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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 24 Aug 2025, 02:06
by Stanley
It's being driven by the belt and it's in the boiler house at Bancroft.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 25 Aug 2025, 03:05
by Stanley
No takers?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 26 Aug 2025, 02:45
by Stanley
If there is no movement by midday I shall knock it on the head.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 26 Aug 2025, 13:15
by Stanley
It's the belt drive that operated the scrapers on the economiser tubes in the boiler house. It was an automatically reversing system and was fascinating to watch....
Now we need another object. Anyone up for it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 28 Aug 2025, 03:12
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 28 Aug 2025, 05:59
by Big Kev
Clock mechanism?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 28 Aug 2025, 08:21
by Stanley
Too easy wasn't it! Yes, but to be more specific, it's the turret clock Johnny Pickles made for the Catholic church in Barlick.....
We need another object now....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Aug 2025, 02:32
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Aug 2025, 15:59
by Big Kev
Looks like a screw on lid for something

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 02:00
by Stanley
You're right about the quick thread Kev but it's not a lid, in fact quite the reverse.....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 13:38
by Stanley
Any offers?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 13:43
by Tripps
Looks like it has a handle - well used pressure cooker? :smile:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 14:07
by Big Kev
Is it coffee related?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 31 Aug 2025, 01:34
by Stanley
You're both getting closer, domestic but only a fraction more than an inch in diameter..... David is right, there's something on the side of it.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 31 Aug 2025, 13:38
by Stanley
Look very carefully. The colour of the stains might give you a clue....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 31 Aug 2025, 16:51
by Big Kev
Tea or gravy?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 01 Sep 2025, 02:03
by Stanley
Not edible, poison in fact!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 01 Sep 2025, 05:55
by Wendyf
Is it a pipe bowl?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 01 Sep 2025, 07:34
by Stanley
Well done Wendy, you have got it. It's the bowl of a falcon pipe. The bowls screwed in and the big advantage was that they could be dismantled and cleaned properly.... I reckon that's why I escaped unscathed after over 60 years of smoking!
Now we need another object.... :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 02 Sep 2025, 02:44
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 03 Sep 2025, 02:44
by Stanley
No takers? You've seen it before. Steam engine related..... :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 03 Sep 2025, 21:10
by Gloria
Sorry, but not a clue.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Sep 2025, 01:48
by Stanley
Not surprising Gloria, very few people would recognise it. I'll knock it on the head at dinnertime. I'll try a clue, very closely associated with piston rods.....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Sep 2025, 07:29
by Gloria
Is it a counter weight?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Sep 2025, 08:46
by Stanley
Sorry Gloria but no. Think of the rods sliding in and out of the cylinder.