Intersting ATM item from 1918 !! - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Pellseinydd · 9th May 2023, 11:43 am

See attached.

Don't think it is some sort of insulator?

Roger Ramjet · 9th May 2023, 11:50 am

No expert but I wonder if it is the screw in fuse for a WW2 mortar ?

Rog

Pellseinydd · 9th May 2023, 12:01 pm

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Originally Posted by Roger Ramjet

No expert but I wonder if it is the screw in fuse for a WW2 mortar ?

Rog

WW2 in 1918?

g8jzyian · 9th May 2023, 12:02 pm

My thought was get advice from an expert in ordanance. if it is a detonator it might still be live.
https://ator1149.home.xs4all.nl/wfm/...munition3.html
scroll down to No 106 II

The Philpott · 9th May 2023, 12:24 pm

It does look like ordnance to me, a nose fuze. The fine thread is a giveaway, and all this type of thing had a date stamped into it for traceability. Where did it come from?

Corrosion suggests it was removed from its housing a long time ago....dropping it is not an option- best place for him in the short term is in a stout box with bubble wrap.

Dave

Station X · 9th May 2023, 12:35 pm

Definitely a WW1 shell fuze similar to this:-

http://www.passioncompassion1418.com...n106Schema.jpg

Have the "guts" been removed through the bottom?

Pellseinydd · 9th May 2023, 1:23 pm

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Originally Posted by Station X

Definitely a WW1 shell fuze similar to this:-

http://www.passioncompassion1418.com...n106Schema.jpg

Have the "guts" been removed through the bottom?

Yes it is or rather was empty. I came from the collection of an old former AT&E employee whose collection was mostly disposed of by his daughter nearly twenty years ago. But an interesting slightly telephone related as their Edge Lane Works had been turned over to producing ammunition for the poor guys in the trenches. Can't be many of those left that are known of. Sadly I don't know what hapened to it.

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g8jzyian Pentode Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, UK. Posts: 148	Re: Intersting ATM item from 1918 !! My thought was get advice from an expert in ordanance. if it is a detonator it might still be live. https://ator1149.home.xs4all.nl/wfm/...munition3.html scroll down to No 106 II Last edited by g8jzyian; 9th May 2023 at 12:15 pm.

9th May 2023, 12:24 pm	#5
The Philpott Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Colchester, Essex, UK. Posts: 3,944	Re: Intersting ATM item from 1918 !! It does look like ordnance to me, a nose fuze. The fine thread is a giveaway, and all this type of thing had a date stamped into it for traceability. Where did it come from? Corrosion suggests it was removed from its housing a long time ago....dropping it is not an option- best place for him in the short term is in a stout box with bubble wrap. Dave Last edited by The Philpott; 9th May 2023 at 12:30 pm.

9th May 2023, 12:35 pm	#6
Station X Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4, UK. Posts: 20,464	Re: Intersting ATM item from 1918 !! Definitely a WW1 shell fuze similar to this:- http://www.passioncompassion1418.com...n106Schema.jpg Have the "guts" been removed through the bottom? __________________ Graham. Forum Moderator Reach for your meter before you reach for your soldering iron.