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TooLateForAName

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Monday 20th November 2023
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A friend has found this in amongst her late fathers tools. Family were involved in woodworking if that helps.
Any idea what it is? (about 14 inches long)



Edited by TooLateForAName on Monday 20th November 17:07

ARHarh

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109 months

Monday 20th November 2023
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Looks like it's for mounting something on a table or bench. My first thought was for an angle poise lamp.

TooLateForAName

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Monday 20th November 2023
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ARHarh said:
Looks like it's for mounting something on a table or bench. My first thought was for an angle poise lamp.
I thought a mount of some sort - bit heavy duty for an anglepoise though. Not really clear to me if the screw end fixes to a bench or the rounded end goes in a socket.

speedyman

1,526 posts

236 months

Monday 20th November 2023
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Angle bracket for a sun shade.

Nethybridge

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14 months

Monday 20th November 2023
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Tennis net bracket and adjuster.

TooLateForAName

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Monday 20th November 2023
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Nethybridge said:
Tennis net bracket and adjuster.
Thats an interesting possibility - how does that work? should there be another part?

LunarOne

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139 months

Monday 20th November 2023
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Some sort of Victorian dildo? What you might call a dildon't...

Sorry.

normalbloke

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221 months

Monday 20th November 2023
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LunarOne said:
Some sort of Victorian dildo? What you might call a dildon't...

Sorry.
Reminds me of our tame scouse friends around for dinner one night. Without realising, telling us how he ‘ doesn’t do dill though’…..

skwdenyer

16,717 posts

242 months

Tuesday 21st November 2023
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TooLateForAName said:
A friend has found this in amongst her late fathers tools. Family were involved in woodworking if that helps.
Any idea what it is? (about 14 inches long)



Edited by TooLateForAName on Monday 20th November 17:07
The upper (in the photo) part looks like a table-edge clamp, similar to those used to support embroidery hoops and similar.

The lower part seems to have been used for something that rotated, judging by the wear pattern, but that could easily have simply been an element that could swing to a suitable position, rather than an actual rotating contact.

But it could be the complete opposite, with the spigot fitting into a hole in some other element, supporting an adjustable clamp designed to hold another piece of some description.

If there are any other mystery parts with the Father's tools, that might shed some light.