What is it? Set 329
Rob H.
Rob
Esra Sdrawkcab
> A new set has been added to the web site:
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1886 gas mixture tester (look through the hole to examine the flame)?
1887 improvised posthole tamper?
1890 improved scythe?
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1886 Guess Watchman post. Watchman inserts key, does something to prove he
was there and awake.
"Rob H." <rhv...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:19:15 -0000, Rob H. <rhv...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> A new set has been added to the web site:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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> 1890 Ice saw (for starting the cuts)?
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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh
news:hofded$7r0$1...@news.eternal-september.org:
> 1885 Tachometer (revolution counter)
Yes! I've seen one similar before. Time the revolutions for a time
determined by the ratios (15-sec, 30-sec, 1-minute etc), then read the
output.
LLoyd
Steve W.
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:19:15 -0000, Rob H. <rhv...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> A new set has been added to the web site:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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1885 - Mechanical counter for RPMs of a shaft.
1886 -
1887 - Looks like a cannon tamp. Used to tamp the powder and ball charge
in a cannon.
1888 - Adjustable stop of some type. Looks like whatever retained it has
failed though...
1889 - Haberdashery tool?
1890 - Ice knife.
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Bill
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:19:15 -0000, Rob H. <rhv...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> A new set has been added to the web site:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1888 Pressure control valve (for a vehicle fancier than mine)?
Note that the slots which would support a clamp around tubing.
Bill
Bill
>>> A new set has been added to the web site:
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1890: Looks like a good tool to pull a groove across a wooden floor,
for say, conduit or electrical wire.
Bill
whit3rd
A manual predecessor of the Zamboni?
J Burns
baseboard? Then a strip of narrow molding would seal out drafts and
bugs, but you wouldn't have to plane the whole floor.
J Burns
Uh-oh... skinny 72" handle, too long for a floor.
Bill
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:19:15 -0000, Rob H. <rhv...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> A new set has been added to the web site:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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1885: Temperature gauge for molten metal (or other substance having
temperature having 4 digits to the left of the decimal point).
Bill
Rob H.
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> 1886 gas mixture tester (look through the hole to examine the flame)?
I forgot to mention on the web site that I don't know what this is for.
> 1887 improvised posthole tamper?
This was my guess also, a tamper for sand, dirt, etc. Not sure if it could
be a cannon tamp as others have suggested, I haven't seen any like it on the
web.
Rob
Rob H.
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> Esra Sdrawkcab wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:19:15 -0000, Rob H. <rhv...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> A new set has been added to the web site:
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>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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> 1885 - Mechanical counter for RPMs of a shaft.
Correct
> 1889 - Haberdashery tool?
This is partially correct, it's not really a tool but you're in the right
ballpark.
Rob
Steve W.
>> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:19:15 -0000, Rob H. <rhv...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> A new set has been added to the web site:
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>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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> 1887 - Looks like a cannon tamp. Used to tamp the powder and ball charge
> in a cannon.
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> 1888 - Adjustable stop of some type. Looks like whatever retained it has
> failed though...
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> 1889 - Haberdashery tool?
Hat holder then?
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> 1890 - Ice knife.
http://snipurl.com/v2ffs Shows the ice knife/saw.
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DoN. Nichols
> A new set has been added to the web site:
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Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always:
1885) Another mechanical tachometer. (The diamond point
on the end of the shaft is the give-away, confirmed by the range
of the dials.)
(If possible) zero the pointers -- otherwise note the readings.
Hmm ... looks as though you can rotate the scales under the
pointers to zero it.
Stick the diamond pont into the center hole on the end of the
shaft and hold it there for sixty seconds, then withdraw it.
Note the new dial readings and you will have the RPM to three
significant digits -- x,xx0 RPM since you can read the 100s dial
to tens. How accurate your reading is is a function of your
reaction time, and how good the second hand on your watch is.
There was an earlier one in here made by Starrett (I have one of
these) which had concentric dials and a bump to feel to count
full revolutions of the slower dial.
1886) An early night watchman's station? Stick a special key into the
hole, turn it, and you have recorded that you were where you
were supposed to be when you were supposed to be there.
1887) Looks like a ramrod for a muzzle-loading cannon. Normally
they are wood, so you don't strike a spark while compressing
black powder in there -- but this one looks like aluminum, not
steel, so you are unlikely to strike a spark. Perhaps a modern
one for re-enactments?
1888) Looks sort of like an adjustable height foot for something
(perhaps leveling a camera or a transit), with a stop screw to
define one end of the adjustment.
Appears to be made of anodized aluminum, so it is fairly recent.
1889) Some kind of trap trigger? I would like to see *all* of it,
not the limited view we were given.
1890) An ice saw -- for converting a frozen over pond into a storeroom
full of ice insulated by sawdust to last through the summer?
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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Rob H.
>> 1889 - Haberdashery tool?
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> Hat holder then?
Not really a holder, it's something that is usually hidden from view.
Rob
Ade
Could do with a better picture but, is it the mechanism from a
collapsable top hat?
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Rob H.
> Could do with a better picture but, is it the mechanism from a
> collapsable top hat?
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> Ade
That's it! The bottom of the second photo was cut off because the brim of
the hat could be seen and would have made it too easy.
Rob
Ade
> > collapsable top hat?
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> the hat could be seen and would have made it too easy.
Cool :)
I wouldn't have got it without the hints, mind...
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Steve W.
So, do you have to have a collapseable head to wear it?
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Nahmie
I agree with Stegve W on 1890, only I think of it as an ice saw.
Norm
J Burns
as if to reach somewhere besides foot level.
How about planing a groove in a soft mineral? Ibeams used to be
fireproofed with blocks of gypsum. Suppose gypsum blocks were not sold
with grooves to fit your ibeams. You'd use this tool.
Rob H.
>> 1890 - Ice knife.
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>> Steve W.
>I agree with Stegve W on 1890, only I think of it as an ice saw.
>Norm
You've got the right idea but it's called an ice plow.
The answers can be seen at the link below although I'm still not sure about
a few of them this week:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/03/set-329.html#answers
Rob
Paul Hovnanian P.E.
That's what #1887 is for.
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