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  1. DAG

    DAG Gardener

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    :D :D [​IMG]
     
    DAG, Apr 18, 2006
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  2. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    Not a gardening item but have a guess. [​IMG]
     
    Paladin, Apr 19, 2006
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  3. roders

    roders Total Gardener

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    Some sort of prehistoric feeler gauges...... :confused: [​IMG]
     
    roders, Apr 19, 2006
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  4. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    That's what I thought at first.
    Then I saw them being used on t.v. 20 years ago ish!
     
    Paladin, Apr 19, 2006
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  5. miraflores

    miraflores Total Gardener

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    nutcracker rescued from the Titanic?
     
    miraflores, Apr 19, 2006
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  6. Dave W

    Dave W Total Gardener

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    "French men" Used to create smooth curves in mortar between layers of brick?
     
    Dave W, Apr 19, 2006
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  7. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    Clue? More plaster ;) than mortar! :D
     
    Paladin, Apr 19, 2006
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  8. Dave W

    Dave W Total Gardener

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    For shaping fancy plaster cornices / coving?

    [ 19. April 2006, 11:38 PM: Message edited by: Dave W ]
     
    Dave W, Apr 19, 2006
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  9. DAG

    DAG Gardener

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    Gauges for checking consistancy of size in ornamental plaster work!
     
    DAG, Apr 20, 2006
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  10. roders

    roders Total Gardener

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    Found this to-day,WHAT IS IT?
    Not to difficult or rusty......
    [​IMG]
     
    roders, Apr 20, 2006
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  11. Fran

    Fran Gardener

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    A fence of some kind. Stretch the handles between two points, and the strands drop down, linked by chain links - maybe
     
    Fran, Apr 20, 2006
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  12. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Snow chains?
     
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  13. Waco

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    stair rods
     
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  14. roders

    roders Total Gardener

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    No.........
    A surveyer would have used one of these.....

    [​IMG]
     
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  15. DAG

    DAG Gardener

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    Presumably it's 22 yards long? ;)
     
    DAG, Apr 20, 2006
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