Who / What / Where Game

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Costume?

No.

[Eichhörnchen]

From some kind of competitive game?

[Eichhörnchen]

Originally Posted by skidman

Puh. Now there are some things Eichhörnchen has to explain...

Entomologists have used these since Victorian times (in England, anyway) and I only ever had the cork ones from Watkins & Doncaster... I used to live near their place in Kent

A special entomologigal (stainless, black) pin was inserted through the thorax, then into the groove of the setting board. The wings would then be coaxed down with strips of greaseproof paper and a pointed stylus (setting needle) and ordinary dressmakers pins used to secure them in the correct position (I always placed a drop of entomolgists' gum where the fore and hindwings overlap so that they wouldn't spring apart at a later date, creating an unsightly gap between the wings)

Then a tiny ball of cotton wool was placed under the abdomen using tweezers, to prevent it from drooping during drying. The antennae could be arranged at this point too, using pins to guide and keep them in place

After a couple of days all the pins and strips of paper could be removed and a label pushed onto the pin, detailing date and place of capture... very important, this

If a specimen had been kept too long before setting then various methods of "relaxing" would need to be undertaken; Victorian collectors would often put the rigid insect in a tin filled with crushed laurel leaves, which would soften the wing muscles. In more modern times a few drops of a special 'relaxing fluid' would go onto a pad of cotton wool placed in the bottom of the relaxing tin

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

From some kind of competitive game?

Nope.

[mapuc]

When I saw the picture u crank put up two memories popped up in my head.

My industrial electrician education and
my little Mechano I had as a kit.

Markus

[skidman]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Entomologists have used these since Victorian times (in England, anyway) and I only ever had the cork ones from Watkins & Doncaster... I used to live near their place in Kent

A special entomologigal (stainless, black) pin was inserted through the thorax, then into the groove of the setting board. The wings would then be coaxed down with strips of greaseproof paper and a pointed stylus (setting needle) and ordinary dressmakers pins used to secure them in the correct position (I always placed a drop of entomolgists' gum where the fore and hindwings overlap so that they wouldn't spring apart at a later date, creating an unsightly gap between the wings)

Your detailed description brings back some memories: The position of the first needle, the method to position the wings, the extremities and the antennae: exactly the procedure we were taught. But we always used styrofoam (and cardboard when the dried specimens were transferred to the department's collection.). I just googled "setting boards" and it seems they are only available from English (and Australian) suppliers, so it must be a UK special.

[skidman]

OK... ...back to topic:

A piece of handicraft?

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

an English product?

Originally Posted by Catfish

Only in England ...

Originally Posted by skidman

I just googled "setting boards" and it seems they are only available from English (and Australian) suppliers, so it must be a UK special.

Damn! so near and yet so far; I had surmised that pins and pinning were somehow involved and it was a hobby of Eichs... but aligning dead bug cadavers...JEEZE!

[u crank]

Originally Posted by skidman

OK... ...back to topic:

A piece of handicraft?

No.

[Catfish]

Looks like anodized aluminium

Used as wheels for something?

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Looks like anodized aluminium

Used as wheels for something?

Can't say what the material is but the object is stationary.

[Jimbuna]

A base or pedestal?

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

A base or pedestal?

No.

[Jimbuna]

Any connection with music?

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Any connection with music?

None.