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Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:48 am
by gpwcollector
Or maybe a roller from a printing press (For the Boxes) :idea:

Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:11 am
by Moyboy
Its to hold the wheels in or used in the process of putting tyres on rims.

Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:29 am
by tjlglass
I got this from a former tool maker and the last clue is that is was used to level things ?
Here it is in it's original box.
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Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:31 am
by tjlglass
Just to add it wasn't used with any other machinery and was used on its own, and involved blue chalk ?

Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:58 am
by mrmoko
If you throw it hard enough it could level just about anything. :lol:

Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:07 pm
by zBret
tjlglass wrote:I got this from a former tool maker and the last clue is that is was used to level things ?
Here it is in it's original box.
tjlglass wrote:Just to add it wasn't used with any other machinery and was used on its own, and involved blue chalk ?
It's a "pint level", probably used on his lunch break, at the local pub. ;)
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zBret

Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:53 pm
by tjlglass
In all fairness zbret that would work lol

Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:39 pm
by fixer
It's a plumbob off a left handed sky hook
Or maybe a stand for a set of skirting board ladders

Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:12 pm
by johnboy
fixer wrote:It's a plumbob off a left handed sky hook
Or maybe a stand for a set of skirting board ladders
:lol: or perhaps a bucket of steam or a cannister of tartan paint.

Re: Can you tell what it is yet.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:44 pm
by motorman
Or an over polished Jobby! :!: