Ancient wooden adaptor - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Tractorfan · 4th Jun 2014, 6:03 pm

Hi,
Reading a recent thread about trade marks on plugs, etc. reminded me that I have a 15 Amp round pin adaptor also bearing the GAC logo. It is made of wood with hard fibrous disks around the sockets. I was discussing with a friend what type of fine grain wood it's likely to be. At the time we thought maybe ash or maple. Now I'm thinking boxwood. I was useless at woodwork, perhaps our learned members can assist?

Cheers, Pete.

Freya · 4th Jun 2014, 7:05 pm

Looks more like mahogany from where the finish has come off, typical faded look just like the mahogany veneer finish on some of my televisions.

G6Tanuki · 4th Jun 2014, 7:05 pm

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Originally Posted by Tractorfan

I was discussing with a friend what type of fine grain wood it's likely to be

"Lignum Vitae" - whatever that is - was often the material-of-choice for such things. It was also the traditional wood-of-choice for the formers and mauls used by plumbers/lead-beaters when making bends in lead pipework.

Refugee · 5th Jun 2014, 11:22 am

Another candidate would be spindle wood. It was used to make the wooden parts for spinning machines. There would have been plenty to hand when electrical uses came along as the old industry was closing down at the same time.

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Refugee Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 5,554	Re: Ancient wooden adaptor Another candidate would be spindle wood. It was used to make the wooden parts for spinning machines. There would have been plenty to hand when electrical uses came along as the old industry was closing down at the same time.