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We've all probably got stuff lurking in the darkest recesses of the garage / attic / shed that is of uncertain provenance; vehicle components, tools, etc. Can anyone put a name to this?  What is it? by Chris, on Flickr Double Anorak points if you can guesstimate which quarter of which Century it belongs to. Feel free to dump pics of your weird garage / attic / shed stuff here! |
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Last Edit: Aug 15, 2017 4:10:11 GMT by MkX
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I'll guess Morse code sender, from the third quarter of the eighteenth century?
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I'll guess Morse code sender, from the third quarter of the eighteenth century? If I was being shown this item for the first time I would also have guessed that it was an electrical telegraph transmitter key (morse key) - I'd have been mistaken too. Not close, no Cohiba sorry! |
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Last Edit: Aug 15, 2017 4:17:53 GMT by MkX
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ferny
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It's for putting the marks on leather, one tiny line at a time. That's why cloth seats became popular.
I would have thought ignition tester as well, but see no windy windy on it.
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I neither know the correct german nor english term, but will try my luck with some kind of ignition box for dynamite from the middle of the 19th century. Again, I can understand why you'd make this guess but it is not a magneto blasting detonator. |
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It's for putting the marks on leather, one tiny line at a time. That's why cloth seats became popular. I would have thought ignition tester as well, but see no windy windy on it. I'm not sure if leather had been invented when this was a new item. It was never fitted with a windy handle. |
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v8ian
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is it a trembler ignition coil? early 20th century
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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As above, model T trembler coil
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Aug 15, 2017 11:33:07 GMT
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An electric shock stimulator to treat sexual hysteria in Victorian ladies?
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74 Mk1 Escort 1360, 1971 Vauxhall Victor SL2000 Estate.
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jamesd1972
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Aug 15, 2017 12:42:01 GMT
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Storage jar for something nasty ?
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Aug 15, 2017 13:04:09 GMT
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It's for putting the marks on leather, one tiny line at a time. That's why cloth seats became popular. I would have thought ignition tester as well, but see no windy windy on it. I'm not sure if leather had been invented when this was a new item. It was never fitted with a windy handle. The use of leather dates back a long way (about 1300BC)! Unless you mean leather as we know it today which has been around since the early 1800's. Now, the comb (or finger) joint was introduced about 1700, and automated using woodworking machinery around 1900... History lesson over, and I have no idea what it is  |
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Aug 15, 2017 18:00:23 GMT
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I'm not sure if leather had been invented when this was a new item. It was never fitted with a windy handle. The use of leather dates back a long way (about 1300BC)! Unless you mean leather as we know it today which has been around since the early 1800's. Now, the comb (or finger) joint was introduced about 1700, and automated using woodworking machinery around 1900... History lesson over, and I have no idea what it is OK, I was being ironic! |
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Aug 15, 2017 18:01:15 GMT
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An electric shock stimulator to treat sexual hysteria in Victorian ladies? I think it could double up in that function! |
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Aug 15, 2017 18:04:56 GMT
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is it a trembler ignition coil? early 20th century It seems we have a winner, it is indeed Ruhmkorff Coil a.k.a. Trembler Coil from the first part of the 20th Century. I'd hoped it might prove a stiffer challenge! |
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Last Edit: Aug 15, 2017 18:05:12 GMT by MkX
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Aug 15, 2017 18:10:49 GMT
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As above, model T trembler coil Maximum Anorak points as it is from the automotive icon that is the Ford Model T.  Ford Model T. by Remo Varkevisser, on Flickr There was 1 trembler coil for each cylinder and the coils were used as an alternative to a Magneto to keep the production costs down, this technology was used during the 'T' production run 1908-1927.  |
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Last Edit: Aug 15, 2017 18:22:21 GMT by MkX
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Aug 15, 2017 18:23:27 GMT
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Storage jar for something nasty ? It's full of little lightnings:- |
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An electric shock stimulator to treat sexual hysteria in Victorian ladies? I´ve seen that movie.  I prefer the term 'romance documentary' |
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