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Old 06-02-18, 05:55 PM   #1
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Hello mighty org. I have no idea what these two objects are.

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It is hollow and as you can see different size holes ate each end. It's about 9 inches total length.

Secondly what I thought was a overly elaborate bottle opener

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Thanks for helping out a bored and sad LOM
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Old 06-02-18, 07:39 PM   #2
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first one is a hat iron

second one looks like its been a set of pan scales at some point
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But.. what is a "hat iron" ?
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Old 06-02-18, 11:04 PM   #4
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But.. what is a "hat iron" ?
It's an iron for hats

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This iron was designed to smooth out the nap on silk stovepipe top hats
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the iron was a hollow instrument that was heated on a lighted gas jet. It heated in one minute. The high silk hat was held in the left hand. Using the concave side of the iron, the right hand moved it with the lay of the nap. For the crown, the flat side of the iron was used
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...iron-440649876
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Old 08-02-18, 10:29 AM   #5
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Thanks Bibio.
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Old 17-05-18, 08:38 PM   #6
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Wednesday the Son In Law and I bought a pillar drill at a physical auction (yes they still exist), went to get it today and it came with a car full of rubbish which we didn't know about as the wife had bid for us. Anyway amonst all of this skip bound carp was a bit of kit which is obviously a quality bit of kit. Its made by a company called Cooke Troughton & Simms of York, who back in the day made quality instruments to do with light, level dumps, microscopes, telescopes, theodolites, sextants etc. However this doesn't seem to be an instrument that uses light from what I can see. My mate Google has shown me loads of images which look nothing like what I have. When you turn on the switch the motor rotates the little table. underneath the are what appear to be drive pulleys perhaps to drive other things. BTW we have no idea if the pillar drill works as we spent the afternoon looking at this and scratching our heads.

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Old 17-05-18, 11:09 PM   #7
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My guess is a device for shaping lenses.
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Old 17-05-18, 11:28 PM   #8
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Your mate Google and I had a quick look about in amongst his old movies and pictures.
Looks very similar to a device for polishing lenses in this old film.
Fast forward to 18m48s: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/...45-1939-online

EDIT: just had a quick thought, spot the PPE... any H&S people you're not keen on, get them to watch this film from start to end and they're pretty much guaranteed a heart attack

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Talking Heads is bang on the money. its an optics polisher.
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Thank you chaps. An interesting film as well. So now what shall I do with it
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