Whatsit?

[DJH]

Anyone know what these are? They aren't for hobbling horses. :lol:

 

[MdB]

Are they older versions of this?

 

[Feltwell]

They are clearly practice conkers for schoolboys of old, for out of season training sessions.

 

[robgil]

Is that what Quasimodo would use on his seat if he were a taxi driver?

Not that he ever had a bad back, or at least if he did he never mentioned it.

 

[DJH]

The bells,the bells ...........Oh my back.... :lol:

Quasi was ringing the bells when he tripped and one swung back hitting him on the head and he got knocked him off the tower and fell to the ground. A crowd gathered asking who it was when the caretaker pushed his way through, scratched his head, and said 'I don't know who it is but his face rings a bell' :roll: :roll:

 

[plasticpigeon]

A giants Rosary beads?

 

[plasticpigeon]

They look like the things that hang off the side of canal boats to stop the hull getting bashed about.

 

[robgil]

The word ''bobbins'' springs to mind , not sure why or where.

Edit - A quick google relieved me of my bobbins idea.

 

[DJH]

Yes Robgil, bobbins they are, in fact they are bobbins and snatch weights and they are used to return lead pipes to the correct diameter when pulling bends in them. I've done dozens of them in my time especially where fabricated bends (those made by cutting and welding) look out of place on period properties where they should match existing ones.

Briefly, if possible with me ( :roll: ) lead pipes are bent or thrown over the knee and after each pull, or throw, a dummy is used up inside the pipe to knock out the dent that forms against the knee. Using a bending stick or dresser the lead is worked back from the throat of the bend to the back of the pipe where it has thinned or stretched. After two or three throws the pipe is restored to its correct diameter by pulling the bobbin through the bend. This is achieved by the plumber at one end of the pipe snatching or tugging the rope, causing the snatch weight to bump the bobbin through. The plumbers mate is at the other end of the pipe and he pulls the rope so that the weight comes back so that the plumber can snatch it again until both bobbin and weight travel through the pipe making a nice round bend in it. There is more to do in the process but that sort of sums it up.

Brief or not? :lol:

The snatch weight unscrews and the rope is knotted inside it so that it can be pulled, or snatched backwards and forwards.........

 

[Jellyfire]

Presumably called bobbins for their similarity to the bobbins used on looms in ye olden days, which i think looked almost the same?

 

[Penners]

antimony

Is that some sort of aversion to matrimony?

 

[DJH]

antimony

Is that some sort of aversion to matrimony?

Aversion?? :lol:

 

[DJH]

An easy one?

 

[Penners]

Sunnink for scribing double arcs/circles?

 

[DJH]

Yes I suppose it could but that's not really what it's for........ 8)

 

[Jellyfire]

For measuring something then I guess. Is it another one belonging to that that old plumber?

 

[Feltwell]

It's an adjustable travel trident, for the modern devil - so much more adaptable than those old-fashioned fixed tridents. Handy pocket size as well, ideal for the modern devil on his travels.

 

[DJH]

Yep, the old plumber would sure have one for.........

 

[philpjuk100]

Gasket cutter?

 

[philpjuk100]

And a ball pein hammer to make the bolt holes?