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Solved in 7 by ChelseaBlue:
What was I once used for? -A mechanism for ringing bells.
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janniev
It looks a little like an old harvesting machine, perhaps a hay baler?
James Hennman replied
Nope, this is nothing to do with agriculture!
Glenda Remaklus
Is it an old newspaper printer?
James Hennman
It could have been, but sorry it isnt!
ChelseaBlue
Is it part of an old timepiece or clock mechanism ?
James Hennman replied
You are going in the right kind of direction, but it is not actually a timepice
Helen Corr
a loom for weaving?
James Hennman replied
Good try, but no.
Glenda Remaklus
Could be part of an old ancient torture chamber????
James Hennman replied
Glenda! Now you are scaring me! How did you come to that? No, its nothing so scary as a device of torture!
Glenda Remaklus
Lol ….. I apologize for chuckling but when I saw the gears and the spikes that was my first thought even tho I know it is not the correct answer. Things like that used to be be in old movies.
James Hennman replied
Well it made me chukkle to read it also! Tho I think I must have been watching different old movies to you… :-)
ChelseaBlue
Is it time related, i.e. is it a mechanism that rings bells at a particular time in a church
James Hennman replied
I reckon i am going to have to give this one to you. It is not actually time related, but yes it is a mechanism that rings bells! Not in at a particular time, but in a particular order depending on how the machine is set up, as a handle on one end is turned.
ChelseaBlue
Thank you James, appreciate the challenge, it was good fun and had us all thinking