Can you identify this?

[helston90]

Found this hung in my local museum and thought I'd give you guys a punt- especially as no one knows the right answers.

The solid metal piece is about 18 inches long, the left hand handle doesn't move, the middle one moves up and down as you spin it and the bottom (arrow shaped) piece spins around but doesn't move up or down.

Just for fun.

 

[vernon]

A medical pile driver?

 

[pplpilot]

Bottom bracket tool?

 

[Saluki]

Something to do with rope making maybe?

 

[Hill Wimp]

Got to be something to do with pain, have you asked a Dominatrix ?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Its for relieving constipation.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

A very early Eagle Transporter prototype

 

[classic33]

Given that its a square cut thread its heavy usage, but given that either side of the bottom handle(the part that spins) the threads are cut in seperate directions. Both Left Hand & Right Hand. So given the shape of the end, I'd say its a spoon drill, hand powered.
I am assuming that the whole shaft, on which the handles are mounted rotates at the "fixed" end.

 

[slowmotion]

It's one of those daft over-priced corkscrews that City types get given at Christmas.

 

[classic33]

It's one of those daft over-priced corkscrews that City types get given at Christmas.

What size bottle would it be used on?

 

[slowmotion]

What size bottle would it be used on?

A modest one.

 

[asterix]

It's a hair-splitting device for use in Current Affairs and Debates before the internet was invented.

 

[Over The Hill]

Left hand end looks to be a handle that turns. Middle bit is some sort of rest or point to anchor it. Right hand pointy bit looks like it will take a rope or is basically the end that the something is attached to.

I am thinking along the lines of it being something to tighten a rope or perhaps a fence wire.

Say you have a rope or wire off to the right and it is attached at the pointy bit that swivels.
Now use the middle bit to brace the device say on a fence post.
Lastly turn the left handle.
The threaded bar moves left, pulling the rope or wire tighter but the rope/wire does not twist as that end swivels.

How that is applied and on what I do not know. Fence wire is one option but not sure how long it has been around compared to age of object. Also it looks to be quite portable rather than a fixed object.

I am guessing it is a use that is now lost, if it was on a boat or something in present use then the same would be around still.

 

[PaulB]

It's bloody obvious isn't it? I mean, come on, EVERYone knows that. It's one of them things, innit!

 

[byegad]

It's definitely a doofa.