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  • qube
    qube Posts: 1,899
    It's called a "swift"

    Used to wind skeins of yarn etc by the Shakers in 18th century Englandshire.

    It was called a swift as it was more portable than other reels/cobs.

    :wink:
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    Here you are. It looks like you've been keeping yourselves amused though :)

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    I didn't put a scaling item in, sorry. I can tell you that it is about the size of a hammer.


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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    A hammer case?
  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    It looks like there is a battery and bulb type thing inside it.

    Is it a hammer for carpenters in the arctic circle to use during the winter months?
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    Phil_D wrote:
    It looks like there is a battery and bulb type thing inside it.

    No, there isn't.


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  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,881
    does the little blck bit inside the head slide about when you swing it?
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    nope. There are no moving parts as you see it there, apart from the whole thing of course.


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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    slightly different view....

    DSC_9409.jpg

    I'd recommend the zoom control :)


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  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,881
    It looks like a strange hybrid of a hammer and a bike pump.

    Looks like the end screws off, is there some kind of spike in there so it can be used to smash windows like those little hammers you get for breaking emergency glass?
  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    Looks as useful as a glass hammer :mrgreen:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Does the black thing fly out the hole?
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    Nothing moves on the device as you see it, apart from the bit on the front which does unscrew. It's that 'face' which you need to look at carefully.


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  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    Hmm, a bizarre orifice, a bit like a drill chuck, but not adjustable. Does it grip something that then sticks out??

    Like those cheap screwdrivers that have lots of bits kept in the handle??
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    natrix wrote:
    Hmm, a bizarre orifice, a bit like a drill chuck, but not adjustable. Does it grip something that then sticks out??

    Like those cheap screwdrivers that have lots of bits kept in the handle??

    Getting warmer.


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  • big_p
    big_p Posts: 565
    Its for knocking a bullet out of the shell casing.
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    big p wrote:
    Its for knocking a bullet out of the shell casing.

    Yes. The answer comes from someone who knows rather than works it out. :lol:

    As he says, it removes a bullet from the case without having to fire it. You clamp the case in the colette chuck with the bullet facing into the 'hammer' and then you knock the opposite face on a hard surface. The momentum of the bullet drops it out of the case and into the space inside the hammer head.

    over to you bigp


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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    It's that time again...

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  • big_p
    big_p Posts: 565
    I can't find anything worthy of these fine pages so i throw it open to the floor.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
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  • metronome
    metronome Posts: 670
    is it for working out marble trajectory?
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,694
    How big is it?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    Nope and about 11" long.
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  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 721
    measuring feet?
  • Pituophis
    Pituophis Posts: 1,025
    diplodicus wrote:
    measuring feet?

    If its 11" long it's just too short for measuring feet!

    Is it some sort of strain gauge/calculator?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    It's a sort of calculator.
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  • tyred&weary
    tyred&weary Posts: 243
    It looks like a vernier designed to measure something to 1/16th of an inch, up to 8 inches. But I can't work out how it works or what it would measure that couldn't be measured with a ruler?
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,694
    pinarello001 wrote:
    It's a sort of calculator.
    Are you guessing what it is? You are supposed to know the answer.
    Some sort of basic slide rule?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    Veronese68 wrote:
    pinarello001 wrote:
    It's a sort of calculator.
    Are you guessing what it is? You are supposed to know the answer.
    Some sort of basic slide rule?

    No.
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    Is it for measuring thread counts in fabric?


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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    The game is up folks. I have no idea what it is. I e-mailed the bloke on the website it is on and he hasn't got back to me yet,
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