What Is It? and Where Should I Stick It?

[Lakesailor]

................on eBay.
There are so many categories. I have two of these and a 300psi one. I think they are steam pressure gauges.

 

[bazobeleza]

lakey's patented hot air pressure meter? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[scottie]

ask the steam boat museum

 

[Alfie168]

I'd put it under Star Trek memorabilia.

"Captain, she canna stand the pressure"

Or Vital Spark memorabilia

"Don't do it Lady Cynthia"

of Titanic memorabilia..."iceberg engine room gauge"

I havn't the faintest idea...."Collectables" is the first vaguely sensible suggestion I can make. The Steamboat Museum!!! Pah..what would they want with steam pressure gauges...some people..I dunno /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Tim

 

[halcyon]

Must be old, says made in England.

Brian

 

[Rabbie]

Don't forget to add - 'Needs calibrating'

 

[Bilgediver]

Not particularly old and probably of the second stage of a three stage Hamworthy compressor going by the P/n. The 300 psi one is from the HP stage.

Probably worth about 20 Squids tops...

The good old ones are brass and have the name Budenburg or Negretti Zambra.

 

[explores]

They sound like an ilegal immigrant

 

[sarabande]

Aksherly, they look like genuine ol' Sheffield Moderator gauges, the ones that link to the excision valve to prevent the Backchat valve and Innuendo slide meeting when the Slarty part gets too hot.

 

[Victorious]

oil pressure for my perkins
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[Lakesailor]

These are real brass, but probably not very old really.

They are bourdon spring gauges apparently.
I thought about £10 so perhaps worth the effort.