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15th February 2009, 04:34 PM #1
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another 'guess the thing'
maybe not a tool, don't really know. This wedge is another thing I dug up that came from my parents shed. it is a light alloy and the tab looks like it's there so the wedge can be removed from somewhere. Anyone seen one of these?
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15th February 2009, 07:21 PM #2
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It doesn't bolt onto that other doover, does it?
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16th February 2009, 09:35 AM #3
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i'll hazard a guess and say some sort of locking device.
i still haven't heard from the museum about the other thingy.
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18th February 2009, 12:33 AM #4
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How about part of a hand plane
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18th February 2009, 04:51 AM #5
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hand plane part
it looks alot like a home made iron cap for a hand plane or a wedge for a wooden plane
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18th February 2009, 08:35 AM #6
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hmmm, could be (even if it's not!) but it's not home made, there is a serial number on it.
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18th February 2009, 09:56 AM #7
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Looks like a shim for adjusting the angle of something. The slot would allow the shim to be angled about a bolt or rod.
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19th February 2009, 11:34 AM #8
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I'm with journeyman mick and say its a shim but you would use two, one on top of the other for parallel height adjustment
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19th February 2009, 12:07 PM #9
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Are there ridges on it? (Photos arent clear)
Looks somewhat like the wedges used in the front suspension of some vintage cars...I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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19th February 2009, 12:46 PM #10
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Thanks Mick and Graham. Hadn't thought of a shim
Originally Posted by grahamjb
Sorry about the photos. No ridges. It's smooth. Originally Posted by Gra
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19th February 2009, 09:05 PM #11
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19th February 2009, 11:23 PM #12
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It looks a lot like a camber adjuster for the front end of a car. The old Holdens had adjusters very similar, only they were steel and the slot went right through the thin end, sort of U shaped. The tab on the top was used to hold it with a pair of pliers to put it in or pull it out
If it goes against the grain, it's being rubbed the wrong way!
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20th February 2009, 09:50 AM #13
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Thanks everyone. I've looked at a few similar items and I reckon it is a shim, possibly for a car suspension.
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