The Hobby's model light set is a fascinating bit of vintage. I suspect it's not that old, as Hobby's (not Hobbies) tend to keep stuff in the range for a very long while. This has incandescent bulbs and holders, none of your LED stuff, and I dream it will be used in a vintage boat project.
Memory Wire used to be very fashionable in the more serious end of the model railway hobby, but you hardly hear of it now. Has it all been replaced by servos? For those new to this product, it's wire that gains in length when you pass a current through it. Use a spring to pull it back when the current is removed, and you have a useful(?) device to move signals and points. Or at least that was the idea. I've never played with it, so for a quid, I'll satisfy my curiosity.
Tongue depressors - I stick people to lolly sticks or chip forks for painting, and I've run out. These will be perfect, and I don't need to stuff my face to acquire some tools.
And finally, a mystery.
I've no idea what this clamp is for, but it's so well made, and so useless to anyone other than an idiot like me, I had to buy it.
7.5cm long and 2cm wide, it splits into two parts, which are accurately aligned with four pegs and a pair of brass corners.
Any ideas?
2 comments:
Hmmmm, my gut tells me that's not a clamp as such but some kind of jig. Can the two pieces be connected by the screw with a gap in between them? Also I assume the two screwed on brass pieces are sacrificial so you could file something without damaging the steel, and replace them if they get worn away. Doesn't answer the question of what exactly it's for though. I guess other stuff in the estate sale may have told you what the person was interested in and hence what they might have been making.
Could be a test job. Made at the end of a unit at an apprentice school/college. Possibly has a specific function in the trainer's trade. Wish I still had mine. Carl. (Can only reply anonymously)
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