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28th Nov 2017, 10:10 pm | #1 |
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Does anyone know what this is?
This came from my late father's workshop and is in good clean condition which suggests he used it. The question is what for?
It would appear that the round base plate is designed to fix to a bench or wall and then a work piece of some kind is clamped to it using the wing nut. Does anyone know what its function was? Thanks.
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28th Nov 2017, 10:50 pm | #2 |
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Pot shot...Old magnifier stand...bench...wall...machine?
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28th Nov 2017, 11:02 pm | #3 |
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I used to work in the shoe industry and It looks like the base of an industrial sewing machine lamp to me.
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28th Nov 2017, 11:05 pm | #4 |
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That's certainly very likely, as Dad lived in Norwich all his life, although he didn't work in the Boot and Shoe Industry.
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28th Nov 2017, 11:15 pm | #6 |
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28th Nov 2017, 11:18 pm | #7 |
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The forums come up trumps again!
Thanks guys. I'm pretty sure I don't have the rest of it, but I'll have a look.
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29th Nov 2017, 1:58 am | #8 |
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Of course your late father may have used it for some other purpose.
I have seen a very similar stand used to hold a Bunsen burner for evenly heating an article being rotated on a turntable. (for the purpose of soldering a brass container, the heat had to be even around the circumference) |
29th Nov 2017, 9:44 am | #9 |
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I totally agree, my late father was the maintenance engineer in a hosiery factory with lots of knitting and sewing machines. As a result I had two of these lamps on my electronics bench as a schoolboy back in the 60's. They were fitted with 6 volt bulbs supplied by a transformer hanging on the wall. I might even still have them in 'deep storage' somewhere!
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29th Nov 2017, 5:42 pm | #10 |
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The bulbs most commonly used for these sewing machine lights were frosted reflector lamps, screw base, 12 volt, 17 watt.
6 volt versions were also used, again 17 watts. The 6 volt or 12 volt supply was often obtained from a tapping* on the motor and therefore not as safe* as it sounds since there was no isolation from the mains. The 12 volt 17 watt bulbs are still available, and before the LED age were used for other purposes when a directional but not highly focussed light was required from a 12 volt supply. *I used to work for the maintenance contractor at a large department store that had a tailoring alterations and repairs department. The factory inspector criticised the lighting on the sewing machines, and I was given the job of retrofitting proper isolating transformers to supply the 12 volt lights. |
29th Nov 2017, 7:57 pm | #11 |
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29th Nov 2017, 8:12 pm | #12 |
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The bulbs used in my two examples were certainly not frosted reflector lamps with a screw base. They were small bayonet types, with the reflector as a separate item, part of the lamp.
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I want one!
It's steampunk without even trying!
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29th Nov 2017, 10:24 pm | #15 |
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I seem to remember that the boot & shoe industry was nationwide ( certainly from I picked up from my late father, who was in the trade for years, as a master shoemaker).
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29th Nov 2017, 10:39 pm | #16 |
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When asked what their job was people in Norwich would often say that they were "in the boot work". Many of them burned redundant shoe lasts on their open fires.
The National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives (NUBSO) had their headquarters, or possibly a sizeable branch office in Norwich. The other big centre apart from Northampton and Norwich was Leicester.
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29th Nov 2017, 10:41 pm | #17 |
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If it's just the stand you want you're welcome to it FOC.
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30th Nov 2017, 12:15 am | #18 |
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I do remember the old lasts, which were made of wood, but when I cleared out late dad's shed with what was left of his collection of lasts ( all metal), I'd have needed at least a 7.5-ton truck to take them away.
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It looks akin to a modern "third hand" - perhaps your father used it as such!
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The stand offer is tempting, but I'd probably never get round to making the rest. Maybe one of our more mechanically proficient members would take up the challenge?
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