It's Sunday Scrit

[Lord Nibbo]

Not wanting to out do Scrits Sunday Spot, I got impatient of waiting so here is a pic to tide us over till Scrit wakes up :lol: :wink:

Historians might get this easier that woodies but it is/was a woodworking machine dating from the early 1800's.... So what does it do/make?

 

[tiler99]

Well it seems to say Morticing machine on the drawing so i guess its a morticer :wink:

 

[Waka]

tiler99

You've got very good eyesight.

 

[Scrit]

For any cast iron anoraks like me :lol: "Name that Machine" will reappear over the Christmas break - at about the time that urge to fill myself with turkey and stuffing is about to pall......

Scrit

 

[JFC]

Ok Scrit , i will tell the poor children down at the orphanage that name that machine is not going to happen again . Hmmmmm the poor little things get so excited on a Sunday after mass just waiting for name that machine . 8-[ :^o

 

[mel]

waiting in the wings here to win a "cyber space cupie doll"
was just wondering about name that machine after taking the dog a walk along the wind swept beach at cleethorpes
oh well scrit , xmas it is then
nice try jason on the sympathy vote

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Well it seems to say Morticing machine on the drawing so i guess its a morticer :wink:

And a Morticer it is, but what does it mortice?
Anyone want to guess who built it? remember it was the first ever built.

 

[tiler99]

but what does it mortice?

Wood ?

 

[JFC]

Wagon wheels

 

[tiler99]

Boats/Ships

 

[woodbloke]

LN - my guess is that this is part of Marc Brunel's suite of machinery installed at Portsmouth dockyard in 1802 for making ships blocks, the first industrial production line in the world - Rob

 

[Lord Nibbo]

LN - my guess is that this is part of Marc Brunel's suite of machinery installed at Portsmouth dockyard in 1802 for making ships blocks, the first industrial production line in the world - Rob

Give the man a coconut, now tell me did you cheat to get the answer? =D>

 

[woodbloke]

LN wrote:

now tell me did you cheat to get the answer?

Erm....well 'tother night I just happened to be watching 'What the Industrial Revlolution Did For Us' on Ch12 and guess what one of the items in the programme was? - Rob