DerekS Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Hello, I'm just doing some prep work with my car stuff ready for moving house and came across this, not for use on a car I know, but I've always wondered exactly what it is! It's made by Sheen instruments of Richmond, Surrey. Do you know? Derek. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Derek, Of the two 'pointers', one grey and the other black with two weights(?) on it, which one moves? Sheen make devices to test paint, the substance or the finish. Could this be a viscometer, to test that a paint is of the right consistentcy before application? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekS Posted June 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Hello John, its the front grey pointer that swings, very freely too... Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Seniac Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Derek it looks like one of those things that you use to do a thingy ma Bob with but it looks like your missing the thingie that attaches to the ma Bob ........ gawd knows what it is I’m interested myself as too what it is I’ll keep checking in too see if you crack what it is ... I first thought it was a drum thing that you stretch probably a skin over too play/bang a tune out of it !!!! mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 It looks like a seismometer... any earthquakes round your way? Of course it could be a simple weather station; if the pointer sways about it's windy and if it's wet, it's raining... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 We use the mini wolf for weather reports. We send her out, if she comes back wet it's raining, with white bits it's snowing. Fur ruffled it's windy, fur hot it's sunny, small white bits hail stones. If you can't see her...it's foggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 It's a twowit. They come in various sizes and shapes. This on is a round twowit . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Seniac Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Closest thing I’ve found is a pendulum impact tester !!! mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Mark Seniac said: Closest thing I’ve found is a pendulum impact tester !!! mark I've seen them on the telly being used, usually massive jobs with heavy weights, this would be for testing something much smaller and more delicate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Seniac Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Chris A said: I've seen them on the telly being used, usually massive jobs with heavy weights, this would be for testing something much smaller and more delicate Chris the one I found was just a little bit bigger than derek’s one in fact there was a man standing next to it and he could of walked inside it lol..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Seniac Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 09/06/2021 at 15:43, derekskill said: Hello, I'm just doing some prep work with my car stuff ready for moving house and came across this, not for use on a car I know, but I've always wondered exactly what it is! It's made by Sheen instruments of Richmond, Surrey. Do you know? Derek. Do we get a prize derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, Mark Seniac said: he one I found was just a little bit bigger than derek’s one in fact there was a man standing next to it and he could of walked inside it lol..... That's the sort of thing, serious kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 What does the little plate say? anything on the box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 21 hours ago, derekskill said: Hello John, its the front grey pointer that swings, very freely too... Derek. In that case, it's a paint viscometer. You dip it in the stuff, hold the grey pointer to one of the marks on the scale, and time how long it takes to reach 'zero'. Come on guys, use your brains, not your funny bones! (Which aren't working!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, JohnD said: In that case, it's a paint viscometer. You dip it in the stuff, hold the grey pointer to one of that marks on the scale, and time how long it takes to reach 'zero'. The way I've seen people test the viscosity of paint is where a predetermined volume of paint is put into a funnel and the time taken for it to run out determines the viscosity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 That's what that is. Do you have a better idea of what Derek's instrument is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekS Posted June 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Thanks for your interest guys, genuinely, I haven't a clue what it is or how old it is either! Here's another pic where hopefully you can gauge the size better and see the label. Also, there's an L-shaped "stop" for the swinging needle. The factory where I'd spent the best part of my working life closed and I was one of the last to leave in 2005, this item got mixed up with my tools when I brought them home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekS Posted June 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Ps scrapman, sorry, the only thing on the box is the Sheen name/badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Seniac Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 minute ago, derekskill said: Thanks for your interest guys, genuinely, I haven't a clue what it is or how old it is either! Here's another pic where hopefully you can gauge the size better and see the label. Also, there's an L-shaped "stop" for the swinging needle. The factory where I'd spent the best part of my working life closed and I was one of the last to leave in 2005, this item got mixed up with my tools when I brought them home... Lol love how you worked there all that time and the last too leave and you picked this up!!! You obviously didn’t work In that department then 😂seriously though I can’t wait too find out what it really is and used for.... it’s got me stumped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekS Posted June 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Mark, it was in an old building that was being cleared out for demolition, it had been part workshop and part stores for a LOT of years. The company I worked for bought the building in the 1940s, it had been built during the First World War for the coal industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Sheen Instruments still exists, but is part of a larger company and based in the Netherlands. Their website is at https://www.tqcsheen.com/ Maybe an email to them might get some idea of what this is? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekS Posted June 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Hello John, I've had a look at that and there is a contact in the UK on the website. I've fired off an email, we'll see how it goes and thanks for that! Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekS Posted June 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 Good morning, that was a good suggestion John, I've just had an email back off the Sheen Industrial Physics Department and it's a... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 ...... come on Derek. I used a skid resistance meter on tarmac road surfaces many years ago. Similar but 4x that size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Seniac Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 4 hours ago, derekskill said: Good morning, that was a good suggestion John, I've just had an email back off the Sheen Industrial Physics Department and it's a... And..........???? !!!! Cmon derek what’s the score my son .. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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