What is it?

[tecnodave]

Sewing machine bobbin winder

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[vtmaps]

Another easy one....for the old farts anyway. 

Movie projector.  --vtMaps

[RossW]

Movie projector.  --vtMaps

Not a projector, but after you'd shown a film you had to rewind it back onto the original spool to send back. Rather than wasting projector time, you'd load the despooled film and the original spool onto one of these to put it back!

[Westbranch]

looks like a film projector or editor.

[mtdoc]

Not a movie projector but a film strip projector.

[onanparts]

Too many smart folks here......

It's a Keystone 8MM Projector, model K-108.

[boB]

Our family used to have a Keystone 8mm projector.  It looked very similar to those.

boB

[onanparts]

Our family used to have a Keystone 8mm projector.  It looked very similar to those.

boB

Snagged this one a few years ago at the local PC recycle place, REPC in Tukwila. Near mint condition and works great. I think I paid $10.00 for it. 

[laszlo]

Onanaparts - it's a classic! Haha.

[onanparts]

And now for something a bit on the strange side. There is actually a logical explanation.....and a valid reason as to why.  The question is "what is it that's being done here"?

[Halfcrazy]

My guess is marking spots to repair on the roof?

[onanparts]

My guess is marking spots to repair on the roof?

Roof was only a couple years old when pic was taken. 

[boB]

Waiting to hold down shingles over tar paper ?

[onanparts]

Waiting to hold down shingles over tar paper ?

That's a finished roof. Extra credit if you can find the HF antenna. No, it's not the neighbors cable wire above my grid drop. 

[onanparts]

I know, traffic cones are boring! We use the cones for racing and when new they are very soft and tear easily when hit. So they get to "cure" on the roof for a few months exposed to UV so they will last longer.  In Autocross racing the cones define the course and do get abused! Hitting cones results in a penalty so we try to avoid it. 

OK, next up something a little more interesting.....