What is it ??

[chimopaul]

Wow, well that changes things.

That braided cable is really throwing me. I'm guessing the top is a cog and the lower part is threaded? The small hole on the right is messing me up too...

The top is a cog, however, while the lower part is grooved, I would not consider it "threaded".

 

[Msteelio91]

Ah! A wire spool or crank for whatever kind of cable/chain that is??

 

[chimopaul]

Ah! A wire spool or crank for whatever kind of cable/chain that is??

Getting warmer! Here's a bit more.

 

[Ron Evers]

A clock.

 

[dannylightning]

A Winch ?

 

[chimopaul]

A clock.

We have a winner! It's the wheel that the cable wraps around and the weight hangs off to run the clock mechanism.

 

[Ron Evers]

I built a grand father clock, so with enough info I got it, albeit yours is very much different.

Here is the next challenge, again in focus.

 

[dannylightning]

the stuff you put in a hamster cage ?? I guess those are called wood chips

 

[Heather Koch]

Wood shavings

 

[Ron Evers]

Wood shavings

Shavings is the correct answer. The shavings off a hand plane.

 

[Msteelio91]

Those are some mighty fine shavings you've got there

 

[Heather Koch]

Alright, let me find something to capture

 

[Ron Evers]

Those are some mighty fine shavings you've got there

Sharp iron & light cut.

 

[Heather Koch]

Okay here is the next photo

 

[DavefromCt]

Close up of a typewriter mechanism?