Sunday, December 16, 2007

Johnnos Friday whatisit

19 comments:

Beecham Motors said...

I give up!

Johnno said...

You can't give up until you try

dieter said...

Is it for wood turning/or boring holes

Beecham Motors said...

wine corker.

Beecham Motors said...

"You can't give up until you try"
of course I can.

Johnno said...

You may be getting a bit warmer dieter

Beecham Motors said...

It's either for inserting wine corks, or pulling them out.

dieter said...

Is it something to do with firearms

Johnno said...

nothing to do with wine or corks or weapons

Gary said...

A key

Johnno said...

sorry Gary not a key

Sue said...

It's one of those tools you use with a refill of silastic, to push the silastic into gaps.

Anonymous said...

its for drilling holes in peoples heads, used 18/19 century to "release demons" !!!

Johnno said...

not a chalking gun sue

Loobyloo, it is for drilling(hint) but what is its purpose

dieter said...

Is it for taking core samples

Mal Kiely [Lancelots Pram] said...

Trepanning? Drilling holes in someone's head? Good god! lol
Mal

eamonn said...

making holes in shoes for the shoe laces!!!!!!

Johnno said...

An instrument for taking water samples from varying depths in a body of water.

A line from an anchor passes up through the curly "quick-thread" fitting and up through the lever mechenism. A test tube is placed in the tube (that looks like a gun barrel) facing down. The unit is lowered to the desired depth, air in the test tube keeping water out. A small weight is then sent down the line hitting the lever, unlocking the tube holder. It flips down allowing the test tube to fill with the sample water. It's then pulled up with the sample intact (hopefully).

You can see the framework has been machined from a solid brass plate end to end.

Beecham Motors said...

NO more obscure ones please, no one would know that, sorryhun. Let's go back to things we can identify with. hugs