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What is it?
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StevieB
Nordic Pine
A holdfast?
Steve
Steve
Phil
Old Oak
An early Bristol lever?
Cheers
Phil
Cheers
Phil
Phil
Old Oak
RogerS":22wy824c said:Neither but thanks for having a go
Perhaps I should say 'What are they'?
The left one is for the Mk 9 left hand back door handle of the space schuttle and the right hand one is the Bristolian lever holding the door in place.
:lol:
Are we seeing these the right way up?
Do they need to be rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise?
Pinch
Old Oak
A car jack?
bscene-drinkingcheers:
bscene-drinkingcheers:
Pinch":2si4pc8e said:A car jack?
No.
The two items would not work without each other ...well, they could but the end result would be disastrous. In their modern form they are in use around the world all the time. :eusa-think:
Rod
Old Oak
WC parts?
Rod
Rod
Are they used by coffin makers?
It is not the cough that carries you off but the coffin they carry you off in.
It is not the cough that carries you off but the coffin they carry you off in.
Andyp":15c5bbjf said:Are they used by coffin makers?
It is not the cough that carries you off but the coffin they carry you off in.
LOL!
No, although what they were attached to in the early days could (and often did) become widow-makers. Still do sometimes these days due to operator error.
Then they must be used in conjunction with something else, something sharp probably.
StevieB
Nordic Pine
Part of a vehicle of some sort - early form of sled/carriage?
Steve
Steve
Doug
Old Oak
Early form of car jack :eusa-think:
Ejector seat...
Mark
Mark
Horse drawn transport or self propelled? Surely too old for motorised transport
Doug
Old Oak
Bomb carrier/ejector :eusa-think:
is it a thing for holding or releasing?
Is the uppermost one a handle/crank of sorts and significantly smaller than the bottom one?
Mark
Mark
Does one of them turn something over?
RogerS":35tletzj said:
So both around 6'-8' long then?
Mark
Andyp":moct7o2x said:
Mmmm...not quite turn over (luckily for the original designer!)
TrimTheKing":moct7o2x said:
No, the u-shape thing, for example, is roughly the width of a man...not height!
RogerS":2o3esi85 said:
Ah okay. You confused me when you wrote earlier that a man could lie in it comfortably…
Mark
If it helps, the items in my picture are American. The French developed a different item, with the same functionality, and which evolved to most of the ones in use today. I've used the French version.
RogerS":13jpsqwl said:
How long ago?
RogerS":2kqp9dsi said:Andyp":2kqp9dsi said:
Last time I used a French version (which has been adopted worldwide) was back in 1999 although I did have a play with one last year in London
In a museum?
Andyp":2xvytbpo said:RogerS":2xvytbpo said:Andyp":2xvytbpo said:
Last time I used a French version (which has been adopted worldwide) was back in 1999 although I did have a play with one last year in London
In a museum?
In London, yes.
The science museum?
What are they made of?