. A "sea chest" or "sea strainer" on the other hand refers to a box containing a coarse mesh filter that keeps wildlife from entering your cooling pump. This of course has to be opened and cleaned frequently. Some very interesting pictures of sea strainers and their failures on the internet.

Well on the off chance that AM doesn't want to get his sea boots dirty down in the bilge, I do have a widget on hand that should have some people guessing for a while.


Sea chest for raw water intake or spare pieces of eight Strum box for bilge water but as the Brew said technicaly still a sea chest

Bee utey near enough so over to him

Thanks AM
I'm never going to call a Sea Chest a Strum Box ever again I promise. AM says BE has it, and since BE has done the most research I agree.

[bee utey]

124025124026

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/general-chat/124025d1496272555-what-competition-thing-1.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/general-chat/124026d1496272583-what-competition-thing-2.jpg

[Ancient Mariner]

Looks like a old film guillotine

[trout1105]

Is it a leather "Strop" cleaner?

[bee utey]

Films don't come near this device but leather does. However, it doesn't clean anything.

[V8Ian]

With nothing to reference the size, I'll suggest guillotine.

[V8Ian]

:oops2: There was another page.
Could be some sort of mill, to thin and enlarge the area of leather.

[bee utey]

:oops2: There was another page.
Could be some sort of mill, to thin and enlarge the area of leather.

Getting closer, but a mill it's not. It is however operated using two hands.

[trout1105]

Is it used to make boot laces?

[bee utey]

Is it used to make boot laces?

No, not that. This tool was for a specific operation rather than a specific product.

[V8Ian]

Is it used to emboss?

[donh54]

Used for skiving leather - either thinning a strap to a set thickness for reins, etc. or to be stitched together for making stronger straps than an equivalent single thickness (as in for throughbraces, etc.)

[cuppabillytea]

Agh. Don's got it.

[donh54]

Agh. Don's got it.

[bigsmile][bigrolf][bigrolf]

I'll go have a look for something devious! Oh, wait on - that's me! [bigwhistle] I'll find something in the shed in a little while . BRB

[bee utey]

Used for skiving leather - either thinning a strap to a set thickness for reins, etc. or to be stitched together for making stronger straps than an equivalent single thickness (as in for throughbraces, etc.)

Well done that fellow. It is indeed a skiver. My wife bought it 40 years ago off an old man who had owned it for a long time. She made a couple of sets of small horse harness with the aid of this tool. I've just brought the blade back to a razor edge for the first time in years. She used it mainly to taper the ends of leather straps, either to join two lengths or to reduce bulk in an end loop.

[donh54]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/06/582.jpg

See how you go with this. My Grandmother had one (not this exact one, but one like it)

[Chops]

That'll be a Lamb Shank holder,,, my nana had one

[Don 130]

Don't know the name of it, but it's for holding the leg bone of a pheasant or similar to allow for carving

Don.

[cuppabillytea]

Thumb Screw. My Nana had a collection. [bigwhistle]

[Tins]

Thumb Screw. My Nana had a collection. [bigwhistle]

Explains a lot...

[donh54]

That'll be a Lamb Shank holder,,, my nana had one

That's the money shot! All yours Chops

[V8Ian]

Could you hold chops (or Chops) in it? [bigwhistle]