Originally Posted by Richard Brown

EPS posted just in front of my challenge. (It was a photo finish ) I never realised until I was PM'd. So, I hold my challenge back until I get in first with a correct answer to a running challenge.

My guess re the current challenge is a winding handle for a clock, such as a grandfather clock.

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Agreed to the first.
(though I'm already thinking of a coin struck to commemorate Marconi's invention of wireless telegraphy)

And the second (my challenge) has nothing to do with measuring time, though you really do need to let go in time.

Originally Posted by E Pericoloso Sporgersi

Agreed to the first.
(though I'm already thinking of a coin struck to commemorate Marconi's invention of wireless telegraphy)

And the second (my challenge) has nothing to do with measuring time, though you really do need to let go in time.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=32771"/>

It's the starting handle for a car. And yes, you do need to let go in good time to avoid being injured when the engine kicks back!

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EDIT. The starting handle for an engine.

Richard, your image is the reverse of the 2001 £2.00 coin, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Marconi's first transatlantic radio transmission.



http://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/cool-pics/British-2-Pound-Marconi-Commemorative-Coin.htm

Originally Posted by scifan57

Richard, your image is the reverse of the 2001 £2.00 coin, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Marconi's first transatlantic radio transmission.

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Yes, that is it exactly.



Now, if I am correct in answering ESP's challenge, I won't be able to monitor. So I suggest Scifan transmits the next one.

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Richard, if your answer to the challenge about the handle is correct, I won't be able to monitor a challenge of my own at this time. In that case the challenge is open.

Originally Posted by scifan57

Richard, if your answer to the challenge about the handle is correct, I won't be able to monitor a challenge of my own at this time. In that case the challenge is open.

No, it is not.
There's still mine to contend with.

Originally Posted by Richard Brown

It's the starting handle for a car. And yes, you do need to let go in good time to avoid being injured when the engine kicks back!

I know about that one, when the engine timing is off.
But it's not the correct answer. (What is it about time?)

Here's a bit more,

I was going to say an old pencil sharpener, but the length of the crank makes me think there is more torque than needed for that. An old time apple corer?

Is it the handle of a coffee grinder?

Originally Posted by scifan57

Is it the handle of a coffee grinder?

No and no.
It does grind though.
And you still need to stop in a timely fashion ...

Vintage meat grinder?

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