Christian Stüben wrote:

934 no idea

some kind of brakable or ascertainable cable drum?
drum for measuring length with looong wire?
some kind of speed meter for boats?
used in big clocks for the weigths?

no, stop, my guesses are getting too dumb

greetings, chris

#934 You should know this one. It can be used for slicing bratwurst.

Other people use it for making thin sections of specimens for study
under a microscope. The specimen is mounted in paraffin and sliced up.

Regards,