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Robert Dodds	21/07/2015 15:43:35
324 forum posts 63 photos	Hi, Iv'e been stumbling over this steady for too long but don't know what its off. Can anyone recognise what it could be off from the dimensions below Would be most grateful if you could identify a suitable bed for it to sit on Bob D
Ady1	22/07/2015 01:44:32
6137 forum posts 893 photos	A photo of it would make it easier to find it's mummy
Robert Dodds	22/07/2015 11:37:26
324 forum posts 63 photos	Sorry, I thought dimensions would be first but then SHMBO says I always work to rule! Here's a photo, hope it helps to identify the lonely soul. Regards Bob D
Neil Wyatt	22/07/2015 13:49:48
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	It's the wrong way round... the V on an inverted v bed is usually at the front Could be any 6-inche centre height inverted-v bed lathe of a reasonable age, without one of known parentage to compare with all you could do is try it and see if it fits. Neil
Michael Gilligan	22/07/2015 15:32:51
23121 forum posts 1360 photos	Posted by Neil Wyatt on 22/07/2015 13:49:48: It's the wrong way round... the V on an inverted v bed is usually at the front . But in all other respects it looks the right way round. ... and this might give the clue to its parentage. MichaelG.
Saxalby	22/07/2015 16:15:38
187 forum posts 33 photos	Same orientation of the flat and "V" as my Boxford although to bib. Possibly and old pre war Southbend ??

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