sewing kit (back)

sewing kit
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

A great and very cheap find at Weaverham boot sale.

sewing kit (front)

sewing kits
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

This may struggle to be regarded are a metal object,as only the safety pin can be classed as such...I love the simple layout needle cotton and buttons.

Watch Hands

watch hands
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

A card of very tiny watch hands.Given to me by a friend whose dad mends watches (he once mended Buzz Aldrins watch that he wore to go the moon).
The first hand is missing..perhaps it is on Buzz's watch right now!

Padlocks (front)

Padlacks (front)
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

These padlocks were made in Willenhall in the Midlands.
There is a wonderful museum in Willenhall of Padlocks..it was a small back yard industry there.
I read in a book that until the canals, industry in the black country was mainly small scale objects that could be carried by cart easily...pen nibs,padlocks,oins and chains

Padlocks (back)

Padlocks (back)
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

Back view.
You can see the rivets that hold them together.

PADLOCK

PADLOCK
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

English Lever padlock
ERA patented sliding bush
Two keyed
Reinforced rim
English lever action
Different key changes
Produced to International standards
Made in Willenhall England

Buttons

buttons
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

4 metal buttons found on the boot sale at Hartford.
I can't understand why I have never collected these before...
My dad was in the TA(Territorial Army) and they are very familiar objects.
He also had a button polishing guard that I hope my mom still has..
If so I will include in on here.
It was just a longish shaped piece of Brass that you slid under the buttons,thus avoiding getting polish on your uniform.

Buttons (back)

buttons back
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

Not the best scan of them, but you get the idea of the slight differences.
ARP ...H & H LTD B'HAM
ARP ...CHENEY B'HAM
CD ...J.R.GAUNT & SON .LONDON
BR ...GAUNT.LONDON
I starting to realise as I collect these objects that the thing I like about them is the writing...where they are made, who by, and in some cases instructions.
Objects that tell us things.

Back of button (detail)

button2
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

FIRMIN & SONS LTD.
LONDON
Detail of the back of the
ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
button

Fusewire

fusewire
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

5 amp Lighting
15 amp heating
30 Amp power
Directions
1.Turn off at main switch
2.Pull out fuses in turn until one with broken wire is located.
3.Remove the old wire and wipe procelain clean.
4.Insert a new length of wire of the correct type.
5.Replace fuse, close box and turn on main switch.
MADE IN ENGLAND

Feeler Gauge

feeler gauge
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

With thanks to Mark I now know this is called a "Feeler Gauge" and would have been used by a machinist or mechanic working on a machine with close tolerances.
Mark used them in the Navy when working on pumps and valves to measure clearances on bushings - too big and they had to be replaced so the equipment didn't leak.
Thank you Mark.

metal gauge

metal gauge
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

Another object found on Moss Farm boot sale. On the same stall as I found the draughtsmans pins.
It belonged to a C.E.Priestley in 1924, (that is what is very neatly engraved on it.)

Metalgauge

metalgauge2
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

On the back it says..
1 over 1000 inch MOORE & WRIGHT No.132.
There are six thicknesses of metal.
25,15,12,10,8,?
Who would have used one of these?

voltmetre

voltmetre
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

This example of a Voltmetre isn't as good as the one sent by Sylvie.
I found it on Crewe market,with its cracked glass and shabby wire. It does work and has a battered charm about it.

Draughtsmans pins

Draughtsmans pins
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

A find from Moss Farm before the rain.
Four draughtsmans pins out of a small box of broken leads.
They are all made of brass and on some you can see the file marks.
Only one has stamped on the front.
B'ham D.M.Co

Pins

Pins
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

A packet of pins I found on a stall at Moss Farm just as the rain started and the lady was throwing a plastic sheet over the table....snatched from the table just in time..

Pins

pins2
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

The back of the packet.
MADE IN ENGLAND
"PINS WITH PENETRATING POINTS".
100 pins

PINS

pins3
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

The pins are pushed into a series of 5 folds in the paper, forming a small book.